Billy Jo

Billy Jo

Billy Jo (Japanese: ルー Ru) is a minor character appearing in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 and Pokémon the Series: Black & White. She is a member of Roxie's band, playing guitar.

In animation

History

Pokémon the Series: Black & White

Billy Jo appeared in Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1 and Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 2. She is a guitarist playing with Roxie and Nicky in the band "Koffing and the Toxics", which is quite well known in Unova and provides music during Roxie's Gym Battles. When Ash came to the Virbank Gym, Roxie described Billy Jo as a "poisonous person".

She once went on tour with the band through Kanto, but mentioned to Ash that the audiences there were "a bore".

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura English Samia Mounts Czech Jana Páleníčková Finnish Saara Lehtonen European French Cécile Florin Polish Katarzyna Łaska Brazilian Portuguese Luciana Baroli Spanish Latin America Leticia Amezcua Spain Emma Jiménez

In the core series games

Billy Jo appears at the Virbank Gym in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. Here, she also plays in a band with Roxie, just like in Pokémon the Series. The player has to battle her before being able to battle Roxie.

Pokémon

This is a list of Billy Jo's Pokémon in the games:

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Guitarist Billy Jo Virbank Gym Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $448

Types: Bug Poison Ability: Poison Point Held item: None Venipede♀ Lv.14 Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Koffing♀ Lv.14 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --       Poison Gas Poison Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Quotes

• Before battle

"I can always be straight and honest with myself whenever I'm playing the guitar or having a Pokémon battle!"

• Being defeated

"Argh! The happy times always end so quickly!"

• After being defeated

"It's because I'm with my Pokémon that I can happily play my guitar. And it's because I play my guitar that my Pokémon become strong. Get it?"

In the manga

Billy Jo in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Black 2 & White 2 arc

Billy Jo appears briefly during a Virbank concert performance with her band-mates, Roxie and Nicky, in New Sword Player. Neither Billy Jo nor Nicky are mentioned by name.

Trivia

• Fitting with how various Trainers of the Guitarist class have names referencing real-life guitarists, Billy Jo's name is likely a reference to Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer and guitarist of the band Green Day.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ルー Ru	Possibly from Lou Reed
English	Billy Jo	Possibly from Billie Joe Armstrong
French, German, Italian	Lou	Similar to Japanese name
Spanish	Rita	From guitarra, guitar
Korean	루 Ru	Same as Japanese name

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.