Can you name the Pokémon species by its Japanese name? created by skSK Enter a Pokémon in the box below Correctly named Pokémon will show up below Answers do not have to be guessed in order Source: Bulbapedia Some Pokémon names are really tricky to guess in Japanese. Hopefully these ones are a little more obvious. This quiz has not been verified by Sporcle

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Japanese Name English Name Japanese Name Information Lucky (ラッキー) It takes luck or chance to come across a Chansey in the wild. Things you wish you didn't know. Beequeen (ビークイン) It's, um... a queen bee. Pearlulu (パールル) Named for pearls, with some good ol' Japanese onomatopoeia thrown in. Fu fu fu. Houou (ホウオウ) Both are ways of transcribing the Japanese word for phoenix. Ho-Oh, Arizona? Ghost (ゴースト) Hopefully fairly obvious. Bossgodora (ボスゴドラ) 'Boss' + godora ('dragon'). That's pretty badass. Freezer (フリーザー) It was between calling it 'Freezer' or 'Maytag'. Spear (スピアー) An ironically blunt name for such a pointy Pokemon. Frygon (フライゴン) 'Fly' + 'dragon', hilariously mispronounced. Bippa (ビッパ) From 'beaver' + deppa ('protruding tooth' or 'Miley Cyrus').

Japanese Name English Name Japanese Name Information Sand (サンド) Sand. I... don't think I can explain it better. Jibacoil (ジバコイル) Jiba = 'magnetic field'. Why must everything sound so cute in Japanese? Alligates (アリゲイツ) After an alligator. Totes appropes. Booster (ブースター) Apparently referring to rocket boosters. I was worried this one may have been the Japanese name for Machamp, the most 'roided out Pokemon ever. Noctus (ノクタス) Both names are a combination of 'nocturnal' and 'cactus'. The more you know! Blacky (ブラッキー) Most of the Eevee evolutions have funny Japanese names. Pixy (ピクシー) A musical, mystical, moon fairy. So how come they didn't call it Elton? Rediba (レディバ) Corruption of 'ladybug', again hilariously mispronounced. Kaiorga (カイオーガ) Kai ('ocean') + 'orca'. Not to be confused with those land orcas. Bull (ブルー) Referring to 'bulldog'. Could've just gone with calling it Barbra Streisand.

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