Ninja Pokémon

Greninja

Japaneseゲッコウガgekkouga
Chinese (Simplified):甲贺忍蛙jiǎ hè rěn wāKorean:개굴닌자gaegullinja9 languages
HEIGHT1.5 m
WEIGHT40.0 kg
CATCH045 / 255
ABILITIESTorrent · Protean*

Evolution

3 forms · linear chain

Forms

3

Mega Evolutions

Base stats

Total530
HP072
ATTACK095
DEFENSE067
SP. ATK103
SP. DEF071
SPEED122

Weaknesses and type matchups

Greninja is weak to Electric, Grass, Fighting, Bug, and Fairy moves. Psychic moves have no effect on it.

Pokédex entry

2 versions

It creates throwing stars out of compressed water. When it spins them and throws them at high speed, these stars can split metal in two.

Greninja in Japanese, Chinese, Korean and other languages

9 languages
Japanese
ゲッコウガgekkouga
Chinese (Simplified)
甲贺忍蛙jiǎ hè rěn wā
Korean
개굴닌자gaegullinja
Chinese (Traditional)
甲賀忍蛙jiǎ hè rěn wā
French
Amphinobi
German
Quajutsu
Spanish
Greninja
Italian
Greninja
English
Greninja
All 1,025 Pokémon names in 9 languages

What Greninja’s name means

ninja in 4 languages
  1. English

    Greninja

    grenouilleFrenchfrog

    ninja

  2. Japanese

    ゲッコウガgekkouga

    月光gekkoumoonlight

    甲賀kougaKōga

  3. Chinese

    甲贺忍蛙甲賀忍蛙jiǎ hè rěn wā

    甲贺甲賀jiǎhèKōga

    忍rěnninja

    蛙wāfrog

  1. Korean

    개굴닌자gaegullinja

    개굴개굴gaegulgaegulcroak

    닌자ninjaninja

  2. French

    Amphinobi

    amphibienamphibian

    忍びshinobiJapaneseninja

  3. German

    Quajutsu

    quakencroak

    忍術ninjutsuJapaneseninjutsu

Spanish and Italian use the English name. Pokémon names are never officially explained. These are the readings most widely agreed on.

Where to find Greninja

4 games

Legends: Z-A

  • Hyperspace Lumiose In the overworld Lv. 41-56
  • Hyperspace Lumiose Alpha Pokémon Lv. 50-65

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Moves Greninja learns

68 moves