Kotone  

Lyra, コトネ

In the anime series "Pokémon," Ash Ketchum and his friends first encountered Lyra when one of their Marill's wandered off and was found stuck in a wall. She introduced herself as a Trainer from Johto who had come to Sinnoh with her friend, Khoury, and his father to observe the native Pokémon of the region. Later, she asked Dawn to participate in the Johto Festival, and the two girls had a battle, but Lyra lost. As a reward, she gave Dawn an egg. At the end of the episode, Lyra and Khoury joined Ash's group because they wanted to watch the upcoming Lilypad Contest that Dawn would be participating in. It is implied that Lyra has feelings for Ash, as she admires his bravery and wishes that Khoury would act more like him. In fact, she even asked Dawn if she and Ash were a couple, but Dawn quickly denied it. Later, in the episode "A Rivalry to Gible On!," Lyra attempted to pair Khoury and Dawn together as a couple before realizing that she had feelings for the former. The two of them had a tag battle against Ash and Dawn in the Lilypad Colosseum, but both of them lost. Afterward, they returned to Johto with Khoury's father. Lyra plans on challenging Whitney and Morty, and upon her request, Khoury decided to become her traveling buddy. They promised Ash and Dawn that they would see them again.