Poni Island

Poni Island (Japanese: ポニじま Poni Island) is the southwestern of the four major islands of Alola. is the island's guardian deity.

Trials
Poni Island has one Captain, Mina, for the island challenge, but in, she has not decided on an official trial location or format, and thus does not conduct a trial when first met. The player does, however, encounter an ancient trial in the depths of Vast Poni Canyon, where they meet the present-day captain. At the end, they battle a  and its allies for ownership of a Dragonium Z.

Mina's trial is exclusive to.

Hapu was recently appointed as its Island Kahuna, and is in charge of its grand trial.

In Sun and Moon, Poni Island's trials are unique in that its Grand Trial is initiated first before its other trials, but its Grand Trial is done last in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. Poni Island is also the only island to have an unmanned trial.

Locations on Poni Island

 * Seafolk Village
 * Exeggutor Island
 * Poni Wilds
 * Ancient Poni Path
 * Vast Poni Canyon
 * Altar of the Sunne / Altar of the Moone
 * Poni Breaker Coast
 * Ruins of Hope
 * Poni Grove
 * Poni Plains
 * Poni Meadow
 * Resolution Cave
 * Poni Coast
 * Poni Gauntlet
 * Battle Tree

In the anime
Poni Island first appeared in A Dream Encounter!, in which Professor Burnet, Lusamine, Faba, and Wicke were seen at the Altar of the Sunne, investigating reported sightings of the Ultra Beasts, only to find nothing.

The island served as one of the main settings of events from Family Determination! to 10,000,000 Reasons to Fight!. After Lusamine had been kidnapped and taken into Ultra Space by a, and  traveled to Poni Island in order to visit the Altar of the Sunne and get the help of Alola's Legendary Pokémon in order to save their mother. After making their way through Vast Poni Canyon, they were joined by, , and the rest of. Upon reaching the altar, the group was surprised to encounter the four guardian deities of Alola, who helped Nebby to evolve into. With Solgaleo's help, Ash and his classmates traveled into Ultra Space, successfully rescuing Lusamine before returning back to their own.

In the movie adaptations
Poni Island appeared in ICYR1, where it was site of one of 's island trial. In that trial, he encountered a  and battled it. After Ash remembered the day that he met, he was able to defeat Kommo-o, clearing the trial.

Trivia

 * This is the only one of Alola's four main islands to lack any traditionally numbered routes.
 * Aside from the frequent re-use of the proper noun 'Poni', this is the only one of Alola's four main islands that doesn't feature a landmark or settlement with a Hawaiian name.

Origin
Poni Island's real-life counterpart is the Hawaiian island of. Purple is the island's official color.

Name origin
Poni is Hawaiian for purple.