Matori (Japanese: マトリ Matori), or Giovanni's secretary (Japanese: サカキの秘書 Sakaki's secretary) in the English dub, is a recurring character in the Pokémon anime, making her debut appearance in Memories are Made of Bliss!.
Appearance[]
Between the end of Diamond and Pearl and Best Wishes series, she wears a corporate attire and her pants that are colored crimson between the sides of long sleeves of t-shirt.
Personality[]
Matori is a cold, harsh woman. She is loyal and faithful to Giovanni during the evil schemes of Team Rocket. Shown in countless times, she delivers messages to Jessie, James, and Meowth, or she demands reporting from them. While talking and communicating with Team Rocket Trio, she is noticeably more cold and harsh.
In Sun and Moon series, she is more of her relationship when the Team Rocket Trio is fleshed out. She became an evil rival figure to Jessie, who had dislike for her, when she considers Matori's demeanor to be too authoritarian and almighty due to her boss' superiority. She angrily mocks her: "four eyes" and "loser locks". The Team Rocket Trio are loyal to her. They appear neutral against her.
During her side, she is sad that the Trio became failures numerous times. She shows respect to for them when they report accomplished achievements of obtaining Alolan Meowth or the Z-Power Ring. When the trio responds, Matori decided to ignore it.
During the rest of her mission, she became the elit of Team Rocket's special unit, Matori Matrix. While leading her unit, she wears a Team Rocket uniform that it was outfitted in a military fashion. She can accomplish missions at any cost. During her reckless side, Matori decided to give up her mission on pursuing the Ultra Guardians in the Ultra Wormhole after the Matori Matrix ship was recently damaged.
Crossover War Heroes Series[]
Crossover War Heroes: Iron-Blooded Kid Warriors[]
Upon receiving a report from Wolf Rocky, who had turned to her for help in pursuing Tekkadan, she took operational action to prevent the Tekkadan from accomplishing their duties. When the Isaribi approached her blockade, Matori ordered her ships to open fire when Tekkadan failed to respond to her halt order. Her mood quickly changed once she realized that Kouta Kazuraba was using the Bruters' ship as a shield, which she labeled as barbaric. Both ships soon separated and Matori yelled at her men to fire on both ships. The Buters' ship then released a nano-mirror chaff that blinded the fleet's sensors, so Matori ordered light signals to signal the fleet to fire missiles with time fuses to burn away the chaff. By then, the Isarabi rams one of the orbiting satellites, allowing Sento Kiryu and the heroes to slip past Gjallarhorn. Infuriated, Matori ordered her fleet to redeploy to the satellite's rescue while the mobile suits engaged in pursuit.
Humiliated by her failure, she and her elite guards set off to take Futaba Ichinose and Heinz Nerich Windermere. As she made her entrance, her team went into formation and started to introduce themselves, when they were cut short by a shot from Akihiro Altland's ASW-G-11 Gundam Gusion Rebake. After that, she orders her team to attack using the Spearhead Formation, but Milinda Brantini in his ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos quickly broke it by focusing his attack on the EB-06r Graze Ritter that Akihiro had damaged before. She watched as her team was ruthlessly beaten by Tekkadan's forces.
She was then subsequently attacked by Milinda by clamping her Graze's forearms using the 'Wrench Mace'. But she manages to notice Orga riding a TK-53 CGS Mobile Worker and unknowingly inside it, Biscuit Griffon, not too far from the battle site. She escapes from Mikazuki and pursues the machine and succeeds in finishing it off, but not before it threw Orga off. The blow sent the vehicle flying and killing Horrid Henry, who was still inside. Milinda furiously attacks her and throws her to the ground trapping her again, but Marika's cry seemingly distracts him, allowing Matori's remaining forces to rescue her and retreat.
After repeated defeats, she became humiliated and impatient at having brought disgrace to Team Rocket's name, and through negotiations with Iznario, she won the appointment to pursue Tekkadan, and with the encouragement of the Kuroto Dan, she was determined to go after them. In the third encounter with Tekkadan, Carta insisted to go for a three on three fair and square duel with Tekkadan on the railway, wagering custody of Futaba and Heinz against safe passage. Eager to avenge Henry, Milinda ignored her request and immediately dispatched her elite guards on his own, dismembered Matori's Graze and slammed it into an icy lake, causing cold water to flood the cockpit and weakening her at once, and she tearfully asks for help from Kuroto. She was rescued by Wolf Rocky's Sirius, which rushed to her aid, but she was already deeply injured from the damage to her machine, and the cold water that had entered her cockpit and the cold air outside had put her in a state of hypothermia, causing her to lose her judgment. She died after repeating her apologies to her associates. The death of Matori has ruined the plan of Team Rocket's revival for good.
Chronicles of Great New Empire[]
Matori first appeared in the story. She's often teamed up with the Time Jackers to fight off against the Force of Hevenburg, but she only considers her partner as a tool. After surviving the destruction of the Team Rocket's Matori Matrix ship, she acted of her final stand. Matori was ultimately killed when Hondao, in his Bio-Tyranno, threw Souta's Lanstag's lance at her Bio-Ptera.
Her Pokemon[]
- Alolan Meowth
- Delibird