Annika Koa (Volume 1-4)

"This article is about the character in Volume 1-4, for the character in Volume 5-present, see Annika Koa (Volume 5-present)."Annika Josephine Koa is one of the Chinese Zodiac Heroes and one of the secondary school students. She is the tritagonist of the series.

Official Description
Annika Josephine Koa is an 11-year-old New Zealand secondary school student. With the help of her amulet, she can have powers based on her Zodiac sign, Year of the Ox and can transform into a spirit.

Appearance
She is shown to have shoulder-length hair moved to the left (her right), brown eyes and tan skin with a fair tint and dimples. She wears a violet shirt, blue jean shorts and white sneakers and a purple bracelet on her left hand. Her sleepwear is consists of a pink shirt and purple sweatpants. Her student uniform consists of a navy blue blazer over a white dress shirt with a red and blue ribbon, a blue skirt, white socks and white sneakers. She stands on 4 ft. 8 and is of average weight. Her party outfit consists of a navy blue jacket decorated with sequins over a hot pink shirt, a lavender skirt with a black belt and white shoes. Annika turns purple/violet in her spirit form.

Personality
Like her peers, she can show concern and shows immaturity despite being a kid. At other times, she can be serious like in a battle with Chase. She is also a girly girl and has an opposite attitude compared to Zoe, Wendy, Kan, Nia, Rena and Bindi.

She is also a spoiled brat and bossy showing that she wanted to take Luke's role as a leader. She also said that his notebook is just pieces of rubbish showing that she is also mean. It is later revealed that she was one of the popular girls.

As of Season 8, she is shown to speak Maori whenever she gets stressed. She also finds wearing a kilt ridiculous. She starts to be kinder later in the series but she still shows her mean girl side.

Etymology
(First name) Annika means "grace" and "favour" (from Hebrew "channah/חַנָּה").

(Middle name) The feminine form of the name Joseph, which is taken from the Hebrew name Yosef, meaning "(YHWH) shall grow."

(Last name) Koa means happiness or joyful in Maori (New Zealand)

Chinese Name
Traditional: 安妮卡·約瑟芬·科阿

Simplified: 安妮卡·约瑟芬·科阿

Pinyin/Romanisation: Ānnī kǎ·yuē sè fēn·kē ā

Powers and Abilities

 * Strength- Her strength power is first used in Season 7. She can lift things girls are not supposed to lift.
 * Nature- Her nature power is first used in Season 7. She has the same powers as Collins.
 * Healing- Like many of her teammates, she also has healing powers.

Trivia

 * She was born on 14 December 2009 which makes her Zodiac sign Sagittarius however, she is a Chinese Zodiac hero so she has Chinese Zodiac-related powers
 * Annika is currently the shortest female character in the series
 * There is a possibility if she will be an A Crazy EX Battle character
 * Her attire is based on what Annika wears in Classroom Musical except the bottoms are different and she is missing a bow
 * Annika is of Maori descent
 * Annika Osias is Filipina and is faking a New Zealand accent the whole time