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Name: Kasumi (Japanese), Misty (American), Ondine (French). Many people believe that "Waterflowers" is Misty's last name, but no solid proof from Nintendo exists to varify this
Voice Actors: Iizuka Mayumi (Japanese), Rachel Lillis (American)
Name Meaning: "Kasumi" translates into "misty." So her American name is a translation of her Japanese name.
Age: 12
Known Relatives: Sakura (Daisy)-elder sister, Ayame (Violet)-elder sister, and Botan (Lily)-elder sister
Hometown: Hanada City (Cerulean City)
Badge Information: Yields the Blue Badge (Cascade Badge)
Aspirations: To be the world's best at everything
Video Game Appearances: Pokemon Red (Game Boy), Pokemon Green (Game Boy), Pokemon Blue (Game Boy), Pokemon Yellow (Game Boy), Pokemon Gold (Game Boy Color), Pokemon Silver (Game Boy Color), Pokemon Crystal (Game Boy Color), Pokemon Puzzle League (Nintendo 64)
Manga appearances: Pokemon Dengeki Pikachu, Pokemon Special, Pokemon Zensho, Pokemon Comic Strip
First episode: Episode 1, "Pokemon Kimi ni Kimeta!" ("Pokemon I Choose You!")
Defining episodes: "In the Water at Hanada City" ("The Water Flowers of Cerulean City"), "Menokurage Dokukurage" ("Tentacool & Tentacruel"), "Who Gets to Keep Togepi?" ("Who Gets to Keep Togepi?"), "Fierce Fighting! Pokemon Girl's Day" ("Princess Versus Princess")
Information: Kasumi is first seen in the anime fishing for water-type pokemon. Satoshi, running from a gang of Onisuzume, steals her bike to get away. When the bicycle gets trashed, Kasumi becomes very angry and joins Satoshi on his journey in order to get her bike replaced. She soon befriends Satoshi and Takeshi and forgets about her bike.
Kasumi is first seen as a young girl who just wants a bike from Satoshi, but she is soon revealed to be the Hanada City Gym Leader. Her battle with Satoshi is interrupted by the Rocket-Dan and is never concluded, yet Satoshi won the Blue Badge anyway. While in Hanada City for the gym battle, Satoshi learns about Kasumi's three sisters. They constantly tease her, laughing at the fact that she returns with nothing when just a short while before she had boasted that she wouldn't return until she's a Pokemon Master. Her sisters are a constant source of torment, especially during her childhood. When she was little, she always got the hand-me-down Hinamarri dolls, never getting a set just for her. When she enters her own Hinamarri competition many years later in her journeys with Satoshi, she is determined to win her very own doll set. Her success in overcoming this childhood difficulty fills Kasumi with a sense of accomplishment.
Kasumi is a water-pokemon specialist. She adores any type of water pokemon, finding beauty in pokemon others usually do not. However, she detests bug pokemon and whenever she's confronted with one she freaks out. Togepi proves that Kasumi can like pokemon who aren't water-type because she loves it just as much as her other pokemon. Kasumi is the first person Togepi sees, so it identifies Kasumi as its mother. Kasumi forms a tight bond with the baby pokemon, protecting it as its mother would. Togepi is to Kasumi what Pikachu is to Satoshi.
Despite her pokemon preferences, Kasumi is a loudmouth, plain and simple. She is always the butt of Satoshi's jokes, so she promplty responds to his childish antics by yelling and/or hitting. When she's not pulling Takeshi out of a daydream or scolding Satoshi for being stupid, she's a kind and warm person who speaks her mind. Kasumi is the worrier of the group--she spends all her time worrying about Satoshi, one of his pokemon, or somebody or something else. She's very kindhearted, she just has a short temper to match.
There are many people going around saying that Satoshi and Kasumi have a romantic relationship. While there are hints here and there throughout the series, most of it is just speculation. One "fact" that people keep bringing up is "Misty's Song" on the "2BA Master" CD. She says "I love you Ash" at the end of the song, and many people use this as "proof" that she's interested in him romantically. Ignore it. The song was not made by the Japanese creators, it was made by some American songwriters to fill out a CD made only to make money. So unless someone can provide proof that Satoshi Tajiri or anyone else involved with the creation of Pocket Monsters helped write the song, this "fact" shouldn't be taken seriously.
Kasumi is currently journeying through the Jouto League with Satoshi and Takeshi.
Fan site links:
The Mermaid Within has a lot of neat fanart and some nice comments on the female part of Satoshi-tachi.
Elements is a page that not only features Kasumi (which includes a bio, how Kasumi interacts with other people, and important episodes), but also a Saria (from Zelda: TOoT) and Sora (from Digimon Adventures).
Ocean Breeze has a lot of neat information about Kasumi and looks at her sisters more closely than other sites. The site compares manga Kasumi to anime Kasumi, shows video game stats, talks about her seiyuu, fanfics, and a lot of other things.
The
now-abandoned Splash
has another neat bio, sounds (dub-only), and a nice layout.
Too bad it won't be updated anymore...
Thanks to: MewHeart for the icons and Bryon Youngblood for the pokemon information.
Koduck
Nyoromo*
Nyorozo
Tattsuº
Tosakinto
Hitodeman
Starmii
Togepi
Saniigo
Pokemon Owned (Red/Green/Blue/ Yellow)
Hitodeman
LV. 18
Starmii
LV. 21
Pokemon Owned (Gold/Silver)
Golduck
LV. 42
Nuo
LV. 42
Lapras
LV. 44
Starmii
LV. 47
Pocket Monsters was not created by me. It was created by Satoshi Tajiri and the crew at TV-Tokyo. Pokemon is (c) Game Freak, Nintendo, 4Kids Productions, Hasbro, Bandai, and a ton of other companies. When you have a popular anime like Pokemon, lots of people own it so it's impossible to list every company who owns a piece of Pokemon. No infringement of copyrights is meant by the creation of the web site. All images were gotten from official websites (Nintendo, TV-Tokyo, etc.) unless otherwise noted (I don't steal images from other sites!).