Character Profile--Satoshi

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Character Profile

Name: Satoshi (Japanese), Ash Ketchum (American), Sacha (French)

Voice Actors: Matsumoto Rica (Japanese), Veronica Taylor (American)

Name Meaning: Satoshi is named after the creator and mastermind of Pocket Monsters, Satoshi Tajiri. Ash Ketchum's first name comes from the English word ash and Ketchum comes from "catch 'em," but I've also heard that Ketchum is based off someone from the wild west (much like Jessie and James). I've also seen his last name spelled as Ketchium.

Age: 10

Known Relatives: Hanako (Deleila Ketchium)-mother. His father went out to become a Pokemon Master when Satoshi was younger, but not much more is known about him.

Hometown: Masara Town (Pallet Town)

Aspirations: To be the world's greatest Pokemon Master

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 Puzzle League (Nintendo 64)

Manga appearances: Pokemon Dengeki Pikachu, Pokemon Zensho, Pokemon Comic Strip

First episode: Episode 1, "Pokemon Kimi ni Kimeta!" ("Pokemon I Choose You!")

Defining episodes: "Pokemon I Choose You!" ("Pokemon I Choose You!"), "The Battle of Nibi Gym!" ("Showdown in Pewter City"), "Bye Bye Butterfrii" ("Bye Bye Butterfree"), "The Rival Enters!" ("A Friend in Deed"), "Sekiei Stadium! Satoshi VS Hiroshi!" ("Friend or Foe Alike"), "Pokemon League! The Final Battle!" ("Friends to the End"), "Rival Showdown! Satoshi VS. Shigeru!!" ("The Rivalry Revival")

Information: Satoshi is an average boy on the night before his tenth birthday. When a person turns ten, he or she is able to start on a journey to begin collecting pokemon and obtaining gym leader badges. Unfortunately, Satoshi oversleeps on the morning of his tenth birthday and arrives late to Ookido-Hakase's lab. He finds that his rival, Shigeru, already has his pokemon and is about to commence his journey. Because of his tardiness, Satoshi is forced to take the last pokemon left, the difficult-to-handle Pikachu. At first the relationship between Satoshi and Pikachu gets off on a bumpy start, but soon the boy and his pokemon become very close friends. Satoshi is the fourth person to leave Masara Town on that day, preceded by Shigeru and two unknown trainers.

Satoshi doesn't really know what he's doing at the beginning of his journey, but he soon gets the hang of things. Accompanied by the gym leaders Takeshi and Kasumi, and later by fellow trainers Toru and Kenji, Satoshi has plenty of help along the way. Many join out of friendship, some out of debts (Satoshi accidently destroys Kasumi's bicycle), but no matter what the motivation is for following Satoshi, they all impact him in some way. Satoshi eventually receives all eight gym badges in the Kanto Region, all four in the Orange Islands, and is currently collecting badges in the Jouto Region. After receiving the Kanto badges, Satoshi enters the Sekiei League and places in sixteenth place after his defeat by his friend Hiroshi.

Satoshi is very hard-headed. He doesn't accept defeat, even when beaten many times. He's not all that bright, but he has a good heart. Many times he has saved his friends through selfless sacrifice, never giving in to his enemies.

He is currently journeying through the Jouto League with Kasumi and Takeshi.

Links to Fan Pages:

The Ketchum Residence offers a unique look at Ash through his mother's eyes. Very interesting.

My Dear Ash Ketchum has lots of neat pictures, and lots of interactive ways to show your love of Ash.

Satoshi Sekai is a great site dedicated to the Japanese Satoshi. It has three songs for download (two of which I don't have) and a bunch of manga pictures from all the various manga (including Zensho and the original "Pocket Monsters").

Thanks to: MewHeart for the icons and Bryon Youngblood for the pokemon information.

Pokemon Owned (Anime)

An asterix (*) denotes pokemon who have evolved. A degree symbol (º) denotes pokemon who have left.

Fushigidaneº
Hitokage*
Lizard*
Lizardonº
Zenigameº
Kyatapii*
Trancell*
Butterfriiº
Spearº
Pijyon*
Pijottoº
Rattaº
Pikachu
Okorizaruº
Betobeton
Ghosuº
Krab*
Kingler
Kentauros
Laprasº
Kabigon
Chikorita*
Bayleef
Hinoarashi
Waninoko
Yorunozuku
Herakurosuº
Gomazou

Pokemon Owned
("Dengeki Pikachu" Manga)

Fushigidane
Hitokage*
Lizardon
Zenigame
Kyatapii*
Toransaru*
Butterfrii
Pijyon
Onidrill
Pikachu
Nazonokusa
Betobeton
Lapras
Kabigonº

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!).