

Voiced by (English): Veronica Taylor (4Kids) Sarah Natochenny (TPCI) Ash also competes with a number of recurring rival Pokémon trainers in his journeys, including Gary Oak, Ritchie, Harrison, Morrison, Tyson, Paul, Nando, Conway, Barry, Tobias, Trip, Bianca, Stephan, Cameron, Virgil, Tierno, Trevor, Sawyer, Alain, Gladion, Hau and Bea. Recurring antagonists of Ash and his friends throughout the show are the frequently comedic, greedy thieves from Team Rocket, made up of the humans Jessie and James, a talking Meowth and later, a Wobbuffet. These friends are usually Pokémon trainers, such as Misty, Brock, Tracey Sketchit, May, Dawn, Iris, Cilan, Serena, Clemont, Lillie, Kiawe, Mallow, Lana, Sophocles, Goh and Chloe Cerise though some of the friends Ash has adventures with, such as Max and Bonnie, were too young to raise and train Pokémon of their own, but they promised that they will be Pokémon trainers later in the future. Ash is usually joined by his electric mouse partner Pikachu and a regularly changing line-up of human friends. The show's central protagonist is Ash Ketchum, a ten-year-old aspiring "Pokémon master", who participates in competitions involving battles with creatures called Pokémon in the fictional regions of Kanto, the Orange Islands, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola and recently Galar. (formerly Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.). It began broadcasting on TV Tokyo on April 1, 1997, in association with MediaNet (formerly TV Tokyo MediaNet and Softx) and Shopro, stands for Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd. Pokémon, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters ( ポケットモンスター, Poketto Monsutā), is a Japanese anime television series based on the Pokémon video game series published by Nintendo. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles.
