Samurai&#039;s sole appearance came in Challenge of the Samurai. Ash and Misty were traveling through Viridian Forest, and Ash intended to catch more Pok&eacute;mon. He was just about to catch a Weedle when Samurai jumped out of the bushes and threatened him with his sword, demanding to know if Ash was from Pallet Town. Samurai challenged Ash to a battle, having already lost to Gary and the other two trainers from Pallet.    In the confusion caused by Samurai&#039;s yelling and sword-waving, the Weedle escaped. Samurai insulted Ash, saying that he is a &quot;bad Trainer&quot;. Because of this, they started a battle. Samurai&#039;s powerful Pinsir knocked out Ash&#039;s Pidgeotto, but Ash&#039;s Metapod used Harden to damage Pinsir&#039;s pincers. Samurai sent out his own Metapod, and the two Pok&eacute;mon, being unable of using any move besides Harden, were locked in a complete stalemate for hours.    Their match was interrupted by a Beedrill swarm, apparently angered by Ash&#039;s attack of the Weedle earlier. The Beedrill snatched Ash&#039;s Metapod and flew off. The trio hid in Samurai&#039;s cabin, where the boy continued to berate and insult Ash, saying that Ash is not a good trainer to his Pok&eacute;mon, now for how he didn&#039;t immediately help Metapod when the Beedrill attacked.    Samurai did, however, gain respect for Ash when he used his newly evolved Butterfree to put the Beedrill to sleep by using Sleep Powder.    At the end of the episode, Ash, Misty, and Samurai say good-bye, and the two boys say that they will battle again some day.    He made a cameo appearance with his Pinsir in the second opening theme, The Rivals, and its English dub counterpart, Pok&eacute;mon World. 

A young boy named Satoshi embarks on a journey to become a "Pokémon Master" with his first Pokémon, Pikachu. Joining him on his travels are Takeshi, a girl-obsessed Rock Pokemon Trainer, and Kasumi, a tomboyish Water Pokémon Trainer who may have a crush on him. Satoshi and Co. end up traveling through various regions, including Kanto, the Orange Islands, and Johto, and then enter the Pokémon League competitions there. Along the way, they run into many confrontations with Musashi, Kojirou, and Nyarth, a trio of Pokémon thieves who are apart of an evil organization called "Team Rocket". But everytime Team Rocket try to do their evil deeds, they fail thanks to Satoshi and his Pokémon.<br><br>
(Source: Anime News Network)

James Carter Cathcart (born January 4, 1954 in West Long Branch, New Jersey), often credited as Carter Cathcart or Jimmy Zoppi, is a American voice actor, bassist and vocalist.
He's best known for voicing Gary in Pokémon as well as James, Meowth and Professor Oak since Season 9. He also is known for voicing Vector in Sonic X.

On April 17th, 2023, he announced on his CaringBridge page that he will be retiring from voice acting and script adapting after Pokémon Journeys: The Series has finished, following his diagnosis with throat cancer in late January 2023.

Vagner Abiate Fagundes is a Brazilian actor, voice actor and dubbing director. Dubbing since the 90s, Vagner has become one of the greatest Brazilian voice actors working with several anime. Among his highlights are Son Gohan (teen and adult) from the Dragon Ball series, Touya Kinomoto in Card Captor Sakura, Zim in Invader Zim, Monkey D. Luffy in One Piece, Shikamaru Nara in Naruto, and Shun Kazami in the Bakugan series. In 2007, Vagner won the Yamato Award for best voice actor of the year, alongside Marco Antônio Costa, for lending his voice to Luffy. He is the official voice actor for actor Elijah Wood in São Paulo. He is the older brother of the voice actor [Vinícius Fagundes](https://anilist.co/staff/188407/).

**Eirik Espolin Johnson** is a Norwegian voice actor and author.

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10-year-old Satoshi, after finding a Pikachu messing with the wiring in his house, is on a journey to become the greatest Pokémon Master and to beat out his rival, Shigeru. Along the way, he meets with many other Pokémon trainers and advisors, including water-based trainer (and gym leader) Kasumi, ground- and rock-based trainer (and gym leader) Takeshi, and others.