Ritchie first appeared in A Friend In Deed and quickly befriended his fellow Pok&eacute;mon League competitor, Ash Ketchum. This led to problems in the next episode, Friend or Foe Alike, since the two were matched up to battle against each other. Ritchie won the match, since at the very end Ash&#039;s Charizard refused to fight Sparky  and took a nap on the battlefield instead. Even though he lost in the next match to Assunta, he made it to the Top 8 position in the league.    Ritchie showed up again in the anime when Ash and co. visited the Whirl Islands, starting in The Mystery is History. He was searching for a mysterious Pok&eacute;mon that can be found there, which turned out to be a Lugia.    He also appeared in three Pok&eacute;mon Chronicles episodes; Oaknapped, Celebi and Joy and The Search for the Legend.    [credit to bulbapedia]

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. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

__Birth Name:__ Izumi Arai (新井泉)

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The female half of the musical duo [TWO-MIX](https://anilist.co/staff/102352/).

Married mangaka [Gosho Aoyama](https://anilist.co/staff/97804/) (creator of _Detective Conan_) on her birthday, May 5, in 2005. Later divorced on December 10, 2007.

**Non-Anime Roles:**
• Fu Hua (Honkai Impact 3rd)

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A Mexican voice actress. She is known for being the Latin American Spanish voice of May in _Pokémon Advance_ and Gaz in _Invader Zim_.

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Rafael Meira Barioni is a Brazilian actor, former voice actor, director, writer, and presenter. He is the older brother of the late voice actor Thiago Barioni.

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Manic the Hedgehog (2nd dub; Sonic Underground)
- Sidney "Sid" (Hey Arnold!)
- Casper, the Friendly Ghost (Casper: A Spirited Beginnnig)
- Morris "Mud" Himmel (Camp Nowhere)
- Dennis Brooks (Camp Cucamonga)
!~

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Pokémon Trainer Satoshi has a new plan: see the world! But first, he and his partner Pikachu are headed to the opening of the Sakuragi Institute, a research facility dedicated to uncovering the mysteries of Pokémon in every region. Satoshi meets Gou, another boy with boundless curiosity about Pokémon, and both are overjoyed when Professor Sakuragi asks them to become official research fellows. With Satoshi as determined as ever to become a Pokémon Master, and Gou aiming to catch one of every Pokémon (including the Mythical Mew), our heroes are in for adventure and excitement as they explore the wide world of Pokémon!
 
(Source: Pokémon TV)
 
Note: Episode 119, 121, 126 and 128 are recap episodes that did not air outside of Japan.

Episodes of the Pocket Monsters anime which occasionally aired instead of a rerun from the main anime series as part of the Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station in Japan. They aired concurrently with Pocket Monsters Advanced from December 3, 2002 to September 28, 2004 in Japan. Outside of Japan, these episodes were only dubbed in the West as part of Pokémon Chronicles. 
(Source: Bulbapedia) 
Note: The Japanese version comprised 16 episodes while the U.S. version comprised 22 episodes; this page represents the Japanese version. The 6 additional episodes in the U.S. version were taken from previous movies and specials. Episodes 1, 2, and 3 are from Pokémon: The Legend of Thunder!, Episodes 4 and 20 are from Pokémon: Pikachu's Winter Vacation (2001), and Episode 22 is from Pokémon: Pikachu's Winter Vacation

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Thiago Dias Longo is a Brazilian actor, voice actor, dubbing director, and journalist.

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Jay Walker / Blue Ninja (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Anthony Bridgerton (Bridgerton)
- Karube Daikichi (Alice in Borderland)
- The Collector (The Owl House)
- Jacob Holland (The Sea Beast)
- Walter White Jr. (Breaking Bad)
- Troy Burrows / Megaforce Red Ranger (Power Rangers: Megaforce)
- Joe Jonas (Most of Disney Channel productions)
- Jasper Jordan (1st voice; The 100)
- Cole Riordan (One of Us is Lying)
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Daniel Arsham × Pokémon collabrative animation. This animated short is directed by Kunihiko Yuyama (chief director of the original Pocket Monsters anime) and was initially shown off at Daniel Arsham's "A Ripple in Time" art exhibition in Tokyo. 
Note: A minute-long preview was previously released on January 27, 2022 in Pokemon's official YouTube channel.

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