Sofu

Sofu

Sofu (Japanese: ソフウ Sofū) is a minor recurring character in the Pokémon anime, who first appeared in Run, Heroes, Run!. He is the late grandfather of Hapu and a former island kahuna of Poni Island.

History

Sofu debuted in Run, Heroes, Run!, where Tapu Fini summoned his spirit from the dead to oversee a trial it had set up for Kiawe. After the trial was over, he observed Kiawe and Ash alongside the ghost of Kiawe's grandfather, before the both of them faded away.

He appeared again in Memories in the Mist!, where he reunited with his granddaughter in the Ruins of Hope. There, he informed her that Tapu Fini had accepted her as the new Poni Island Kahuna before Tapu Fini cleared the mist and faded away again.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 魚建 Ken Uo English Mike Pollock European French Jean-Michel Vovk Italian Mario Scarabelli (SM107) Polish Tomasz Borkowski Brazilian Portuguese Reinaldo Pimenta European Spanish Jon Ciriano

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ソフウ Sofū	From 祖父 sofu (grandfather) and ハプウ Hāpuʻu (Hapu)
English	Sofu	Same as his Japanese name
French	Sofou	Same as his Japanese name
German	Sophus	From sophos (wise)
Italian	Avus	From avo (ancestor)
Spanish	Sancho	From sanctus (holy)
Chinese (Mandarin)	索夫烏 Suǒfūwū	Transliteration of his Japanese name
European Portuguese	Sofu	Same as Japanese name
Brazilian Portuguese	Saulo	Similar to his Japanese name

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