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| Professor Araragi アララギ博士 Dr. Araragi | |
| File:Araragi.png Art by Ken Sugimori | |
| Gender | Female |
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| Eye color | Green/Cyan |
| Hair color | Light Brown |
| Hometown | Kanoko Town |
| Region | Unova |
| Relatives | Mr. Araragi (father) |
| Trainer class | Pokémon Professor |
| Generation | V |
| Games | Black and White |
| Anime debut | BW001 |
| English voice actor | N/A |
| Japanese voice actor | Naomi Shindō |
Professor Araragi (Japanese: アララギ博士 Dr. Araragi) is the resident Pokémon professor of the Unova region. She specializes in the origins of Pokémon, and is the first main series Pokémon professor who is female.
In the games
Professor Araragi debuted in Pokémon Black and White, where, like the other professors, she will give the player a Pokédex in her lab; however, she leaves a present containing the starter Pokémon at the player's house for the player, Bel, and Cheren.
She also demonstrates to the player how to capture their first Pokémon, a level 2 Minezumi, with her level 7 Chillarmy.
Pokémon
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Professor Araragi also owns a level 2 Minezumi that knows Leer.
Sprites
| File:Araragi BW Intro.png | File:BW Araragi Back.png | File:Araragistanddown.png |
| Sprite from Black and White's introduction. |
Back sprite from Black and White |
Overworld sprite from Black and White |
In the anime
Professor Araragi makes her first appearance in BW001 and is an old friend of Professor Oak. She gives Ash, Delia and Oak a ride in her jeep to her lab so she can study Ash's Pikachu. She then shows Ash the new Starter Pokémon with Shooti, and gives Shooti his first Poké Balls.
Ash later returns to Professor Araragi's lab after finding out that Ash's Pikachu has lost his electricity from Zekrom. Later the storm arrives again but this time it gives Pikachu's electric powers back, and Ash departs from her lab the next day.
She reappeared in BW003 where she sent Oshawott's Poké Ball to Ash.
Pokémon
This listing is of Professor Araragi's known Pokémon: She also has these Pokémon to give to new Trainers:
| Debut | BW001 |
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| Debut | BW001 |
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| Debut | BW001 |
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Oshawott is a Pokémon that Professor Araragi gives to new Trainers. One appeared in BW001, where it appeared to Ash and Shooti. While it tried to use its cuteness, Shooti still chose Snivy. It gained feelings for Ash after he called it cute, and it also watched the battle between Ash and Shooti before returning. It later decided to follow Ash.
Known Trainers with her starter Pokémon in the anime
| File:Shooti Janovy.png Shooti's Janovy ♂ |
 Ash's Oshawott ♂ |
In the manga
Although just starting, Professor Araragi has already appeared in the first chapter of the Black and White chapter of Pokémon Adventures, where she was seen with the three starters, talking to Makomo on the phone, and mentioning that tomorrow three boys and girls from Kanoko Town would be coming by to pick up the starters, also commenting that she hoped their trainers would be able to handle them, after they destroyed her office in a fight with each other. Of the three, Tepig ended up in Black's hands, while Cheren and Bel received Snivy and Oshawott, respectively. She also issued them three individual copies of the Unova Pokédex, but an accident left two of them broken, and as of yet Black's is the only one still functional.
Pokémon
Given away
 Poka (Given to Black) |
 Snivy (Given to Cheren) |
 Oshawott (Given to Bel) |
Trivia
- While Araragi is the first female professor in the games, she is not the first female professor in the anime. Professor Ivy of the Orange Archipelago takes this honor, having been introduced more than ten years prior to Araragi.
- After Araragi catches the Minezumi, it can be seen wandering about her laboratory.
Names
| Language | Name | Reference to |
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| Japanese | アララギ博士 Dr. Araragi | アララギ Araragi, Japanese yew, or wild rocambole (old name). |
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