Ash Ketchum
In the manga
In the Ash and Pikachu manga
Ash is a starring character in Ash and Pikachu, a manga series based on the Johto saga of the Pokémon anime.
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
- Main article: Ash Ketchum (EToP)
Ash Ketchum is a starring character in The Electric Tale of Pikachu, a manga series based on the anime. Ash's journey in The Electric Tale of Pikachu follows roughly the same plot as in the anime: first traveling the Kanto region to participate in the Pokémon League, before embarking on a journey around the Orange Archipelago.
In the Magical Pokémon Journey manga
Ash, along with Misty and Brock, made cameo appearances in bonus chapters of the Magical Pokémon Journey manga. In the bonus chapters, Ash and co. have mistakenly wandered into the world Magical Pokémon Journey is set in. The bonus chapters chronicle their attempts to return to their own world (of the anime) and their encounters with various aspects of the Magical Pokémon Journey canon which differ from the anime's canon (such as the use of Poké Balls).
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Ash or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Name | Type | Level | Rarity | Set | Set no. |
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Ash's Torkoal | - | - | 7th Movie Half Deck (no English release) | 009/019 | |
Ash's Grovyle | - | - | 8th Movie Half Deck (no English release) | 001/020 | |
Ash's Phanpy | - | - | 8th Movie Half Deck (no English release) | 004/020 | |
Ash's Swellow | - | - | 8th Movie Half Deck (no English release) | 007/020 | |
Ash's Aipom | - | - | 9th Movie Half Deck (no English release) | 010/019 | |
Ash's Treecko | - | - | ADV-P Promotional cards (no English release) | 036/ADV-P | |
Pikachu M | 45 | - | Movie Commemoration Random Pack (no English release) | 012/022 | |
Staraptor M | 41 | - | Movie Commemoration Random Pack (no English release) | 018/022 | |
Pikachu M LV.X | X | - | DPt-P Promotional cards (no English release) | 043/DPt-P |
Trivia
- Ash has never officially caught a Pokémon of the Steel, Psychic, or Ghost types.
- This excludes the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, where he has caught a Slowpoke, a dual-typed Water/Template:Type2.
- The date of Ash's birth, according to Takeshi Shudo's anime novelizations, is 10 years, 10 months, and 10 days exactly prior to the day he began his Pokémon journey. Being that the same novelization declares that Pokémon Trainers obtain their first Pokémon in April of the year following their 10th birthday, and the anime itself began broadcast on the first of that month in 1997 in Japan, Ash's birthday, if April 1 was the first day of his journey, would be May 22.
- When Veronica Taylor was interviewed in the documentary "Adventures in Voice Acting", she stated that during her audition for the role of Ash, he was known as Casey at the time. This name would later be given to a recurring character from Johto.
- Ash has shown to possess some drawing abilities which were shown in Up Close and Personable! where he drew a Dewgong.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | サトシ Satoshi | Can be taken to mean 智 (wisdom; reason); named after Satoshi Tajiri. |
English, German, Spanish | Ash Ketchum | Ketchum sounds similar to catch 'em. First name can be found in Japanese name, Satoshi. Also, Ash is a default name for Red in Pokémon Red and Blue. Ash trees are suggested as another explanation as well. |
French | Sacha Ketchum | Similar to Ash. |
Korean | 한지우 Han Jiu |
지 is from 智 satoshi. Alternatively, 지우 can mean "close friend". |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 小智 Xiǎo Zhì |
智 is from 智 satoshi. Can mean "young wisdom" or "little knowledge". |
Chinese (Cantonese) | 小智 Síu Ji |
Same as Mandarin name. |
Indonesian | Ali (Kanto saga) Satoshi (Johto saga - present) |
Originally from Arabic names that mean "high" or "exalted". Slightly similar to Ash. Based on his Japanese name. |
Thai | ซาโตชิ Satoshi |
Based on Japanese name. |
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