Professor Kukui (anime)
| Professor Kukui ククイ博士 Dr. Kukui | |
 Art from the Sun & Moon series | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Eye color | Black |
| Hair color | Black |
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Alola |
| Relatives | no |
| Game counterpart | Professor Kukui |
| Animated debut | Alola to New Adventure! |
| English voice actor | Abe Goldfarb |
| Japanese voice actor | Keiichi Nakagawa |
Professor Kukui (Japanese: ククイ博士 Professor Kukui) is a Pokémon Professor in the Alola region, a teacher at the Pokémon School on Melemele Island and a major supporting character of the Pokémon anime in the Sun & Moon series.
History
Professor Kukui made his debut appearance in Alola to New Adventure!, where he along with Mallow introduced Ash to the Pokémon School of Melemele Island, of which he is a teacher and later in the episode, Ash decided that he would stay in Professor Kukui's house, while he attends the Pokémon School. In [[SM002|the following episode], he gave Ash the Rotom Pokédex.
He appeared in SM010, where he referred Ash's Island challenge against Hala.
Character
Principal Oak is a fairly serious, but happy character. Despite this, he usually likes to add the names of moves into conversations every now and then, much like how Samson Oak uses Pokémon puns.
Pokémon
This listing is of Professor Kukui's known Pokémon in the anime:
On hand
At his house
Professor Kukui has two Luvdisc which he keeps in a fish tank in his house, along with a Corsola, that first appeared in The Guardian's Challenge!. They appeared again in SM006 and SM007.
None of Luvdisc's moves are known.
Professor Kukui has a Corsola, which he keeps in a fish tank in his house, along with two Luvdisc, that first appeared in The Guardian's Challenge!. It appeared again in SM006 and SM007.
None of Corsola's moves are known.
Voice actors
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Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ククイ博士 Dr. Kukui | From kukui (Hawaiian for the candlenut, the state tree of Hawaii) |
| English, German, Italian, Spanish |
Prof. Kukui | Same as Japanese name |
| French | Prof. Euphorbe | From euphorbe (spurge). Both the candlenut and the spurges are in the Euphorbiaceae family. |
| Korean | 쿠쿠이박사 Kukui-baksa | Transliteration of Japanese name |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 庫庫伊博士 / 库库伊博士 Dr. Kùkùyī | Transliteration of Japanese name |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 庫庫伊博士 Dr. Fufuyī | Mandarin-based transliteration of Japanese name |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Professor Nogueira | From nogueira-de-iguape (candlenut). Nogueira is also a common Brazilian surname. |
| Russian | Профессор Кукуи Professor Kukui | Transcription of English name |
