Nathaniel

Nathaniel holding Ash's Pikachu

Nathaniel (Japanese: ナユタ Nayuta) is a character of the day who appeared in Strategy Begins At Home!. He is a small boy who lives in Twinleaf Town.

Ash met Nathaniel after spotting him peer out from some bushes and the two soon struck up a conversation. Ash allowed the budding Trainer to hold Pikachu after he asked politely. Nathaniel's enthusiasm and daily adventures reminded Ash of his younger self.

Nathaniel's favorite type of Pokémon are Bug-types, and he hopes to catch many of them once he becomes a Pokémon Trainer. The pair watched as a wild Heracross became attracted to some Honey that Nathaniel had earlier slathered on a tree, the close encounter was brief but exciting. This spurred Ash to tell him about his own Heracross.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura English Meghan McCracken Czech Vojtěch Hájek Finnish Heljä Heikkinen German Ditte Schupp Norwegian Jannike Kruse Polish Joanna Pach European Spanish Sara Vivas

This article is part of Project COD, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each one-time character of the Pokémon animated series.