This article is about an episode of the Pokémon animated series that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.
(Japanese: ポニ島の自由研究！しまキングをさがせ！！Poni Island Research Project! Search for the Island King!!) is the 104th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,043rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 13, 2019.
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Sophocles reveals that he's planning to evolve his Charjabug and learns from Nurse Joy where he needs to go in order for it to evolve.
Ash learns that Poni Island doesn't currently have an Island Kahuna, as the previous one had retired due to ill health, so he decides to find and battle Tapu Fini instead.
Ash and his classmates meet Hapu for the first time, and later learn she is the granddaughter of the Island's second most recent Kahuna, Sofū.
