Professor Cerise

If you were looking for the location featured in Pokémon Adventures, see Cerise Island.

Professor Cerise サクラギ博士 Dr. Sakuragi
Professor Cerise in Pokémon Journeys: The Series
Gender	Male
Eye color	Green
Hair color	Maroon
Hometown	Vermilion City
Region	Kanto
Relatives	Talia (wife), Chloe (daughter), Parker (son)
Trainer class	Pokémon Professor
Anime debut	Enter Pikachu!
English voice actor	Ray Chase
Japanese voice actor	Yūichi Nakamura

Professor Cerise (Japanese: サクラギ博士 Dr. Sakuragi) is a Pokémon Professor who appeared in Pokémon Journeys: The Series. He is the father of Chloe and the professor of the Cerise Laboratory in Vermilion City.

In the anime

History

Professor Cerise and Talia during high school

Pre-series

As revealed in Best Friend...Worst Nightmare!, Professor Cerise met his wife, Talia, when they attended the same high school. After noticing that Talia wasn't drawing anymore, he encouraged her to continue pursuing her dreams to become a comic book artist.

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Professor Cerise

Professor Cerise debuted in a fantasy in Enter Pikachu!. He physically debuted in Legend? Go! Friends? Go! during the opening ceremony of Cerise Laboratory, where he explained his goal of studying everything about Pokémon to better understand them and the world itself. During his speech, Cerise received an alert of changes in the atmosphere, leading him to predict the appearance of a rare Pokémon at the Vermilion harbor.

Later, he was impressed after hearing Ash and Goh's findings after their encounter with the rare Pokémon, Lugia, and offered the two to become research fellows at his lab, which they accepted. Afterwards, Cerise offered Go to choose one of the Kanto starter Pokémon, but Goh declined, wanting to make Mew his first Pokémon instead.

In Ivysaur's Mysterious Tower!, Cerise gave Ash a smartphone before releasing his two Rotom from their Poké Balls. The Rotom proceeded to enter Ash and Goh's smartphones, turning them into Rotom Phones. Since then, Cerise has been sending Ash and Go on various missions around the Pokémon world.

In Dreams Are Made of These!, Cerise accompanies some children during the Pokémon Orienteering competition, where he competed against a time led by Chloe and Goh and another led by Ash. At the end of the day, his team becomes the winner of the competition when they arrive before in the agreed location, at the end of the day, however, he encourages all participants to pursue their respective dreams.

Character

Professor Cerise is a calm, but friendly person. He is very knowledgeable about Pokémon, being deemed a genius since he was young. He is also exceptionally enthusiastic when it comes to studying Pokémon. Sometimes, he gets so carried away that it embarrasses his daughter, prompting her to rein him in.

Pokémon

With Ash and Goh

Rotom (×2)

Adopted

Yamper ♂

Chloe's Yamper

Debut	Legend? Go! Friends? Go!
Voice actors
Japanese	Inuko Inuyama
English	Tara Jayne Sands

Main article: Chloe's Yamper

Professor Cerise received this Yamper from a friend in the Galar region. While he is technically the pet of the Cerise household, he appears to recognize Chloe as his owner.

Gives to new Trainers

Professor Cerise has these Pokémon to give to new Trainers:

Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle

Debut	Legend? Go! Friends? Go!

Professor Cerise offered Goh a choice between Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle, but Goh refused, saying he wanted his first Pokémon to be Mew.

None of their moves are known.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 中村悠一 Yūichi Nakamura English Ray Chase Mandarin Chinese 于正昇 Yú Zhèngshēng European French Pierre Lognay Korean 황창영 Hwang Changyoung

In the manga

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Professor Cerise in the Pocket Monsters manga

In the Pocket Monsters manga

Professor Cerise appears in Pocket Monsters, playing the same role as he does in the anime.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	サクラギ博士 Dr. Sakuragi	From 桜木 sakuragi (cherry tree) or 桜木町駅 Sakuragichō-eki (Sakuragichō Station, a train station in Yokohama on the Blue Line and formerly on the Tōkyū Tōyoko Line)
English	Professor Cerise	From cerise (French for cherry)
German	Professor Kirsch	From Kirsche (cherry)
European Spanish	Profesor Cerezo	From cereza (cherry)
French	Professeur Cerise	From cerise (cherry)
Italian	Professor Cerasa	From cerasa (a dialectal word for cherry)
Korean	채박사 Chae-baksa	From 체리 cherry and the surname 채 Chae
Chinese (Mandarin)	櫻木博士 Yīngmù-bóshì	From the Japanese surname 櫻木 Sakuragi. Contains 櫻 yīng (cherry).
Brazilian Portuguese	Professor Cerejeira	From cerejeira (cherry tree)

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Pokémon the Series characters
Protagonists Ash Ketchum (Pikachu) • Misty (Togetic) • Brock • Tracey Sketchit • May • Max • Dawn (Piplup) • Iris (Haxorus) • Cilan • Serena • Clemont • Bonnie (Dedenne) • Lana • Kiawe • Lillie • Sophocles • Mallow • Rotom Pokédex • Goh (Grookey) Rivals Gary • Ritchie • Harrison • Drew • Harley • Morrison • Tyson • Solidad • Paul • Nando • Zoey • Kenny • Conway • Barry • Ursula • Trip • Bianca • Burgundy • Stephan • Georgia • Cameron • Aria • Alain • Miette • Tierno • Shauna • Trevor • Nini • Sawyer • Gladion • Horacio • Hau • Leon • Raihan • Horace • Bea • League Conference participants • Coordinators • Performers • World Coronation Series participants Antagonists Jessie (Wobbuffet) • James • Meowth • Giovanni • Butch • Cassidy • Dr. Namba • Matori • Pierce • Dr. Zager • Gozu • Tabitha • Maxie • Shelly • Archie • Hunter J • Saturn • Cyrus • Mars • Jupiter • Charon • Colress • Aldith • Ghetsis • Barret • Malamar • Lysandre • Mable • Celosia • Aliana • Xerosic • Bryony • Tupp • Zipp • Rapp • Plumeria • Guzma • Viren • Rose • Oleana Professors Professor Oak • Professor Ivy • Professor Elm • Professor Birch • Professor Rowan • Professor Carolina • Professor Juniper • Dr. Fennel • Cedric Juniper • Professor Sycamore • Professor Kukui • Professor Burnet • Professor Cerise • Professor Magnolia • Sonia • Professor Amaranth Relatives Delia Ketchum • Daisy • Violet • Lily • James's parents • Flint • Lola • Forrest • Brock's siblings • Norman • Caroline • Johanna • Chili • Cress • Grace • Meyer • Lana's father • Lana's mother • Harper and Sarah • Rango • Sima • Mimo • Kiawe's grandfather • Mohn • Lusamine • Gladion • Sophocles's parents • Molayne • Abe • Mallow's mother • Ulu • Walker • Camille • Halta Supporting Officer Jenny • Nurse Joy • Magikarp salesman • Todd Snap • Charles Goodshow • Casey • Liza • Sakura • Lance • Clair • Raoul Contesta • Mr. Sukizo • Steven Stone • Vivian Meridian • Robert • Scott • Lilian Meridian • Solana • Brandon • Marian • Yuzo • Rhonda • Cynthia • Reggie • Angie • Looker • Izzy and Cara • Lyra • Khoury • Tobias • Don George • Elder • Alder • Luke • Freddy O'Martian • Ingo • Emmet • Jervis • Virgil • N • Anthea and Concordia • Porter • Alexa • Sophie • Cosette • Clembot • Sanpei • Mairin • Astrid • Diantha • Korrina • Gurkinn • Monsieur Pierre • Palermo • Keanan • Malva • Samson Oak • Anela • Hobbes • Nina • Anna • Laki • Dana • Yansu • Wicke • Faba • Ilima • Acerola • Dia • Chloe • Chrysa • Ren • Parker • Talia • Lei • Danika • Quillon • Hop • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Frontier Brains • Island kahunas • Many temporary characters Supporting Pokémon Fearow • Ho-Oh • Squirtle Squad • Pink Butterfree • Haunter • Jigglypuff • Mewtwo • Mimey • Lapras herd • Granbull • Pichu Brothers • Lugia • Silver • Delibird • Wynaut • Larvitar • Kyogre and Groudon • Articuno • Deoxys • Lake guardians • Forces of nature • Meloetta • Reshiram • Super-ancient Pokémon • Wooper • Florges • Squishy • Z2 • Guardian deities • Bewear • Toucannon's flock • Stoutland • Oranguru • Nebby • Stufful • Ultra Beasts • Grandpa Forest • Necrozma • Lunala • Shaymin • Mew • Rotom Phones • Pelipper • Thievul trio • Eternatus • Drone Rotom • Legendary heroes • Latias • Recurring wild Pokémon
See also: Pokémon Horizons characters

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