Rodger Parsons

Ken Gates is a voice actor for the English-language dub of the Pokémon anime. From season nine onwards, he is credited under his real name, Rodger Parsons.

Pokémon

Gates was one of the original voice actors on Pokémon, and he was the original narrator of the series. He left at the beginning of Pokémon Advanced, but returned when Pokémon USA took over the dubbing of Pokémon. Most characters he voices were voiced by Unshō Ishizuka in Japanese.

Roles on Pokémon

Anime

• Narrator (EP001-AG020, AG146-present)
• Koga
• Flint (AG177)
• Mr. Saridakis
• King of Pokélantis (AG178)
• Enta (DP050-DP052)
• Whiscash (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate!)
• Officer Jenny's police squad
• Partial of Hunter J's followers

Games

• Announcer (Pokémon Battle Revolution)

Famous non-Pokémon roles

• Odin/Brahms (Valkyrie Profile)

This article is part of Project VA, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each voice actor of the Pokémon anime.