Professor Kukui (anime)

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Professor Kukui
ククイ博士 Dr. Kukui
Professor Kukui anime.png
Art from the Sun & Moon series
Gender Male
Eye color Black
Hair color Black
Hometown Unknown
Region Alola
Relatives no
Game counterpart Professor Kukui
Anime 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 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

Professor Kukui's Rockruff
Rockruff
Rockruff is Professor Kukui's only known Pokémon.

None of Rockruff's moves are known.

Debut The Guardian's Challenge!

Ride Pokémon

A Poké Ride Wailmer
Wailmer
Professor Kukui was first seen riding a Poké Ride Wailmer around Melemele Island.

None of Wailmer's moves are known.

Debut SM005

At his house

Luvdisc (×2)
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.

Debut The Guardian's Challenge!
Corsola
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.

Debut The Guardian's Challenge!

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 中川慶一 Keiichi Nakagawa
English Abe Goldfarb
Italian Paolo De Santis
European Spanish Juan Antonio García Sainz de la Maza


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


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