Sho

Sho

Sho (Japanese: ショウ Shō) is the character of the day in Pika and Goliath!. His English voice actor is Tom Wayland and his Japanese voice actor is 陶山章央 Akio Suyama.

Sho first came off as a cocky, arrogant boy; a trait in which is shared by his Raichu and Pichu. His Pichu came across Ash's Pikachu and called its trainer over. Sho assumed it was a wild Pikachu and was going to attempt to catch it before Ash explained it was his. Sho offered to trade his Mareep, Magneton, and Magnemite for Pikachu in order to complete his evolution collection. Of course, Ash refused on all offers. Then he started to accuse Ash of being a weak Trainer and not being able to handle Pikachu's power.

From there on, he challenged Ash to a battle with his Raichu. Ash in turn uses Pikachu. Sho's Raichu knows many of the moves that Pikachu knows such as Iron Tail and even Volt Tackle. However, since it's fully evolved, it knows the move Hyper Beam. One of Sho's battle strategies is to have Raichu pin down opponents with its tail and then fire a Hyper Beam at them for a finishing blow at point blank range, proving to be brutal, if not, merciless. He enacted this technique on Ash's Pikachu which injured it so much that it needed to be sent to the Pokémon Center in critical condition.

Later on, Ash would challenge him to a rematch and Pikachu defeated Raichu. Sho knew that he was wrong about Ash and Pikachu's battling abilities and accepted defeat.

Pokémon

Raichu

Pichu

Mareep (offered for trade)

Magnemite (offered for trade)

Magneton (offered for trade)

Trivia

• Sho has a similar personality as Lt. Surge as well as Pokémon choice. Both can be arrogant but will admit defeat and gain respect for the one who defeated them.
• In the English dub, Sho speaks using contemporary street slang, using terms like "homeboy", and "noob".
• In both English and Japanese, his name can be extracted from the word shock, which makes sense considering his team is made up of Electric-type Pokémon.

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