Satoshi (Zensho)

Satoshi サトシ Satoshi
Satoshi
Age	10
Gender	Male
Hometown	Pallet Town
Region	Kanto
Relatives	Mom

Satoshi is the main character of the Pokémon Zensho manga and is directly based on Red of the original games. Like his counterparts, he has a rival based on Blue: Shigeru.

History

Satoshi first appears in Prologue: Pallet Town, beginning his journey on the same day as Shigeru. He starts off with Charmander, Shigeru with Squirtle. They have their first battle, which Satoshi wins.

Satoshi obtains all eight badges and challenges the Pokémon League, where he sweeps through the Elite Four quickly and defeats his rival, Shigeru, who already beat the Elite Four, for the final time.

Satoshi pushes Shigeru out of the way of a falling pillar, damaged in their last battle by Shigeru's Blastoise's Hydro Pump, and the two renew their friendship, pledging to capture Mewtwo together.

Pokémon

On hand

Charmander → Charmeleon → Charizard

Debut	Prologue: Pallet Town

Main article: Satoshi's Charizard (Zensho)

Charizard is Satoshi's starter Pokémon. He obtains it as a Charmander in the Prologue. It evolves into Charmeleon after defeating Shigeru's Squirtle and into Charizard after defeating Blaine's Arcanine.

Pikachu → Raichu

Debut	Pewter City

Satoshi finds Raichu in Viridian Forest when it is still a Pikachu. Shy at first, it warms up to Satoshi after he proves that he is friendly.

In Cerulean City, Pikachu participates in its first Gym battle: it has trouble swimming and falls into the water. Although Satoshi does not defeat Misty, the Gym Leader, Pikachu wins Satoshi his Cascade Badge by saving Misty from a Team Rocket Grunt's Gyarados.

Pikachu voluntarily evolves into Raichu with a Thunderstone before battling the Elite Four. At the Indigo Plateau, it is seen defeating Lorelei's Cloyster.

None of Raichu's moves are known.

Ditto

Debut	Fuchsia City

Ditto is a Pokémon that Satoshi finds in the Safari Zone.

Ditto's only move is Transform.

Lapras

Debut	Saffron City

Lapras originally belonged to Sabrina and is given to Satoshi after it tries to defeat Giovanni.

Lapras's known moves are Mist, Hydro Pump and Ice Beam.

Jigglypuff

Debut	Cinnabar Island

Satoshi captures Jigglypuff around the time he battles Blaine. Satoshi has Jigglypuff lull Articuno to sleep that Blaine might capture the legendary bird.

Jigglypuff's only known move is Sing.

Alakazam

Debut	Indigo Plateau

Satoshi's Alakazam first appears when Satoshi sends it out to battle Agatha's Gengar. The circumstances of its capture are never explored.

None of Alakazam's moves are known.

In the Box

Magikarp, Slowpoke, Krabby, and Psyduck

Debut	Fuchsia City

Satoshi receives many Magikarp (at least three), a Slowpoke, a Krabby, and a Psyduck from a fisherman in return for his Dratini while at the Safari Zone. They are all sent to his Box afterwards.

None of these Pokémon's moves are known.

Formerly owned

Seel

Debut	Cerulean City

Misty gives Seel to Satoshi after he saves her from Gyarados. Satoshi then releases it upon arriving in the Seafoam Islands.

None of Seel's moves are known.

Dratini

Debut	Fuchsia City

Dratini is a Pokémon that Satoshi found in the Safari Zone by fishing. He gives it to a fisherman afterwards, in exchange for several Water-type Pokémon (see above).

None of Dratini's moves are known.

Nidoran♂

Debut	Vermilion City

Satoshi catches a Nidoran♂ whilst the Pokémon is getting the mail. However, the Nidoran♂ ends up being a metamorphosed Bill. Bill returns to his human self when Satoshi places him in a machine that separates his human self from his Pokémon self.

None of Nidoran♂'s moves are known.

Trivia

• He shares his name with Ash Ketchum from the Pokémon anime. However, he is based on Red, not Ash, so his name actually comes from the optional names from the game. A similar situation applies to Shigeru, Satoshi's rival and Haruka from Pokémon Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty ♪.
  • He also shares his name with the creator of Pokémon, Satoshi Tajiri.
• Satoshi suffers a complete loss to Shigeru in their second rematch; despite the comic being based almost entirely on the games, this situation actually runs counter to them, because, in the games, victory is necessary to proceed.
• Unlike Ash's Pikachu, Satoshi's Pikachu voluntarily uses a Thunderstone on itself in order to evolve into Raichu; this is in preparation for the battles against the Elite Four.

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.