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Professor Araragi (Japanese: アララギ博士 Dr. Araragi) is the resident Pokémon professor of the Isshu region. She specialises in the origins of Pokémon, and is the first main series Pokémon professor who is female.

In the games

Professor Araragi debuted in Pokémon Black and White, where, like the other professors, she will give the player a Pokédex in her lab; however, she leaves a present containing the starter Pokémon at the player's house for the player, Bel, and Cheren.

She also demonstrates to the player how to capture their first Pokémon, a level 2 Minezumi, with her level 7 Chillarmy.

In the anime

Professor Araragi makes her first appearance in BW001 and is an old friend of Professor Oak. She gives Ash, Delia and Oak a ride in her jeep to her lab so she can study Ash's Pikachu. She then shows Ash the new Starter Pokémon with Shooti, and gives Shooti his first Poké Balls.

Ash later returns to Professor Araragi's lab after finding out that Ash's Pikachu has lost his electricity from Zekrom. Later the storm arrives again but this time it gives Pikachu's electric powers back. And the next day Ash departs.

She reappeared in BW003 where she sent Mijumaru's Poké Ball to Ash, so he could capture it.

Pokémon

This listing is of Professor Araragi's known Pokémon: She also has these Pokémon to give to new Trainers:

Known Trainers with her starter Pokémon in the anime

In the manga

Professor Araragi in the manga

Although just starting, Professor Araragi has already appeared in the first chapter of the Black and White chapter of Pokemon Adventures, where she was seen with the three starters, talking to Makomo on the phone, and mentioning that tomorrow three boys and girls from Kanoko Town would be coming by to pick up the starters, also commenting that she hoped their trainers would be able to handle them, after they destroyed her office in a fight with each other. It is not known who the three trainers she was referring to are yet, but Black was seen with Pokabu in the second chapter, meaning he was one of the three.

Trivia

• While Araragi is the first female professor in the games, she is not the first female professor in the anime. Professor Ivy of the Orange Archipelago takes this honor, having been introduced more than ten years prior to Araragi.
• Araragi is the only Professor to have their father appear, at least in the games.

Name

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.