Professor Cerise

Professor Cerise (Japanese: サクラギ博士 Dr. Sakuragi) is a Pokémon Professor who appeared in Pokémon Journeys: The Series. He is the father of Chloe and the professor of the Cerise Laboratory in Vermilion City.
==In animation==
===History===
====Pre-series====
As revealed in Best Friend...Worst Nightmare!, Professor Cerise met his wife, Talia, when they attended the same high school. After noticing that Talia wasn't drawing anymore, he encouraged her to continue pursuing her dreams to become a comic book artist.
====Pokémon Journeys: The Series====
Professor Cerise made a cameo in a fantasy in Enter Pikachu!. He physically debuted in Legend? Go! Friends? Go! during the opening ceremony of Cerise Laboratory, where he explained his goal of studying everything about to better understand them and the itself. During his speech, Cerise received an alert of changes in the atmosphere, leading him to predict the appearance of a rare Pokémon at the Vermilion harbor. 
Later, he was impressed after hearing and Goh's findings after their encounter with the rare Pokémon, , and offered the two to become research fellows at his lab, which they accepted. Afterward, Cerise offered Goh to choose one of the Kanto first partner Pokémon, but Goh declined, wanting to make his first Pokémon instead.
In Ivysaur's Mysterious Tower!, Cerise gave Ash a smartphone before releasing his two from their s. The Rotom proceeded to enter Ash and Goh's smartphones, turning them into Rotom Phones. Since then, Cerise has been sending Ash and Goh on various missions around the Pokémon world.
In Dreams Are Made of These!, Cerise accompanied some children during a Pokémon Orienteering competition, where he competed against a team led by Chloe and Goh and another led by Ash. At the end of the day, his team became the winners of the competition when they arrived first at the finish. He encouraged all participants to pursue their respective dreams, however.
In To Train, or Not to Train!, Chloe befriended an and her. After this, Professor Cerise handed his daughter a Rotom Phone.
In Reuniting for the First Time!, Professor Cerise watched Chloe's participation in the in Lilycove City. He was quite proud of his daughter's progress after the performance.
In Radio Lulled the Mischievous Stars!, Professor Cerise became a fan of 's radio show, along with Ren. He quickly became an avid listener and managed to receive multiple badges for his participation.
In Infinite Possibilities!, Professor Cerise took Chloe on a camping trip, where he encountered Grover from his childhood.
===Character===
Professor Cerise is a calm but friendly person. He is very knowledgeable about , being deemed a genius since he was young. He is also exceptionally enthusiastic when it comes to studying Pokémon. Sometimes, he gets so carried away that it embarrasses his daughter, prompting her to rein him in. As revealed in Radio Lulled the Mischievous Stars!, he feels that Chloe spends more time with Pokémon than him. He can also be overprotective towards her, as seen when got worried of the idea of her going to Sinnoh alone.
Professor Cerise has a good relationship with other Pokémon Professors, such as Professor Oak and Professor Magnolia.
===Pokémon===
This listing is of Professor Cerise's only known in :
====With Ash, Goh, and Chloe====
		
====Adopted====
====Befriended====
====Gives to new Trainers====
Professor Cerise has these Pokémon to give to new :
====Other====
===Voice actors===
===Artwork===
 	 	
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Artwork from "After the story" https://twitter.com/anipoke_pr/status/1368441281165230081	Artwork from "After the story" https://twitter.com/anipoke_PR/status/1533327759694409728	Artwork from "After the story" https://twitter.com/anipoke_PR/status/1605058779347025921
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Journeys===
Professor Cerise appears in , playing the same role as he does in the animated series.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	サクラギ博士 Dr. Sakuragi 	From 桜木 sakuragi (), the of , or 桜木町駅 Sakuragichō-eki (, a train station in on the and formerly on the )
English 	Professor Cerise 	From (French for cherry)
German 	Professor Kirsch 	From Kirsche (cherry)
European Spanish 	Profesor Cerezo 	From cerezo (cherry tree)
French 	Professeur Cerise 	From cerise (cherry)
Italian 	Professor Cerasa 	From cerasa (a dialectal word for cherry)
Korean 	채박사 Chae- 	From 체리 cherry and the surname 채
Chinese () 	櫻木博士 / 樱木博士 Yīngmù- 	From the Japanese surname 櫻木 Sakuragi. Contains 櫻 yīng (cherry).
Indonesian, Malaysian,Latin American Spanish	Profesor Cerise 	Same as his English name
Brazilian Portuguese 	Professor Cerejeira 	From cerejeira (cherry tree)
Vietnamese 	Giáo sư Sakuragi 	Same as his Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
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