Ash Ketchum

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Ashura 'Ash' Satoshi Ketchum is one of the main characters of the series. Pikachu was his first Pokémon since he was late to get his first Pokémon.

## Appearance

### Journeys

Ash wears a blue vest with yellow outlines, a white undershirt with short sleeves and a red stripe, indigo shorts with black outlines, and black sneakers with blue highlights. He also wears a red cap with a black Poké Ball design formed into the letter C with a green dot. During his second visit to Galar, he wears a Dynamax Band on his right wrist. Also, Ash sometimes wear his Z-Power Ring on his left wrist or his Mega Glove whenever he is battling in an important match, especially World Coordination Series battles of the Ultra Class.

### After Timeskip

Ash usually wears a red jacket with white lining down the sleeves over a white undershirt, light brown pants, and a pair of red and white sneakers. He also wears a red and white cap that has a green symbol on the front that resembles the Poké Ball symbol that was on his cap he wore during his Alola journey and black and blue fingerless gloves. Ash also keeps his Z-Power Ring on his left wrist and a ring with a Key Stone on his left middle finger.

## Character

Ash is incredibly selfless, he will often go to extraordinary lengths to earn a Pokémon's trust and respect and to better understand a Pokémon that he sees as troubled. He is also very fair-minded and trusting, a true testament to his good-natured character.

Ash has a strong sense of justice, especially when it comes to Pokémon. If a Pokémon is in trouble, he will make every effort to help them, even if he has no prior connection to them. If they are the cause of trouble, he will stop them, and then try to understand them, with almost all such occasions being a case of the Pokémon, or their Trainers or friends, having a problem which can't be resolved normally. In those cases, he will selflessly volunteer to help them. Should the problem be caused by humans, such as Team Rocket, Pokémon thieves, hunters, or poachers, Ash will resolve to do anything in his power to stop them.

Never straying from his goal, Ash has remained loyal to his friends, family, and supporters, but most of all his Pokémon. Ash became a great Trainer by learning to find and use the inner strength of each of his Pokémon by bonding with them. He also learns where their hidden abilities lie, as well as resorting to unorthodox strategies when fighting particularly challenging opponents. He is happy when his Pokémon evolve but lets them choose whether or not they want to evolve instead of forcing them.

Physically, Ash is in very good shape, especially for someone 10 years of age. He has a lot of stamina, walking miles upon miles through all kinds of environments, while journeying between towns on his journey. He also has huge endurance, as seen when he took powerful attacks from various Pokémon head-on and then recovering quite quickly. Furthermore, Ash has demonstrated himself to be a bit acrobatic. Ash has occasionally displayed great reflexes, being able to dodge attacks or catch falling objects out of the blue, and even being able to save himself, or others, in the last second during perilous situations. What's more, Ash has exhibited tremendous will power, as seen when he took attacks for long periods and keeps advancing. He is also strong, being capable of picking up heavy Pokémon such as Larvitar and Hippopotas.

Ash possesses some special abilities as he has the rare ability to use Aura. He is said to have the same Aura as Sir Aaron, a legendary hero, and is able to manipulate it in the same way. Therefore, he made a connection with Sir Aaron's Lucario. He is also known to meditate with his Pokémon in order to give them more patience and calm them down in dire situations and his meditation went to another level when he captured his Riolu that later evolved into a Lucario. He also trained his body and trained in the art of stealth in order to defeat criminal organizations. With his trained body, he can maintain his balance so he can perform moves like somersaults and flips with ease without losing his balance or making a sound.

Ash will get angry if someone hurts someone close to him, especially if his younger siblings, Silver and Leaf, get involved. In most situations he is still quite reckless, but he also makes sure to not cause severe damage to his surroundings or to others near him.

Before becoming a research fellow for Pressor Cerise and during the 5-month timeskip, he matured significantly and took part in events that involved criminal organizations more seriously. He also learned how to cook from his mother prior to her death and learned many things from Professor Oak such as Pokémon's abilities, typings, and how to train and care for them. He also become more wiser, serious and smarter to the point he can analyze a battle and maintained his unexpected battle styles.

Ash suffers from PTSD from disastrous events he took part of such as the Alamos Town and Team Flare incidents. Since defeating Team Galactic, he metaphorically wears a mask to hide his emotions and acts like everything is alright, making it seem like his personality is cheerful. Although he hides it, he no longer trusts anyone right away. It had taken months before he fully trusted anyone like Professor Kukui and Burnet. He has had mental breakdowns in front of his mother, Professor Oak, Tracey, Brock and Gary before. During the 5-month timeskip, it was revealed that these issues slowly started to heal and he began to show his true personality. Although he stops wearing his mask and shows his true personality, he still maintains his cheerfulness and smile from his fake personality. Even if he has become more serious, he is still upbeat and laughs constantly, showing how much he has healed and improved from his nightmares and PTSD.

## History

### Prior to Series

Before the series, Ash stayed at Cerise Laboratory with Goh as a research fellow.

### Fall of Team Rocket

In *Reunions and Revelations!*, Ash reunited with his childhood friend and former rival, Gary Oak, and found out about Project Mew. Gary brought up how he had a 'bad feeling' about this group, but more specifically the professor of this group, Professor Amaranth. Ash agreed to keep an eye out for this group as Goh had planned to join Project Mew. It is later revealed that Ash mentored a trainer from Johto, Gold Hibiki, for one year after he returned from Alola and took a training trip to Mt. Silver. During this time, he would find out his biological father was Giovanni Sakaki and he had two half siblings, Silver and Leaf Ketchum. Ash later found out from Jessie, James, and Meowth that they were left for dead by Matori during a mission in a volcano and deserted from Team Rocket for good. He also found out a all-out attack was planned to strike Alola and Ash decided to stop them before it was too late. In *Rocket's Fate!*, Ash, Gary, Gold, Silver, Leaf, Jessie, James, and Meowth broke into Team Rocket Headquarters and proceeded to defeat Giovanni and organization. However, during this, Giovanni had set a bomb in the building and it detonated, with Ash and the others in the radius, making the public assume that they all perished in the building.

### Trip to Hisui

In *Enter Hisui!*, it is revealed that the explosion that been countered by Ash and Silver's aura abilities, but Celebi's presence in the area caused temporal energy to mix with the explosion, causing Ash and his friends to fall in a vortex that the explosion would cause.

## Pokemon

### At Professor Oak's Lab

#### Hisui

 **Zorua → Zoroark** ♀

### With Kukui and Burnet

 **Exeggutor** ♂
 **Sandshrew → Sandslash** ♂

### With Professor Radars

 **Weedle → Kakuna → Beedrill ↔ Mega Beedrill** ♂
 **Rhydon → Rhyperior** ♂
 **Torchic → Combusken → Blaziken ↔ Mega Blaziken** ♂
 **Growlithe → Arcanine** ♂
 **Marshtomp → Swampert ↔ Mega Swampert** ♂
 **Flygon** ♂

### Traded Away

 Debut

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### Given Away

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### Unofficial

 Debut

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## Items

Keystone
(Given by Giovanni)Silph Scope
(Given by Giovanni)Eon Flute
(Given by Eon Duo)
## Achievements

### Kanto Badges

This listing is of the Badges Ash has obtained in the Kanto region:

* Boulder Badge
* Cascade Badge
* Thunder Badge
* Rainbow Badge
* Marsh Badge
* Soul Badge
* Volcano Badge
* Earth Badge

### Orange Archipelago Badges

This listing is of the Badges Ash has obtained in the Orange Archipelago:

* Coral-Eye Badge
* Sea Ruby Badge
* Spike Shell Badge
* Jade Star Badge

### Johto Badges

This listing is of the Badges Ash has obtained in the Johto region:

* Zephyr Badge
* Hive Badge
* Plain Badge
* Fog Badge
* Storm Badge
* Mineral Badge
* Glacier Badge
* Rising Badge

### Hoenn Badges

This listing is of the Badges Ash has obtained in the Hoenn region:

* Stone Badge
* Knuckle Badge
* Dynamo Badge
* Heat Badge
* Balance Badge
* Feather Badge
* Mind Badge
* Rain Badge

### Kanto Battle Frontier Symbols

This listing is of the Symbols Ash has obtained in the Battle Frontier:

* Knowledge Symbol
* Guts Symbol
* Tactics Symbol
* Luck Symbol
* Spirits Symbol
* Ability Symbol
* Brave Symbol

### Sinnoh Badges

This listing is of the Badges Ash has obtained in the Sinnoh region:

* Coal Badge
* Forest Badge
* Cobble Badge
* Fen Badge
* Relic Badge
* Mine Badge
* Icicle Badge
* Beacon Badge

### Unova Badges

This listing is of the Badges Ash has obtained in the Unova region:

* Trio Badge
* Basic Badge
* Insect Badge
* Bolt Badge
* Quake Badge
* Jet Badge
* Freeze Badge
* Toxic Badge

### Kalos Badges

This listing is of the Badges Ash has obtained in the Kalos region:

* Bug Badge
* Cliff Badge
* Rumble Badge
* Plant Badge
* Voltage Badge
* Fairy Badge
* Psychic Badge
* Iceberg Badge

### Alola Trials

This listing is of the trials Ash has cleared in the Alola region:

* Verdant Cavern Trial (Normalium Z)
* Melemele Island Grand Trial (Electrium Z)
* Brooklet Hill Trial (Assisted Lana; Did not receive Z-Crystal)
* Lush Jungle Trial (Grassium Z)
* Akala Island Grand Trial (Rockium Z)
* Thrifty Megamart Trial (Did not receive Z-Crystal)
* Ula'ula Island Grand Trial (Lycanium Z)
* Poni Island Grand Trial (Steelium Z)
* Celebi's time-traveling Trial (Firium Z)
* Unknown Trial (Fairium Z; Later given to Lillie)

Normalium Z
(Earned in Verdant Cavern Trial)Electrium Z
(Earned in Melemele Island Grand Trail)Grassium Z
(Earned in Lush Jungle Trial)Rockium Z
(Earned in Akala Island Grand Trial)Solganium Z
(Given by Nebby)Pikashunium Z
(Temporarily changed from Electrium z; Permanently changed after defeating Tapu Koko)Lycanium Z
(Earned in Ula'ula Island Grand Trail)Steelium Z
(Earned in Poni Island Grand Trail)Firium Z
(Earned in Celebi's Time-Traveling Trial)Fairium Z
(Earned in Unknown Trial)
Given to LillieMewnium Z
(Given by Mew)Marshadium Z
(Given by Marshadow)
### Pokémon League Rankings

Ash has competed in the following Pokémon League Conferences:

* Indigo Plateau Conference - Top 16
* Silver Conference - Top 8
* Ever Grande Conference - Top 8
* Lily of the Valley Conference - Top 4
* Vertress Conference - Top 8
* Lumiose Conference - Runner-Up
* Manalo Conference - Winner

### Championship Matches

Ash has challenged the following Pokémon Championships as well:

* Orange League - Winner

### World Coronation Series

Ash has competed in the World Coronation Series. His rank and class are as follows:

* Rank 3,763 (Normal Class; as of *Destination: Coronation!*)
* Rank 1,512 (Normal Class; as of *Dreams Are Made of These!*)
* Rank 1,022 (Normal Class; as of *A Festival Reunion!*)
* Rank 921 (Great Class; as of *A Festival Reunion!*)
* Rank 901 (Great Class; as of *Betrayed, Bothered, and Beleaguered!*)
* Rank 890 (Great Class; as of *Trade, Borrow, and Steal!*)
* Rank 930 (Great Class; as of *Solitary and Menacing!*)
* Rank 975 (Great Class; as of *Making Battles in the Sand!*)
* Rank 1,021 (Normal Class; as of *Making Battles in the Sand!*)
* Unknown rank (Great Class; as of *Octo-Gridlock at the Gym!*)
* Rank 415 (Great Class; as of *Trials of a Budding Master!*)
* Rank 381 (Great Class; as of *Trials of a Budding Master!*)
* Rank 273 (Great Class; as of *Beyond Chivalry… Aiming to be a Leek Master!*)
* Rank 184 (Great Class; as of *Beyond Chivalry… Aiming to be a Leek Master!*)
* Rank 99 (Ultra Class; as of *Thrash of the Titans!*)

### Contests

* Terracotta Contest\* - Winner (tied with May)
* Jubilife Contest - Top 8
* Wallace Cup - Top 8

### Battle Chateau

Ash has achieved the following ranks at the Battle Chateau:

* Baron

### Competitions

* P1 Grand Prix - Winner
* Big P Pokémon Race - Winner (substitute for Lara)
* Rock and Tumble One-on-One Tauros Competition - Overall Winner
* Fire and Rescue Grand Prix - Round 1
* Bug-Catching Contest - Winner
* Seaking Catching Competition - N/A
* Grass Tournament - Runner-Up
* Sumo Conference - Winner
* Pokémon Balloon Race - Winner (with Misty and Brock; tied with Skyler and Tenma)
* Whirl Cup - Top 16
* Extreme Pokémon Race - Winner
* Tour de Alto Mare - DNF
* Trick House Contest - N/A
* PokéRinger
	+ Crossgate PokéRinger - Winner
	+ Squallville PokéRinger - Winner
* Cameran Palace Pokémon Competition - Winner
* Pokémon Orienteering - N/A
* Pokémon Dress-Up Contest - Top 5
* Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition - Winner (with Paul)
* Hearthome Collection - Third
* Pokémon Summer Academy - Winner (with Red Team)
	+ Pokémon Triathlon - Winner
* Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament - Top 32
* Festival Battle Challenge - Winner
* Camellia Town Pokéathlon - Runner-Up
* Club Battle - Runner-Up
* Harvest Festival Battle Competition - Unknown
* Wishing Bell Festival - Runner-Up
* Clubsplosion - Top 4
* Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup - Runner-Up
* Marine Cup Tournament - Winner
* Scalchop King Competition - Disqualified
* Pokémon Sumo Tournament - Winner
* Odyssey Village Rhyhorn Race - N/A
* Pokémon Summer Camp - Winner (with Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie)
* Pokémon Sky Relay - Runner-Up
* Pokémon Pancake Race - Runner-Up (tied with Nina)
* Charjabug race Koko Cup - Winner (with Sophocles and Kiawe)
* Pokémon Sled Jump Games - Unknown
* Kantonian Gym Challenge - Winner
* Manalo Conference Exhibition Match - Winner
* Battle Frontier Flute Cup - Winner
* Pokémon Iceberg Race - N/A
* Pokémon Grand Eating Contest - Top 16
* Castle of Chivalry Challenge - Winner (with Goh)
* Kids Marine Athletic Race - Winner

## Trivia

* Ash has caught at least one of the starter Pokémon in every region.
* Ash has caught at least one Flying-type Pokémon in every series.
* As of *A Chilling Curse!*, Ash has caught at least one Pokémon belonging to all eighteen types (this includes Pokémon he owns or has owned that have been retroactively made Fairy-type).
* Ash's favorite move is Thunderbolt, as revealed by himself in *Climbing the Walls!*.
* Ash has been shown to be a good climber at various points in the anime, such as in *Enter Iris and Axew!*, *Climbing the Walls*, and *Some Kind of Laziness!*, to the point of Misty saying "He climbs like a Mankey" in *Celebi: The Voice of the Forest*, and Brock calling him a "human Aipom" in *Lucario and the Mystery of Mew*.
* The only region where Ash didn't lose any official Gym battles is the Orange Archipelago.
	+ Also, Ash did not lose any official trials in *Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon*, although he has lost to Nanu in an unofficial battle.
* Ever since facing Wattson in *Watt's with Wattson?*, Ash has not won a Gym Badge in the same episode in which he meets the Gym Leader.
* Ash shares at least one Pokémon of the same evolutionary family with one of his rivals in each series.
* Ash is first and, so far, only Trainer:
	+ With a known hometown to not be native to any of the regions he is the Champion of.
	+ With access to Z-Moves, Dynamax/Gigantamax, and Mega Evolution at the same time.
		- Who has used more than one of those in a single battle.
	+ Shown to have won two of the same Gym Badge, as he's earned a Rain Badge from both Juan and Wallace.