For decades, loyal Pokémon fans watched as Ash Ketchum journeyed across multiple regions on his way to being the very best. He was always supported by his friends, and his mother, yet one person stayed absent from his life, right up to becoming a Pokémon champion. Ash's father was never a focus in the anime and for years, fans have wondered about him, particularly why he wasn't around to.. After over two decades, the mystery of Ash Ketchum's absent father remains one of the most glaring unresolved questions lingering from the iconic character's entire era at the heart of the Pokémon animated universe. Pokemon (Credits: Satoshi Tajiri) With the show now shifting its focus to new protagonists, fans are left to endlessly speculate about this conspicuous paternal vacuum that.
Ash Ketchum (Japanese: サトシSatoshi) is the main protagonist of Pokémon the Series, and the first overall protagonist of the greater Pokémon animated series. He is also the main character of various manga based on the animated series, including The Electric Tale of Pikachu and Ash & Pikachu, and one of the protagonists of Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl and Pokémon Journeys. In Pokémon.. Ash Ketchum, known as Satoshi (サトシ) in Japan, is a character in the Pokémon franchise owned by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. He was the protagonist of the Pokémon anime for the first 25 seasons, as well as the protagonist of several manga series. In Japanese, the character is voiced by Rica Matsumoto. In the English dub, he was voiced by Veronica Taylor in the first eight.