Age: 10 (As Of BW001)Gender: Male
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Hometown: Pallet Town, Kanto
Trainer Class: Trainer
Game Counterpart: Red
Manga Counterpart: Ash/Red
Anime Debut: Pokemon - I Choose You!
English Voice: Veronica Taylor, Sarah Natochenny
Japanese Voice: Rica Matsumoto
Pokemon: Pikachu, Charizard, Unfezant, Oshawott, Pignite, Snivy, Scraggy, Leavanny, Palpitoad, Boldore, Krookodile, Bulbasaur, Kingler, Muk, Tauros, Snorlax, Heracross, Bayleef, Quilava, Totodile, Noctowl (Shiny), Donphan, Swellow, Sceptile, Corphish, Torkoal, Glalie, Staraptor, Torterra, Infernape, Buizel, Gible, Squirtle (Training), Primeape (Training), Gliscor (?)
TRIVIA
- Ash has never officially caught a Pokémon of the Steel, Psychic,Ghost, or Fairy types. This excludes both his unofficial Haunter, a Ghost/Poison-type, and in The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, where he caught a Slowpoke, a Water/Psychic-type.
- The date of Ash's birth, according to Takeshi Shudo's anime novelizations, is 10 years, 10 months, and 10 days exactly prior to the day he began his Pokémon journey. Being that the same novelization declares that Pokémon Trainers obtain their first Pokémon in April of the year following their 10th birthday, and the anime itself began broadcast on the first of that month in 1997 in Japan, Ash's birthday, if April 1 was the first day of his journey, would be May 22.
- When Veronica Taylor was interviewed in the documentary "Adventures in Voice Acting", she stated that during her audition for the role of Ash, he was known as Casey at the time. This name would later be given to a recurring character from Johto.
- Ash can draw, as shown in Up Close and Personable! when he drew a Dewgong.
- Ash has been shown to be a good climber, as mentioned in Celebi: Voice of the Forest (when Misty and Brock say "He climbs like a Mankey!") and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (when Brock calls him a "human Aipom"). Ash's climbing ability has also been shown in several episodes throughout the series, such as Enter Iris and Axew!, when he climbs up a tree to try to save Pikachu and Axew.
- Ash has lost a match against every Normal-type Gym Leader he has faced:Whitney in A Goldenrod Opportunity, Norman in There's no Place Like Hoenn,Lenora in The Battle According to Lenora, and Cheren in There's a New Gym Leader in Town!.
