Pokémon Best Wishes!

Pokémon: Best Wishes!
Original Title	ポケットモンスターベストウイッシュ！ (Poketto Monsutā Besutouisshu)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	DuArt Film & Video
Voice Director 1	Tom Wayland
Voice Director 2	Lisa Ortiz (ep. 57)
Translation & Adaptation	James Carter Cathcart
Recorded	2011-2013
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	142
Year	2010-2013
Chronology
Predecessor	Pokémon Diamond & Pearl
Successor	Pokémon XY

Pokémon: Best Wishes! (ポケットモンスターベストウイッシュ！ Poketto Monsutā Besutouisshu), or Black & White, is the fourth series of the Pokémon anime, following Pokémon Diamond & Pearl. The series takes place in the Unova region with new characters. It originally ran from September 23, 2010 to September 26, 2013 in Japan.

The English dub was produced by The Pokémon Company International, and aired in the United States from February 12, 2011 to December 7, 2013 on Cartoon Network.

Cast

Image	Character	Original Name	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episodes
Main Characters
	Ash Ketchum	Satoshi	Rika Matsumoto	Sarah Natochenny	1 - 142
	Pikachu		Ikue Ōtani		1 - 142
	Iris		Aoi Yūki	Eileen Stevens	1 - 141
	Axew	Kibago	Minami Tsuda	Kayzie Rogers	1 - 141
	Cilan	Dent	Mamoru Miyano	Jason Griffith	5 - 141
	Pansage	Yanappu	Chika Fujimura	Eli James	5 - 141
	Jessie	Musashi	Megumi Hayashibara	Michele Knotz	1 - 142
	James	Kojiro	Shinichirō Miki	James Carter Cathcart	1 - 142
	Meowth	Nyarth	Inuko Inuyama		1 - 142
	Unova Pokédex	Isshu no Pokémon Zukan	Unshō Ishizuka	Marc Thompson	1 - 142
	Narrator			Rodger Parsons	1 - 142
Ash's Pokémon
	Oshawott	Mijumaru	Misato Fukuen	Lisa Ortiz	1 - 142
	Pidove	Mamepato	Chinami Nishimura	Erica Schroeder	2 - 22
	Tranquill	Hatoboh			22 - 68
	Unfezant	Kenhallow			68 -
	Tepig	Pokabu	Wasabi Mizuta	Marc Thompson	4 - 77
	Pignite	Chaoboo			77 - 142
	Snivy	Tsutarja	Megumi Hayashibara	Michele Knotz	7 - 142
	Scraggy	Zuruggu	Akeno Watanabe	Jason Griffith	17 - 142
	Sewaddle	Kurumiru	Inuko Inuyama	Erica Schroeder	18 - 23
	Swadloon	Kurumayu			23 - 74
	Leavanny	Hahakomori			74 - 142
	Palpitoad	Gamagaru	Chiaki Takahashi	James Carter Cathcart	32 - 142
	Rogginrola	Dangoro	Inuko Inuyama	Tom Wayland	34 - 61
	Boldore	Gantle	Unshō Ishizuka		61 - 142
Iris' Pokémon
	Excadrill	Doryuzu	Kiyotaka Furushima	Tom Wayland	9 -
	Emolga		Mika Kanai		24 -
	Dragonite	Kaireu	Kensuke Satō		89 -
Cilan's Pokémon
	Dwebble	Ishizumai	Shinichirō Miki	Tom Wayland	11 - 62
	Crustle	Iwapalace			62 -
	Stunfisk	Maggyo	Unshō Ishizuka	Bill Rogers	32 -
Secondary Characters
	Delia Ketchum	Hanako	Masami Toyoshima	Sarah Natochenny	1 - 2, 142
	Professor Samuel Oak	Dr. Yukinari Okido	Unshō Ishizuka	James Carter Cathcart	1 - 142
	Giovanni	Sakaki	Kenta Miyake	Ted Lewis	1 - 142
	Nurse Joy	Joy	Chika Fujimura	Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld	2 - 138
				Erica Schroeder (Old Nurse)	127
	Officer Jenny	Junsar	Chiaki Takahashi	Emily Bauer	6 - 101
				Lipica Shah	103 - 138
	Professor Juniper	Dr. Araragi	Naomi Shindō	Khristine Hvam	1 - 123
	Don George		Hisao Egawa	Marc Thompson	4 - 126
	N		Yūichi Nakamura	Nicholas DiMichele	110 - 122
	Porter	Parker	Masayuki Katō	Francis Kelly	123 - 141
	Alexa	Pansy	Aya Endō	Rebecca Soler	134 - 142
Special Participation
	Dawn	Hikari	Megumi Toyoguchi	Emily Bauer	85 - 93
	Piplup	Pochama	Etsuko Kozakura	Michele Knotz	85 - 93
	Cynthia	Shirona	Tomo Sakurai	Emily Bauer	85 - 98
Rivals
	Trip	Shooty	Akeno Watanabe	Jamie McGonnigal	1 - 104
	Bianca	Bel	Shizuka Itō	Erica Schroeder	13 - 108
	Stephan	Kenyan	Tomohiro Waki	Darren Dunstan	28 - 108
	Georgia	Langley	Misato Fukuen	Brittney Lee Hamilton	33 - 93
	Burgundy	Cabernet	Ikumi Hayama	Suzy Myers	19 - 93
	Cameron	Kotetsu	Kōki Uchiyama	Rory Max Kaplan	94 - 108
Team Rocket Staff (Roketto-dan)
	Giovanni's Secretary	Matori	Kiyomi Asai	Emily Bauer	1 - 2, 23
	Pierce	Flint	Jin Yamanoi	Dan Green	10 - 11, 14, 17, 22
	Dr. Zager	Dr. Seger	Masayuki Omoro	Marc Thompson	17 - 97
Recurring Characters
	Luke		Minami Takayama	Billy Bob Thompson	38 - 42, 82
	Luke's Zorua		Chiaki Takahashi
	Looker	Handsome	Masaki Terasoma	Jason Griffith	112, 117, 120 - 122
	Cress	Corn	Makoto Ishii	Tom Wayland	5 - 6, 58, 140
	Chili	Poddo	Masakazu Morita	Lucien Dodge	5 - 6, 58, 140
	The Elder	Matriarch	Wasabi Mizuta	Kayzie Rogers	9, 30, 100 - 101
	Alder	Adeku	Unshō Ishizuka	Scottie Ray	34 - 93
	Freddy O'Martian	Takemitsu	Mitsuaki Madono	Tom Wayland	39 - 126
	Meloetta		Megumi Nakajima	not dubbed	82 - 97
				Erica Schroeder (singing)	85 - 97
Team Plasma (purazuma-dan)
	Aldith	Angie	Akeno Watanabe	Lori Gardner	112 - 119
	Colress	Akuroma	Hiroki Tōchi	Eli James	112 - 122
	Ghetsis	G-Cis	Masaki Aizawa	Bill Rogers	112 - 122
	Schwarz	Nero	Yukito Soma	Ryan Stadler	114
	Weiss	Bianco	Naoki Koshida	Benjamin Becker	114

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episode
Season 14: Black & White
	Air Traffic Controls	Nobuaki Kanemitsu	Marc Thompson	1
		Kyosuke Suzuki	Ted Lewis
	Dan	Misato Fukuen	Eli James	3
	Dan's Father	Kenta Miyake	Ted Lewis
	Man	Mitsuhiro Sakamaki
	Urara	Naomi Shindō	Marc Thompson	4
	Andre	Rika Matsumoto	Tom Wayland
	Don's Assistants	Kenichi Suzumura	Tom Wayland
		Nobuaki Kanemitsu	Ted Lewis
		Kiyotaka Furushima	Marc Thompson
	Female Fans	Kiyomi Asai	Khristine Hvam	5 - 6
		Wasabi Mizuta	Emily Bauer
		¿?	Erica Schroeder
	Dr. Fennel	Maria Kawamura	Therese Plummer	6, 39
	Daniela	Fumiko Orikasa	Suzy Myers	12
	Karena	Wasabi Mizuta	Ula Hedwig
	Avery	Misato Fukuen	Rachel Butera
	Ada	Ikue Ōtani	Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld
	Ollie	¿?	Henry Wayland
	Donovan	¿?	William Ray
	Charmaine	¿?	Natasha Tictoin
	Team Rocket Grunt	Shinichirō Miki	Tom Wayland
	Hawes	Tokuyoshi Kawashima	Gary Mack	14 - 16
	Lenora	Atsuko Tanaka	Norma Nongauza	14 - 16, 103
	Burgh	Tōru Furuya	Billy Bob Thompson	18, 22 - 23, 103
	Sally	Aya Endō	Eva Kaminsky	21
	Sally's Father	Kōsuke Takaguchi	Marc Thompson
	Mayor of Ciudad Castle	Shin Aomori	Bill Timoney	22
	Team Rocket Grunt	Nobuaki Kanemitsu	Tom Wayland
	Emmy	Kana Asumi	Dani Marcus	27
	Professor Icarus	Masahiko Tanaka	Vic Mignogna	30
	Referee	Kensuke Satō	Marc Thompson	33
	Drayden	Masaki Terasoma	Mike Pollock	33, 100 - 101
	Mr. Garrison	Tokuyoshi Kawashima	Brian O'Halloran	34
	Doyle	Junko Takeuchi	Leah Clark	35
	Christie	Kiyono Yasuno	Carrie Savage
	Mimi	Chika Fujimura	Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld
	Old Man	Unshō Ishizuka	Tom Wayland
	Mr. Matthews	Kenta Miyake	Dan Green	38
	Sylvester	Chika Fujimura	Vic Mignogna	39
	Omega	Wasabi Mizuta	Bill Rogers
	Antonio	Shūhei Sakaguchi	Marc Thompson
	Scooter	Kiyotaka Furushima	Vic Mignogna
	Emmanuel	Misato Fukuen	Tom Wayland
	Jimmy Ray	Kenta Miyake
	Dino	Shinichirō Miki	Tom Wayland	39, 108
	Referee	Yoshimasa Hosoya	Bill Rogers	39 - 42
	Misha	Ayumi Fujimura	Nathalie Frederick	44
	Leon	Wataru Takagi	Bill Timoney	45
	Ingo	Kensuke Satō	Marc Diraison	45 - 48, 51
	Emmet	Kiyotaka Furushima	Wayne Grayson
	Cliff	Yasunori Matsumoto	Christopher Sabat	46
Season 15: Rival Destinies
	Bianca's Father	Kenta Miyake	Greg Abbey	49
	Nimbasa Gym Referee	Hiro Nakashima	Lipica Shah	49 - 50
	Elesa	Yumiko Kobayashi	Eileen Stevens	49 - 50, 68, 103
	Erina	Minami Tsuda	Kate Peterson	51
	Train Men	Hiroo Sasaki	Tom Wayland
		Hiroaki Tajiri	Marc Thompson
		Ryohei Yabunaka	Sean Schemmel
	Men	Hiroaki Tajiri	Marc Thompson	52
		Tatsuya Kuramochi	Tom Wayland
	Toby	Naomi Shindō	Marc Thompson	53
	Chairman	Kensuke Satō
	Female Performer	Rika Matsumoto	Lisa Ortiz
	Robert	Kappei Yamaguchi	Tom Wayland	54
		Chinami Nishimura (young)
	Robert's Grandfather	Kenta Miyake	Bill Rogers
	Katharine	Megumi Han	Kerry Williams	55
	Bobby	Tetsu Shiratori	Darren Dunstan	56
	Deino's Trainer #A	Keiko Nemoto	Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld
	Deino's Trainer #B	Takuya Eguchi	Lucien Dodge
	Foongus' Trainer	Akeno Watanabe	Sean Schemmel
	Deino's Trainer #C	Kiyotaka Furushima	Tom Wayland
	Linda	Akeno Watanabe	Rebecca Soler	57
	Dr. Ferrara	Shinya Fukumatsu	Joe Rodriguez
	Dr. Ferrara's Henchmen	Hideyuki Kanaya	Tom Wayland
		Hiroaki Tajiri	Bill Rogers
	Charles	Yoshimasa Hosoya	Dan Green	57, 59
	Clay	Tsuguo Mogami	Sean Schemmel	57, 59, 61, 103
	Lewis	Shinnosuke Tachibana	Josh Ruben	59 - 60
	Referee	Kensuke Satō	Ted Lewis	61
	Cedric Juniper	Kenyū Horiuchi	Stuart Zagnit	64, 117, 120 - 122
	Mick	Akiko Kimura	Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld	65
	Sean	Yū Kobayashi	Eli James
	Glenn	Tōru Nara	Gary Mack
	Skyla	Kana Ueda	Sarah Natochenny	66 - 67, 103
	Miles	Tomomichi Nishimura	Tyler Bunch	66 - 68
	Worker	Kensuke Satō	Sean Schemmel	67
	Ricky	Kei Shindō	Peter Linz	69
	Watchog's Trainer	Kensuke Satō	Tom Wayland
	Flora	Megumi Hayashibara	Lisa Ortiz	70
	Edmund	Kiyotaka Furushima	Tom Wayland
	Angus	Kenji Akabane	Peter Linz	70, 72
	Betty	Akeno Watanabe	Emily Bauer
	Getty	Kenta Miyake	Benn Robbins
	Gail	Chika Fujimura	Crystal Wilkinson	70 - 71
	Delbert	Unshō Ishizuka	Eli James
	Montgomery	Miyu Irino	Nicholas DiMichele	70 - 73
	Clubsplosion Tournament Refree	Kensuke Satō	Bill Rogers
	Ferris	Kenji Hamada	Wayne Grayson	75 - 76
		Naomi Shindō (young)
	Sierra	Minako Kotobuki	Samia Mounts
	Shamus	Jun Fukuyama	Billy Bob Thompson	77
	Kylan	Ikue Ōtani	Emily Bauer
	Rizzo	Seiji Sasaki	Tom Wayland	78
	Brycen	Nobuo Tobita	Benjamin Becker	78 - 79, 103
	Referee	Kiyotaka Furushima	Tom Wayland	79
	Butler	Unshō Ishizuka	Mike Pollock	80
	Ricard Nouveau	Anri Katsu	Tyler Bunch
	Marigold	Minami Tsuda	Emily Bauer
	Mr. Hatterly	Kensuke Satō	Marc Thompson
	Case	Takuya Satō	Eli James	81
	Professor Malveaux	Masashi Hirose	Sean Schemmel
	Researcher	Kiyotaka Furushima	Bill Rogers
	Jules	Junko Minagawa	Jason Griffith	82
	Mr. Gold	Kensuke Satō	Marc Thompson
	Billy Jo	Chinami Nishimura	Samia Mounts	83 - 84
	Nicky	Kensuke Satō	Tom Wayland
	Referee	Yasuaki Takumi	Marc Thompson
	Roxie	Eri Kitamura	Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld	83 - 84, 103
	Jervis	Takanori Hoshino	Sean Schemmel	86 - 98
	Chris	Yuka Terasaki	Lisa Ortiz	88
	Guard #A	Ryusuke Kanemoto	Tom Wayland	89
	Caitlin	Miyu Matsuki	Miriam Pultro	90
	Kenton	¿?	Billy Bob Thompson
	Shepherd	Kenta Miyake	Marc Thompson
	Simeon	¿?	¿?
	Marris	¿?	Hilary Thomas
	Cassie	Ikue Ōtani	Sarah Natochenny
	Ramone	Kōki Uchiyama	¿?
	Manning	Yukiko Kikuchi	Tom Wayland	90 - 91
	Horatio	Misato Fukuen	Marc Thompson
	Geraldo	Kōichi Bando	Billy Bob Thompson
	Marlon	Yūji Ueda	Ted Lewis	94
	Referee	Kensuke Satō	Tom Wayland
	Layla	Megumi Nakajima	Cristina Vee	95
	Pokémon Nursery Head	Kensuke Satō	Jason Griffith
	Ridley	Shūhei Sakaguchi	Tucker Allan	96 - 97
Season 16: Adventures in Unova & Beyond
	Moira	Miyuki Sawashiro	Lianne Dobbs	98
	Mona	Chinami Nishimura	Lisa Ortiz
	Cher	Eriko Hirata	Hilary Thomas
	Food Stand Seller	Wasabi Mizuta	Lisa Ortiz
	Guard Woman	Misato Fukuen	Erica Schroeder
	Ms. Chandler	Akeno Watanabe
	Soren	Megumi Hayashibara	Brian Munn	99
	Rocko	Rikako Aikawa	Matthew Labyorteaux
	Shannon	Ayana Taketatsu	Carli Mosier	100
	Martha	Miyako Itō	Erica Schroeder	101
	Jeff	Jōji Nakata	Ryan Stadler	102
	Davy	Ryōhei Kimura	Wayne Grayson	102 - 103, 108
	Virgil	Yūki Kaji	Tom Wayland	102 - 108
	Radley	Rikako Aikawa	Eli James	103 - 104
	Mikael	Hiromi Igarashi	Marc Thompson
	Ultimo	Momoko Ohara	Ryan Stadler
	Kendrick	Ryōta Asari	Brian Munn
	Referee	Kensuke Satō	James Carter Cathcart	104 - 108
	Russet	Kenta Miyake	James Carter Cathcart	105
	Russet's Father	Unshō Ishizuka	Tom Wayland
	Okura	Rikaiko Aikawa	Michele Knotz
	Nanette	Asami Seto	Rebecca Soler	109
	Cheren	Takuya Eguchi	Todd Haberkorn	111
	Teacher	Kiyotaka Furushima	Wayne Grayson
	Men	Yuta Odagaki	Marc Thompson	112
		Hiro Sasaki	Tom Wayland
	Ellie	Yōko Hikasa	Haven Paschall	113
	Travon	Bon Ishihara	Marc Thompson
	Halsey	Nobuyuki Hiyama	Michael Liscio Jr.	115
	Kanto Fair Host	Ikue Ōtani	Lisa Ortiz	116
	Announcer	Kōichi Hasebe	Marc Thompson
	Damian (flashback)	Hikaru Midorikawa	Eli James
	Koga (flashback)	Hōchū Ōtsuka	Stuart Zagnit
	Misty (flashback)	Mayumi Iizuka	Michele Knotz
	Brock (flashback)	Yūji Ueda	Bill Rogers
	Nurse Joy (flashback)	Yuriko Yamaguchi	Michele Knotz
	Magikarp Salesman	Unshō Ishizuka	Tom Wayland
	Rhoder	Misato Fukuen	Christopher Niosi	117
	Anthea	Saki Fujita	Lianne Marie Dobbs	117 - 118, 122
	Concordia	Miho Arakawa	Haven Paschall
	Barret	Kensuke Satō	Darren Dunstan	118 - 121
	Mrs. Ripple	Ai Satō	Erica Schroeder	125
	Mr. Shaw	Kenta Miyake	Jason O'Connell
	Teaque	Takahiro Sakurai	Mike McFarland
	Agent Tedesco	Kensuke Satō	Marc Thompson
	Referee	Kiyotaka Furushima	Tom Wayland
	Ship Captain	Yuta Odagaki	Mike Pollock	125, 141
	Cadbury	Naomi Shindō	Michael Liscio Jr.	126
	Carlton	Kensuke Satō	Marc Thompson	132
	Gemma	Yui Ishikawa	Cassandra Lee Morris
	Lotus	Naomi Shindō	Eva Kaminsky
	Rodney	Subaru Kimura	Sean Schemmel	134
	Announcer	Kiyotaka Furushima	Billy Bob Thompson
	Clair	Yūko Mita	Eva Kaminsky	136
	Anima	Ai Kayano	Erica Schroeder	137
	Tony	Yuka Terasaki	Samia Mounts	138
	Tony's Mother	Yoshino Takamori	Jessica Calvello
	Tony's Father	Tsuguo Mogami	Eli James
	Morana	Miyuki Sawashiro	Erica Schroeder	140
	Wobbuffet	Yūji Ueda	Kayzie Rogers	142

Additional Voices

Emily Bauer Tyler Bunch Hutson Cappelmann - Crew A (ep. 129) James Carter Cathcart Darren Dunstan Wayne Grayson Dan Green Jason Griffith Khristine Hvam - Girl #B (ep. 66), Crowd (eps. 67) Eli James Mia Sinclair Jenness Michele Knotz Michael Liscio Jr. Brian Munn - Worker #B (ep. 102), Darumaka's Trainer (ep. 105) Sarah Natochenny Lisa Ortiz Mike Pollock

T.J. Del Reno Bill Rogers Kayzie Rogers Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld Sean Schemmel Erica Schroeder Rebecca Soler Eileen Stevens Billy Bob Thompson Marc Thompson Ben Wayland Finn Wayland - Sandile Kid (ep. 54) Henry Wayland - Minccino's Trainer (ep. 26), Pokémon Center Kid A (ep. 54). Boy #D (ep. 66), Kid (ep. 67), Ice Kid (ep. 68), Kid #G (ep. 111) Tom Wayland Tim Werenko

Music

• Opening/Closing 1: "Black and White"

Produced by: John Loeffler, David Wolfert

Written by: John Loeffler, David Wolfert

Vocals by: Erin Bowman, Joe Philips

• Opening/Closing 2: "Rival Destinies"

Produced by: John Loeffler, David Wolfert

Written by: John Loeffler, David Wolfert

Vocals by: Alex Nackman, Kathryn Raio

• Opening/Closing 3: "It's Always You and Me"

Produced by: John Loeffler, John Siegler

Written by: John Loeffler, David Wolfert

Vocals by: Neal Coomer, Kathryn Raio

Notes

• Many FUNimation Entertainment voice actors appear in guest roles such as Leah Clark, Carrie Savage, Vic Mignogna, Christopher Sabat, Carli Mosier, Todd Haberkorn and Mike McFarland.
• Some LA voice actors appear in guest roles, such as Lucien Dodge and Cristina Vee.
• This is Samia Mounts, Lori Gardner, Haven Paschall, Tyler Bunch, Billy Bob Thompson and Michael Liscio Jr.’s debut role.
• Stuart Zagnit (last heard in the eighth season), Kerry Williams (last heard in the seventh season) and Jessica Calvello (last heard in the second season) returns in this series.

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
2011-2013	Cartoon Network	United States

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
Viz Media	2012-2014		The Complete Series	1 NTSC	United States
			9 Volumes
	2021		The Complete Series
			9 Discs

External Links

• Pokémon Best Wishes! (anime) at the Anime News Network
• Pokémon at the Internet Movie Database