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*Coola Yagami* · 12-17-2025, 04:19 PM

I think they gave Ash a last name cause he's the main character and I guess 4Kids or whatever felt Ash Ketchum was more marketable than just Ash. I believe in Japan he was just Satoshi. No surname.

12-17-2025, 04:19 PM	#2
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 15,727	I think they gave Ash a last name cause he's the main character and I guess 4Kids or whatever felt Ash Ketchum was more marketable than just Ash. I believe in Japan he was just Satoshi. No surname. __________________ "I was down with TMNT once, but then they changed what TMNT was. Now what I was down with is no longer TMNT and what TMNT now is seems weird and scary. And it'll happen to YOU." Check out my blog for Comic Reviews and other things. https://markepicblogofrandomness.blogspot.com/ I also started The AEW Crew, the All Elite Wrestling Fan Club! https://www.facebook.com/groups/637508120044168/