Games - Richie

	Games - Richie

Richie, known in Japan as Hiroshi, is a fictional character in the Pokémon anime and manga series. He dresses mostly in green, with a blue hat.

His Japanese name, Hiroshi, continues the trend of naming the aspiring Pokémon Trainer main characters after people responsible for the creation of Pokémon. Hiroshi is named after Hiroshi Yamauchi, long-time president of Nintendo, just as Ash/Satoshi was named after Satoshi Tajiri, creator of Pokémon and co-founder of Game Freak, and Gary/Shigeru is named after Shigeru Miyamoto, Satoshi Tajiri's mentor in game design and noted game designer at Nintendo.

Richie, a Pokémon Trainer, befriends Ash Ketchum during the Kanto Pokémon League tournament. All of his Pokémon share the characteristic of having nicknames in the English version of the anime. For example, his Pikachu is nicknamed "Sparky" ("Chuchino" in manga), his Charmander/Charmeleon is "Zippo", his Butterfree is "Happy", his Pupitar is "Cruz", and his Taillow is "Rose".

Comparisons of Ash and Richie parallel comparisons of Red, from Pokémon Red and Blue and Yellow, the protagonist of Pokémon Yellow version. They're both very similar characters with similar outlooks, goals, and personalities, but end up taking very slightly different paths in life. Richie has also noted that he and Ash tend to catch many of the same species of Pokémon. Indeed, every Pokémon Richie has been seen to use is from the same evolutionary line as one Ash has used. This has led many fans to refer to Richie as a clone of Ash.

Richie re-appeared in the Whirl Islands, and is one of the protagonists of Pokémon Chronicles
. His most recent appearance was in the Sevii Islands, where he helped to protect Moltres from Butch and Cassidy. Richie revealed during Pokémon Chronicles that he is from Frotoma City.

Richie can also be played as in Pokémon Puzzle League, although there his name is spelled Ritchie.

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