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When Ash was 10 (and I think he somehow is still 10?), he left his home in
Pallet Town to begin his journey. When he leaves home, we meet his Mom, Delia
Ketchum, who we see at various points in the anime after Ash leaves. However,
Ash's father is rarely mentioned, and we never meet him. Ash has stated that
his dad also began his journey as a Pokemon trainer from a young age, but that
is about it.

Does anyone know anything about Ash's dad?


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Do we ever find out about Ash's dad in Pokemon?


No We don't.

According to Wikia,

> From very minor portions of dialogue, it can be assumed that his father
> started on a journey from Pallet Town much like Ash. Never formally
> introduced, the identity of his father has always been under heavy
> speculation. These speculated characters however, have attained no hard
> evidence that they are in fact related to Ash in any way. In addition to
> that, during an interview with a storyboard artist for the Anime series, the
> artist stated that Ash's father is a man who is on his own Pokémon journey
> as a Trainer's.

Trivia,

> In The Spell of the Unown's commentary, the producers announced that more
> about him will be revealed in season 5, which eventually turned out to be
> untrue.


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In the second Ep of the anime, when ash arrives at Veridian City, Ash's mom
tells him that his father took four days to get there while Ash arrived there
in one day. [![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PzB4F.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PzB4F.png)

And found this on MAL:

> The identity of his father has remained unknown. One reference to him exists
> in the anime. During a phone conversation between Ash and his mother in the
> second episode, [...] A line from the play, Pokémon Live!, suggests that
> Delia, at one time, had a relationship with the leader of Team Rocket,
> Giovanni when she was a teenager, but in the anime, no evidence of Giovanni
> being Ash's father has been shown currently.

<https://myanimelist.net/character/2473/Satoshi>

Just adding to the above.


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