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DPMA on name origin, 30 March 2026

30 March 2026

ReportedReported by a reliable secondary source, or read carefully from filed documents.

Found in one pass only. The research team reads every source twice, independently; this record turned up in one reading but not the other, so treat it as less certain than its grade.

Where it comes from

Pokémon (world trade marks) Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA) · 30 March 2026 Open the original ↗

The line in the source

The game character "Ash Ketchum" is based on Tajiri himself; in the Japanese original version, it even has his name, "Satoshi".