Bonji

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Bonji (Japanese: ボンジイ Bonjī) is a character who appeared in I Choose You!. He is a researcher who spent many years of his life chasing after the Legendary Ho-Oh. He is known to have written a book titled Ho-Oh is My Life.

In the movies

During the movie, he helped Ash, Verity, and Sorrel on their adventure towards Mount Tensei, where Ho-Oh lives.

Character

Artwork

Artwork from the movie website

Voice actors

Language		Voice actor
Japanese		古田新太 Arata Furuta
English		Mike Pollock
Czech		Ivo Hrbáč
Dutch		Jan Elbertse
Finnish		Markus Bäckman
Italian		Cesare Rasini
Korean		유강진 Yu Gangjin
Polish		Przemysław Glapiński
Spanish	Latin America	Ferso Velázquez
Spanish	Spain	José Ángel Juanes
Thai		ภัคภูมิ ลิ้มมานะสถาพร Pakkapoom Limmanasathaporn

In the manga

Movie adaptations

Bonji appeared in I Choose You!. After Ash, Verity, and Sorrel arrived at the Raizen Mountains, Bonji appeared and told them about the wild Pokémon residing there. He was searching for Ho-Oh for 20 years and saw that Ash had the Rainbow Wing. As such, he went with the group to where Ho-Oh was going to be.

After Marshadow was freed from the evil in the tainted Rainbow Wing and Ash was able to get a new one, Bonji advised Ash to place the Rainbow Wing on the rainbow rock. As a result, a rainbow formed and Ho-Oh appeared. After Ash battled Ho-Oh, Bonji bade Ash his farewells.

Trivia

Bonji's getup is similar to the one Red wears in the Generation I games, particularly the hat.
Bonji is referred to as Bonjii on the Pokémon official site for Asia.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ボンジイ Bonjī	From 爺 jī (old man)
English, French, Italian Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese	Bonji	Same as Japanese name
German	Bonifaz	Similar to Japanese name
Korean	덕훈 Deokhun
Chinese (Mandarin)	梵爺 Fànyé	From Japanese 梵爺 Bonjī and 爺 yé (old man)
Chinese (Cantonese)	梵爺 Fàahnyèh	From Japanese 梵爺 Bonjī and 爺 yèh (old man)
Thai	บอนจี Bonji	Same as Japanese name

I Choose You!
Characters	Ash Ketchum • • Cross • Mother and daughter • Sorrel • Verity Ash's Pikachu • Ho-Oh • Marshadow
Locations	Pallet Town • Mount Tensei
Other	Rainbow Wing
Soundtrack and score	Soundtrack • Pokémon Movie Music Collection
Adaptations	Manga • Remix
TCG	Ash's Pikachu promos (Partner, Original, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola) • Shining Ho-Oh • Ho-Oh GX Shining Legends • Ho-Oh-GX Special Jumbo Card Pack Deck case & sleeves • Marshadow & Ho-Oh deck case • Burning Shadows Portfolios • I Choose You! accessories
Event distributions	Pokémon Festa Verity's Piplup • Sorrel's Lucario • Pocket Monsters the Movie Pokémon • Pokémon Rally 2017 Pokémon Mount Tensei Ho-Oh (Japanese, Korean) Mount Tensei Marshadow (Japanese, Taiwanese, Korean) • Asian Mount Tensei Marshadow (Japanese, American, PAL) Ash's Pikachu (Japanese, Korean) • Hong Kong Ash's Pikachu (Japanese, Taiwanese, PAL) Taiwanese Ash's Pikachu (Japanese, Taiwanese, PAL) • Singapore Ash's Pikachu (Japanese, American) QR Code Partner Cap Pikachu Ga-Olé disks (Partner Cap Pikachu)
Related animation	Trilogy (I Choose You! • The Power of Us • Secrets of the Jungle)

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