Professor Sakuragi

Professor Sakuragi (Japanese: サクラギ博士 Dr. Sakuragi) is a Pokémon Professor who appeared in the new series. He is the father of Koharu and the professor of the Sakuragi Institute in Vermilion City.

Pre-series
As revealed in SS011, Professor Sakuragi and his future wife attended the same high school. After noticing that Yoshino wasn't drawing anymore, he encouraged her to continue pursuing her dreams to become a comic artist.

New series
Professor Sakuragi debuted in a fantasy in SS001. He physically debuted in SS002 during the opening ceremony of Sakuragi Institute, where he explained his goal of studying everything about to better understand them and the  itself. During his speech, Sakuragi received an alert of changes in the atmosphere, leading him to predict the appearance of a rare Pokémon at the Vermilion harbor.

Later, he was impressed after hearing and 's findings after their encounter with the rare Pokémon,, and offered the two to become research fellows at his lab, which they accepted. Afterwards, Sakuragi offered Go to choose one of the Kanto starter Pokémon, but Go declined, wanting to make his first Pokémon instead.

In SS003, Sakuragi gave Ash a smartphone before releasing his two from their s. The Rotom proceeded to enter Ash and Go's smartphones, turning them into Rotom Phones.

Character
Professor Sakuragi is a calm, but friendly person. He is very knowledgeable about, being deemed a genius since he was young. He is also exceptionally enthusiastic when it comes to studying Pokémon. Sometimes, he gets so carried away that it embarrasses his daughter, prompting her to reign him in.

Gives to new Trainers
Professor Sakuragi has these Pokémon to give to new :

In the Pocket Monsters manga
Professor Sakuragi appears in, playing the same role as he does in the anime.

Names
Professor Sakuragi Profesor Sakuragi Professeur Sakuragi Professor Sakuragi サクラギ博士 樱木博士