Vincent Jackson

Vincent Jackson (Japanese: ジュンイチ Junichi) is a canon character from the Pokemon anime. He first appeared in The Legend of Thunder and later at the Silver Conference.

In The Network he is played by Sato.

Jackson comes from New Bark Town, a small town on the eastern borders of Johto. He is the nephew of Professor Elm and has two younger siblings, Dani and Yoshi. As a child he grew up with his two friends Jimmy and Marina, Jimmy and himself always had a fierce rivalry between each other as they both had the same goals, including becoming a Pokemon Master and both having a strong love for Marina.

It is known that when he was 7 years old, he accidentally ate a dead Togepi in his uncle's lab, thinking it to be scrambled eggs.

When he turned 10, he recieved a Chikorita from his Uncle to begin his Journey. He travelled throughout Johto in order to enter the Silver Conference. He travelled the land gathering all 8 badges, losing to Clair at least once. At one point during his Journey, he met up with Jimmy and Marina again while protecting a Raikou from Team Rocket somewhere north of Mount Mortar near a place called Billy Bally Town. It was here that he first met Eugene "Eusine" Conall an expert on the Legendary Pokemon of Johto.

Jackson arrived at the Silver Conference with high hopes, however over-confidence and an accident involving a cape caused him to lose to Macy of Mahogany Town. In order to make it to the next round of the Tournament he had to beat Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town, however the match resulted in a draw and Jackson was knocked out of the tournament.

For the next few months, Jackson trained his Pokemon at home in New Bark Town in preparation for the Indigo League. Upon leaving home, he joined The Network after having it mentioned to him by Professor Elm.

After arriving in Kanto he had managed to get the Earth Badge and the Boulder Badge before an abnormal phenomenon resulted in body switching which left him in the body of Akari Pikanaka while Ariel Troubadour went to Hoenn in his body. After things returned to normal, Jackson resumed his Gym Quest. He battled Misty Waterflower at Cerulean Gym after having a strange dram involving wrathful gods who made him wake up in the Swimming Pool.

Jackson's journey continued mostly as planned while he collected his remaining Gym Badges, losing to Sabrina of Saffron Gym twice before finally beating her to get his final badge.

Since his gym challenge, he has become good friends with Samantha Blue who he helped to track down a Mew in Hoenn. Since that time, Blue joined Team Rocket and Jackson joined The ARN, both unaware of what the other had done. They are now officially a couple, however they must keep it secret due to the battle between Team Rocket and The ARN.

Jackson is currently wandering Kanto battling Rockets at random intervals as he prepares for the Indigo League Championship Tournament.