Why Is Ash Ketchum Black?

Ash battled Trip, but lost as Pikachu's Electric attacks had been temporarily disabled from the encounter with Zekrom. Ash and his Unova companions, Iris and Cilan. After those events, Ash decided to go out on a new quest to win the Unova Pokémon League.

Is Pokemon ash black?

The 64th episode of the latest Pokémon Sun and Moon television series is not airing in the West, probably because the main character, Ash Ketchum, got his face painted black so he could blend in with a group of Pokémon whose faces are black. ... The last time an episode was banned from airing in the West was in 2002.

What race is Ash Ketchum?

He might be Asian, due to him originating from Japan. He could be a made up ethnicity, like Kantonian, as he is from Kanto.