James

James (Japanese: コジロウ Kojirou) is a fictional character in the Pokémon Franchise. He is a main character in the Pokémon anime. He is a member of Team Rocket which is an evil team who try to capture rare Pokémon. His, Jessie's and Meowth's main target is Pikachu.

In the Anime
In the anime, he is a common member of Team Rocket and in many ways, is the anime representation of the Male Agent During his adventures in trying to capture Pikachu, James is part of a unit made up of himself, Jessie, and Meowth. Although born into a rich family with loving parents, he runs away from home to avoid Jessebelle to whom he was supposed to marry later on. With a very caring and thoughtful personality, James can sometimes have a hard time dealing with the "rotten things" he and his team mates do from various times to get what they want, but in the end he fulfill his obligations with less-admirable results, he also gives out information on Pokémon whenever Meowth cannot do it himself via Index cards. James is also a bottle cap collector as well. In a flashback that James was having it was about a man that cheated him into buying a Magikarp.

Voice Actors
Ted Lewis (temp.) Eric Stuart (4Kids) Billy Beach (PUSA/DuArt)

Italian: Simone D'Andrea

Greek: Fotis Petridis

Dutch: Bram Bart (ep1-ep368), Paul Disbergen (ep368-present)

Trivia

 * James most recurring Pokémon are -Type. It is also interesting to point out that said Pokémon are the ones who show the most affection towards him via physical contact, even if James is annoyed at it. His friendly relationship with Gardenia also seem to emphasize that, as she claims that "those who own Grass Pokémon cannot be so evil", which is also true to some point if one considers he is the "less" evil member of the trio.
 * For some reason when Jessie and James are disguised as a male and a female, James is the female and Jessie is the male.
 * Jessie and James are more successful in the Unova region.