Pokémon Journeys: The Series · Pokémon Journeys arc
JN009 · Finding a Legend!
あの日の誓い！ジョウト地方のホウオウ伝説！！
Synopsis
What happens.
Goh is scanning the news on his Rotom Phone and learns the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh was recently sighted. He rushes over to Professor Cerise, who informs Goh and Ash that Ho-Oh is deeply connected to Johto folklore.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's JN009 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · JN001-JN048
Pokémon Journeys.
Ash and Goh meet in Vermilion; both become Research Fellows under Cerise. Format establishes: any region, any episode. Goh catches Mew (sort of).
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Who appears.
Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.
More from this arc
Other episodes in Pokémon Journeys.
Episode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.