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[[Image:Kenzo.jpg|thumb|Kenzo]]'''Kenzo''' (Japanese: '''ゲンゾウ''' Genzō) is a [[character of the day]] in the [[Pokémon anime]] who appeared in ''[[EP166|Two Hits and a Miss]]''. He is voiced by [[Jimmy Zoppi]] in English and 西村知道 ''Tomomichi Nishimura'' in Japanese.
[[File:Kenzo EP166.png|thumb|250px|Kenzo]]
'''Kenzo''' (Japanese: '''ゲンゾウ''' ''Genzō'') is a [[character of the day]] who appeared in ''[[EP166|Two Hits and a Miss]]''.


Kenzo was the {{wp|shihan}} of his own {{wp|dojo}}. However the years were catching up to him and he needed to pass on the duty to someone else. A likely candidate was his granddaughter [[Chigusa]].  However, he didn't want her to be shihan because she was more concerned with her Pokémon's moves "looking pretty" rather than concentrating on battling, and wanted {{Ash}} to be his heir. Later on, Chigusa proved herself worthy and she became shihan of the dojo.
Kenzo is the current {{wp|Shihan}} of his own {{wp|dojo}} located between {{ci|Goldenrod}} and [[Ecruteak City]]. However, because he was getting older, he decided to pass on his duties to someone else. A likely candidate was his granddaughter [[Chigusa]], but he was concerned with her battling strategy, which focused on making her Pokémon's [[move]]s look pretty.
 
After {{Ash}} and his {{AP|Bulbasaur}} battled a rampaging {{p|Tauros}}, saving Kenzo from injury in the process, Kenzo saw some potential in the young {{pkmn|Trainer}} in becoming an heir to his dojo. He escorted Ash and {{ashfr}} to his dojo institution, and provoked Chigusa into challenging Ash to a battle. However, [[Shiro]] arrived on the scene and challenged Kenzo for the title of the dojo instead.
 
Kenzo called on {{p|Machoke}}, but he forfeited the challenge because he and Machoke suffered from bad backs. He reluctantly allowed Chigusa to take on Shiro, in the hopes that she would protect the dojo's namesake. The match was interrupted by {{TRT}}'s arrival, but the two opponents agreed to battle each other the following day. Overnight, Kenzo scolded his granddaughter for her flawed battling strategy and pushed Ash into helping Chigusa realize her mistakes. As predicted, Chigusa did not deviate from her typical battling style and ultimately lost to Ash and Bulbasaur. Chigusa finally realized her flawed focus on style rather than teamwork and went on to practice with Ash for the rest of the night.
 
The following day, Kenzo was pleased to see that Chigusa had indeed learned her lessons as she defeated Shiro in battle. As Ash and his friends prepared to depart, Kenzo admitted that he now believed Chigusa had the skills to become the dojo's next Shihan, with some further training.


==Pokémon==
==Pokémon==
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{{TrainerPoké
| align=center | [[Image:067.png]]<br>{{p|Machoke}}
|trainer=Kenzo
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|pkmn=Machoke
|type1=Fighting
|img=Kenzo Machoke.png
|epnum=EP166
|epname=Two Hits and a Miss
|vaen=Eric Stuart
|desc=Kenzo called out his Machoke to battle [[Shiro]]'s {{p|Hitmonlee}}. Just like its {{pkmn|Trainer}}, Machoke appears to be quite old, and its back problems forced it to forfeit its match against Shiro, allowing [[Chigusa]] to take on the challenge.
 
None of Machoke's moves are known.}}
 
==Trivia==
* Kenzo's name was likely lost in translation, as ゲ ''Ge'' is  derivative of ケ ''Ke'' with a diacritical mark.
 
==Voice actors==
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|ja=西村知道 ''Tomomichi Nishimura''
|en=[[Carter Cathcart|Jimmy Zoppi]]
|fi=Robert Walli
|fr_eu=Bernard Faure
|he=עדי וייס ''Adi Weiss''
|it=Tony Fuochi
|es_eu=Antonio Fernández Sánchez
|pl=Krzysztof Zakrzewski}}
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