Aoi Yuuki will be reprising her role as Iris from the Black and White arcs.
After Pokémon the Series: Black & White went off the air in Japan, companions Iris and Cilan haven’t been seen in the Pokémon anime series since they bid farewell to Ash in 2013.
But now, Iris returns to the Pokémon anime on May 8 in an episode of Pokémon Journeys that sees the character square off against Ash in the World Coronation Series, pitting Iris’s Dragonite and Ash’s Dragonite against each other.