The ongoing television anime Pokémon Journeys: The Series has cast Marina Inoue as the young Pokémon researcher Sonia.
Pokémon Journeys: The Series premiered on TV Tokyo and its affiliates on November 17, two days after the Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield games shipped worldwide.
Sonia appeared in the Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Nintendo Switch role-playing games as a young researcher specializing in the legends of the Galar region.
Sonia previously appeared in the Pokémon: Twilight Wings net anime, but Lynn voiced the characer in that version.