Professor Takao Cozmo ソライシ・タカオ博士Dr. Takao Soraishi
Artwork from theTCG Illustrated byKen Sugimori[1]
Age	40ORAS[2]
Gender	Male
Eye color	Black
Hair color	Brown*, Gray*
Hometown	Fallarbor Town (formerlyRustboro City)
Region	Hoenn
Relatives	Raizoh Cozmo (father), unnamed mother
Trainer class	Pokémon Professor
Generation	III,VI
Games	Ruby, Sapphire,Emerald,Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire
Game animation debut	The Scoop
English voice actor	Unknown
Japanese voice actor	Nobuo Tobita
Animated debut	Fight for the Meteorite!
English voice actor	Sean Schemmel
Japanese voice actor	Tomohiro Nishimura

Professor Takao Cozmo (Japanese:ソライシ・タカオ博士Dr. Takao Soraishi) is a character inPokémon Ruby, Sapphire,Emerald,Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire. He is a meteoriticist who lives inFallarbor Town.

In the games

Professor Cozmo leaves either withTeam Magma^REOR orTeam Aqua^SAS for theMeteor Falls, thinking that they are going to help him excavate meteors. However, the offending team steals theMeteorite, intending to use it to power their machine atMt. Chimney. InGeneration III, after defeating the Grunts and the team's leader, the player can take the Meteorite from the machine and return it to the Professor in exchange forTM27 (Return). InGeneration VI, the player keeps the Meteorite for themselves after receiving it from the defeated team leader.

InPokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire Special Demo Version's first scenario, Takao appears inMossdeep Space Center, asking forOrlando andSteven's help.

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire proper, notes inSea Mauville reveal that Takao's father, Raizoh, was a researcher forGreater Mauville Holdings and theDevon Corporation who spent nearly all his time working, apparently causing his marriage to unravel. One of the few things Raizoh had to remind him of his son was a HiSkitty doll the latter had sent to Sea Mauville. The retrieval of that doll proves to be the object of the Sea Mauville sidequest. Takao used to live inRustboro, but at some time moved, possibly toFallarbor. The letters also mention that Takao's father had once given him aShelgon, but once it evolved intoSalamence, Takao was disappointed that it no longer looked like a Meteorite andtraded it for a friend'sSolrock. He also received a telescope from his father.

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'sDelta Episode, Professor Cozmo works at the Mossdeep Space Center to help stop thegiant meteoroid that's on a collision course with the planet. After noticing the meteoroid's approach at the beginning of the episode, he enlists the help of Steven Stone and the player in retrieving himMeteorite Shards required to power the device intended to warp the meteoroid somewhere else. However, this plan is ruined whenZinnia, believing the warp hole will just transport the meteoroid intoanother universe to be its problem, destroys the device, much to Cozmo's shock. Once the player has successfully destroyed the meteoroid withRayquaza's help, Cozmo is seen celebrating the good news at the Space Center.

After the Delta Episode, Professor Cozmo can be found at his home in Fallarbor, where will give the player aGalladite. He also mentions that he intends to forward the new information found by the player toProfessor Sycamore. Takao mentions he is friends with Sycamore, as the two worked together a few years prior to the events of the game, researching Meteorites at Meteor Falls.^[3]

Pokémon

Status unknown

Solrock

Traded away

Shelgon → Salamence

Gallery

Core series game assets

This is a selection of game assets featuring Professor Cozmo from the core series Pokémon games.

Generation III

R  S  E  Sprite (Overworld)

Generation VI

OR  AS  Model (Overworld)

Quotes

Main article:Professor Cozmo/Quotes

In animation

Pokémon the Series

Professor Cozmo appeared in thePokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire episodeFight for the Meteorite!, whereAsh met him at Mt. Chimney. Similar to thegames,Team Magma was trying to get their hands on the Meteorite he had just found there, eventually succeeding in doing so. The Meteorite was placed inside of a machine in an attempt to make thevolcano erupt. As Ash was unable to break the Meteorite's container, Professor Cozmo decided to push the whole machine down into the crater instead, choosing to rather lose the Meteorite than let thevillainous team possess it. Afterwards, he guided Ash andhis friends to take theJagged Pass down toLavaridge Town, wishing Ash good luck in his upcomingGymbattle at theLavaridge Gym.

Voice actors

Pokémon Generations

This article is missing information on this character's English voice actor. Please feel free to edit this article to add this information.

Professor Cozmo briefly appeared inThe Scoop, where he noticedGabby and Ty infiltrating theMossdeep Space Center in search for information regarding the destruction of themeteoroid that had threatened the planet. Feeling the public was not ready yet to learn of theDeoxys that had emerged from the destroyed meteoroid, he tried have the reporter duo hand over the information they had uncovered, only for them to run off while chased by security guards.

Voice actors

In the manga

Ash & Pikachu

Professor Cozmo appeared inTwo Groups Attacking! Magma VS. Aqua, playing a similar role as inPokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire.

Pokémon Adventures

In theChuang Yi translation of theRuby & Sapphire arc, he is referred to asProfessor Starstone. This error is rectified when he appears in a flashback during theFireRed & LeafGreen arc.

Cozmo is apparently good friends withRoxanne and was once her teacher.

Ruby & Sapphire arc

Professor Cozmo believedTeam Aqua to be noble heroes, so he assisted them with theMeteorite and their device onMt. Chimney. He was taken hostage by Team Aqua and was locked insidetheir headquarters shortly after their mission succeeded, and only rescued byWinona andFlannery deep in the weather crisis. Winona took him to thePokémon Association airship, where he was reunited withhis three aides.

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

It was revealed in a flashback that Cozmo found the meteor that fell from the sky, which was later a part of Team Aqua's plan. He also discovered two life forms on the meteor, and passed them toMossdeep Space Center where they were later stolen.

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc

Cozmo and his three aides confirmed the imminent apocalypse of the planet in ten days by a giant meteor, and later helped out at theMossdeep Space Center while awaiting the dimensional shifter developed byDevon Corporation.Sapphire, after ending up inside the rocket on standby at the Mossdeep Space Center through one ofHoopa's portals, managed to find her way out of it and handed the dimensional shifter to Cozmo, which he examined to be fully charged. He notifiedMr. Stone andSteven of the successful delivery, and also the media's knowledge of the meteor's imminent collision with the planet, causing Mr. Stone and Steven to rush back to Mossdeep fromSea Mauville.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Professor Cozmo in thePokémon Trading Card Game.

Professor Cozmo Cards listed with ablue background are only legal to use in the currentExpanded format. Cards listed with agreen background are legal to use in both the currentStandard andExpanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Professor Cozmo's Discovery	T [Su]	EX Deoxys		90/107	Clash of the Blue Sky		076/082
					Deoxys Constructed Starter Deck		014/015
					Rayquaza Constructed Starter Deck		014/015
					Lightning Quick Construction Pack Fighting Quick Construction Pack		009/015
		Plusle Half Deck		10/12
		EX Holon Phantoms		89/110	Mightyena Quarter Deck		009/015
					Shockwave! Tyranitar ex Constructed Standard Deck		017/024

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