At first it wasn't like this, but starting from Pokémon Gold & Silver...

...every single trainer was given a name.

Since then, I've started searching trainers with my own name, or who were called as someone of my friends

Shoot! I'm a Hiker?!

Ah! ♪ I'm a Hex Maniac!

Searching where they were and what were they doing became one of my secret hobbies.

But the real tragedy was for the people called as one of the protagonists!

higa... instead of "pika"?

I've heard that the many who all throughout Japan were called "Satoshi-kun" have been bullied at school!

While me...

"Speak Kansai dialect"...

"Have you fused with a Pokemon?"... In the Japanese games, Masaki (Bill) speaks Kansai dialect.