>>46075575Apparently he's based on young Masuda with some obvious pallet swaps. Kind of like how Colress is apparently based on Tajiri. People have suspected for years that he's someone's self-insert, but no one could figure out whom. Masuda, who has said GO is his favorite out of the Pokemon games, and people from GF are all on his team. He does have some resemblance to younger Masuda. He's also kind of retarded.