>>52450793Iris is:
>Not unovan>Confirmed to be from a very remote placeSo she's not american at all.
>Her hometown is the Village of Dragons, in which she was the strongestIris references asian myths in two ways:
>Quotes Sinnoh myth(aka japanese myth)>Her champion dress is based on Otohime, the princess of the undersea palace Ryūgū-jō(The Dragon Palace)Iris might be referencing the following pokemon from Johto in the following line (keep in mind that HGSS was a somewhat recent game at the time).
> In the Village of Dragons, people take living alongside Pokémon for granted. I was surprised some people in Unova didn't think that way!Iris actual ethnicity is up in the air, but she's almost certainly born in Japan and culturally japanese.
The Village of Dragons might actually be Blackthorn, like the manga interpreted it as. 
