Natsuki Hanae is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with the talent agency Across Entertainment. His official X account is @hanae0626

Pikachu's First Friends Audio Reading

The long-awaited picture book from monpoké, the official Pokémon baby brand, was released by Shogakukan on Wednesday, December 8th, 2021. On the same day that the book was released, a free audio recording of the story read by voice actor Natsuki Hanae was available on the official monpoké website.

Hanae, who is a father of two himself, read the monpoké picture book in a gentle and warm manner. By turning the pages of the book along with Hanae's reading, parents and children can have fun together as they talk to their children, asking questions such as "Whose house is this?" and "The flowers in Eievui's house are so cute." You can listen to the audio of the story read aloud at any time on the special picture book page of monpoké's official website or on our Print Database entry for the Pikachu's First Friends book.

Comment from Natsuki Hanae about Pikachu's First Friends Audio Reading:
monpoké has become a cute picture book, and I was excited to see all the different Pokémon and their homes! I had a lot of fun reading it, so I hope you will enjoy listening to the reading along with the picture book.

花江夏樹さんコメント
「モンポケが可愛らしい絵本になっていて、色々なポケモンやおうちが登場するのでワクワクしました！ 読んでいてとても楽しかったので、ぜひ絵本と一緒に読み聞かせも楽しんでいただけたら嬉しいです。」

Role	Media	Title
Voice Actor Grusha	Video Game	Pokémon Masters EX
Voice Actor Narrator	MP 1	First Trip   はじめてのたび
Voice Actor Narrator	MP 2	First Outing   はじめてのおでかけ