James is a fourteen year old boy from Palette Town in East Kantojo he first appeared in Pokemon Dark and Light as the main male character or the friendly rival if the girl was picked. His father Stuart is fighting in West Kantojo along with Elizabeth's father Henry. He lives with his mother Mary and he has two little brothers Jacob who tells Elizabeth all sorts of embarrasing secrets about him and Jarrod who snoops around Elizabeth's house and tells James all sorts of embarrasing secrets about her.