Anime questions part 2!?

Question

More anime questions popped up since my last post, so please cooperate with me! Okay...

1. In the anime Naruto, there are a couple episodes that reveal parts of Iruka Umino's past (for those who forget him, he is the teacher at the Ninja acadamy, the one with the scar). He has a symbol on the back of his shirt when he's little. What oes it mean, and what is it written in (meaning what type of japanese characters. There are a few good shots of it in episode 144.

2. In the first pokemon ending song, about half way through, you see pikachu running under Ash's legs, and then it runs under a girls' legs. Who is that girl, and what episode is she in? Please do not mock the fact that I like Pokemon becuase you will be reported!

Thank you in advance for the answer!

Sorry! I'm too computer dumb to know hoe to get a screen shot from a streaming video, but naruto episode 144 can be found on www.tv-links.co.uk
click on anime, go down to "N" click on "Naruto", and find the episode. It's about half way through, when little Mizuki shows up. I hope this helps!

Answer 1

#2) I think that's just supposed to be Lass, a generic female trainer from the original Pokemon video game. I don't recall ever seeing that character in any episode, just in the opening animation.

#1) Thanks for the location of the file. The back of his shirt has kanji (character set) "ichi" and "ban" inside a circle. "Ichi" is just a horizontal stroke and means "one." "ban" is the more complex character and means "number in series." Together they mean "number-one" or "best." It's a pretty common thing to find on T-shirts, hats, and other souvenirs -- I have a refrigerator magnet with "ichiban" written on it, from my last trip to Tokyo.

If you have Japanese character sets installed, you'll see them below:
一
番

Here's a screen-capture:
http://forums.the-ozone.net/pictures/ya/umino.jpg
Identifying handwritten characters (poorly handwritten ones especially) is a bit of an art, but those characters are clear enough to be confident in my identification.