The artists behind Pokémon cards
Every Pokémon card is signed. The name in the bottom corner is the illustrator's, and for a share of collectors it is the main collecting criterion — they are not looking for a Charizard, they are looking for an Arita. Here are the 129 most prolific artists in the catalogue, with what their cards are worth.
Price my card freeIndicative prices: TCGplayer market price pulled daily. These are raw-card prices, not graded.
5ban Graphics1554 cards · 2011-2025$1,501
Ken Sugimori1097 cards · 1999-2022$1,500
Mitsuhiro Arita718 cards · 1999-2025$1,400
Kagemaru Himeno651 cards · 1999-2024$950
Kouki Saitou643 cards · 2003-2024$3,000
Masakazu Fukuda462 cards · 2003-2024$3,500
Ryo Ueda456 cards · 2003-2023$1,013
Atsuko Nishida401 cards · 1999-2024$1,000
Midori Harada348 cards · 2003-2024$2,020
Shin Nagasawa301 cards · 2009-2025$94.11
Toyste Beach267 cards · 2011-2025$725
Naoki Saito254 cards · 2010-2025$1,000
Naoyo Kimura251 cards · 2000-2025$4,500
Tomokazu Komiya246 cards · 1999-2025$198
Akira Komayama232 cards · 2011-2025$800
kawayoo208 cards · 2009-2025$517
Keiji Kinebuchi207 cards · 1999-2018$458
Hajime Kusajima206 cards · 1999-2018$900
Sumiyoshi Kizuki204 cards · 1999-2023$253
Yuka Morii201 cards · 2001-2025$379
Miki Tanaka193 cards · 1999-2025$342
sui188 cards · 2009-2025$387
kirisAki185 cards · 2013-2024$313
Mizue183 cards · 2011-2025$101
Eske Yoshinob175 cards · 2011-2025$256
Kyoko Umemoto172 cards · 2002-2025$510
Sanosuke Sakuma159 cards · 2013-2025$4,500
aky CG Works159 cards · 2017-2025$229
Shigenori Negishi152 cards · 2011-2025$383
Yukiko Baba151 cards · 2001-2025$717
Hitoshi Ariga151 cards · 2013-2024$237
nagimiso148 cards · 2015-2025$571
match143 cards · 2010-2018$80.42
PLANETA Mochizuki140 cards · 2019-2025$111
Anesaki Dynamic131 cards · 2016-2025$1,255
Megumi Mizutani129 cards · 2012-2025$501
Aya Kusube125 cards · 2001-2025$750
Ayaka Yoshida123 cards · 2011-2024$1,150
Saya Tsuruta121 cards · 2007-2025$157
MAHOU120 cards · 2010-2024$243
sowsow104 cards · 2018-2025$1,023
Suwama Chiaki103 cards · 2006-2020$49.13
Shibuzoh.99 cards · 2016-2025$274
Kanako Eo97 cards · 2005-2019$221
Ryuta Fuse97 cards · 2017-2025$490
Hideki Ishikawa94 cards · 2016-2025$371
Misa Tsutsui94 cards · 2017-2024$25.48
TOKIYA93 cards · 2009-2020$441
kodama89 cards · 2016-2025$355
PLANETA Tsuji88 cards · 2017-2025$48.31
Oswaldo KATO85 cards · 2019-2025$87.35
Souichirou Gunjima83 cards · 2019-2025$111
Studio Bora Inc.83 cards · 2018-2025$47.18
Shizurow80 cards · 2006-2021$500
AKIRA EGAWA80 cards · 2019-2025$307
Mina Nakai78 cards · 2016-2025$23.15
Kent Kanetsuna75 cards · 2007-2021$270
Hasuno74 cards · 2013-2025$125
HYOGONOSUKE74 cards · 2017-2025$403
N-DESIGN Inc.73 cards · 2019-2025$58.40
Hisao Nakamura71 cards · 2003-2018$336
Teeziro65 cards · 2019-2025$385
Yuu Nishida64 cards · 2019-2025$199
tetsuya koizumi63 cards · 2017-2021$372
OKACHEKE63 cards · 2019-2025$87.73
Yusuke Ohmura61 cards · 2007-2022$185
031360 cards · 2017-2025$37.70
takuyoa60 cards · 2019-2025$625
Toshinao Aoki59 cards · 1999-2025$389
Yoshinobu Saito57 cards · 2013-2023$73.49
GIDORA57 cards · 2019-2025$164
Ryota Murayama56 cards · 2014-2025$294
GOSSAN56 cards · 2019-2025$257
miki kudo55 cards · 2016-2025$354
Taira Akitsu54 cards · 2019-2025$384
Takumi Akabane52 cards · 2000-2009$44.99
Uta52 cards · 2019-2025$73.47
Satoshi Shirai51 cards · 2012-2024$53.87
KEIICHIRO ITO51 cards · 2019-2025$2,300
Shin-ichi Yoshikawa51 cards · 2002-2008$999
You Iribi49 cards · 2013-2025$235
Shin-ichi Yoshida49 cards · 1999-2021$2,400
Daisuke Ito48 cards · 2007-2008$138
Tika Matsuno48 cards · 2019-2025$93.67
Hikaru Koike46 cards · 2000-2006$2,500
sadaji46 cards · 2017-2023$132
Nakaoka45 cards · 2003-2007$155
PLANETA Igarashi45 cards · 2017-2025$240
PLANETA45 cards · 2013-2017$42.64
Narumi Sato45 cards · 2019-2025$317
Sachiko Adachi42 cards · 2004-2019$23.21
Saki Hayashiro41 cards · 2019-2024$139
Atsushi Furusawa41 cards · 2019-2025$523
Nisota Niso41 cards · 2019-2025$26.83
chibi40 cards · 2013-2025$390
Eri Yamaki39 cards · 2016-2023$14.73
Pani Kobayashi39 cards · 2019-2025$92.97
Hironobu Yoshida38 cards · 1999-2018$3,000
NC Empire37 cards · 2017-2025$616
Yuya Oka37 cards · 2019-2025$33.35
Wataru Kawahara36 cards · 2007-2011$451
saino misaki36 cards · 2019-2025$86.51
Asako Ito35 cards · 2017-2025$43.13
Shiburingaru35 cards · 2019-2025$86.41
Katsura Tabata34 cards · 2002-2018$405
Hideaki Hakozaki34 cards · 2010-2012$575
kurumitsu34 cards · 2019-2025$17.45
Hiromichi Sugiyama33 cards · 1999-2018$500
hatachu32 cards · 2012-2024$53.30
Scav32 cards · 2022-2025$16.90
KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA31 cards · 2019-2024$77.87
yuu31 cards · 2022-2025$14.01
DOM31 cards · 2019-2025$54.12
Lee HyunJung30 cards · 2007-2025$74.36
Jerky30 cards · 2023-2025$23.34
kantaro28 cards · 2023-2025$48.79
Kazuyuki Kano27 cards · 2007-2008$220
CR CG gangs27 cards · 2001-2002$84.99
OOYAMA26 cards · 2013-2025$882
hncl26 cards · 2019-2025$31.54
Yumi25 cards · 2016-2021$10.52
Jiro Sasumo25 cards · 2022-2025$89.41
Masako Yamashita23 cards · 2001-2018$76.75
Kimiya Masago23 cards · 2001-2006$1,250
Milky Isobe23 cards · 2000-2010$135
Shinji Kanda22 cards · 2019-2025$841
PLANETA Yamashita21 cards · 2019-2025$18.45
Keiko Fukuyama20 cards · 2001-2003$624
ConceptLab20 cards · 2019-2019$226