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Ken Sugimori (Japanese: 杉森 建, Hepburn: Sugimori Ken, born January 27, 1966 in Fukuoka, Japan) is a Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director. He is best known as the primary character designer and art director for the Pokémon franchise.
Ken Sugimori (杉森建) (born January 27, 1966) is a Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director.
Magikarp and Gyarados were two of one hundred and fifty one different designs conceived by Game Freak's character development team and finalized by Ken Sugimori for the first generation of Pocket Monsters games Red and Green, which were localized outside Japan as Pokémon Red and Blue.
May 24, 2011 · Sugimori designed all 151 of the original Pokémon, featured in the series' first game in 1995, and though over the years he has moved onto different roles within the company, he remains closely...
- Designs
- Characters
- Artwork
- Credits
- Trivia
- External Links
Pokémon
The following is a list of Pokémon designed by Sugimori. 1. Nidoran♀ 2. Nidoqueen 3. Nidoran♂ 4. Nidoking 5. Clefairy 6. Arcanine 7. Tentacool 8. Slowbro 9. Magnemite 10. Grimer 11. Cloyster 12. Gastly 13. Gengar 14. Voltorb 15. Exeggcute 16. Exeggutor 17. Cubone 18. Lickitung 19. Rhyhorn 20. Rhydon 21. Tangela 22. Kangaskhan 23. Staryu 24. Pinsir 25. Gyarados 26. Lapras 27. Snorlax 28. Mewtwo 29. Hoothoot 30. Pichu 31. Sudowoodo 32. Umbreon (colors, alongside Atsuko Nishida) 33. Unown 34. Bl...
The following is a list of characters designed by Sugimori. 1. Yujirou from Red and Green 2. Brock from Red and Green 3. Misty from Red and Green 4. Lt. Surge from Red and Green 5. Erika from Red and Green 6. Sabrina from Red and Green 7. Koga from Red and Green 8. Blaine from Red and Green 9. Jessie and James from Yellow 10. Liko from Pokémon Hori...
Official artwork
This is a collection of official Pokémon artwork drawn by Sugimori. 1. Key art of every Pokémon from Red and Green 2. Key art of every Pokémon from Blue 3. Key art of every Pokémon from Gold and Silver 4. Key art of every Pokémon from Ruby and Sapphire 5. Key art of every Pokémon from FireRed and LeafGreen 6. Key art of every Pokémon from Diamond and Pearl 7. Key art of every Pokémon from HeartGold and SoulSilver 8. Art for every Pocket Monsters Carddass Trading Cards 9. Yujirou from Red and...
Merchandise
This is a collection of official Pokémon merchandise that Sugimori has contributed artwork to. There are 968 cards illustrated by Sugimori, though most of them include re-used artwork from various games. For a list of cards he has illustrated, see here.
Games
1. Mendel Palace(1989) - Character Designer, Character Digitalizer 2. Smart Ball(1991) - Game Designer, Story, Character Designer 3. Yoshi(1991) - Character Designer 4. Magical Tarurūto-kun(1992) - Direction, Game Design, Graphic Design 5. Mario & Wario(1993) - Character Designer 6. Pulseman(1994) - Direction & Game Design, Graphics 7. Pokémon Red and Green(1996) - Character Design, Monster Design 8. Bazaru de Gozaru no Game de Gozaru(1996) - Graphics 9. Pokémon Blue(1996) - Character Design,...
TCG illustration
For a list of cards illustrated by Ken Sugimori, go here.
Animation
1. 1998-07-18 Pikachu's Vacation(Character Concept Art) 2. 1998-07-18 Mewtwo Strikes Back(Character Concept Art) 3. 1999-07-17 Pikachu's Rescue Adventure(Character Concept Art) 4. 1999-07-17 The Power of One(Character Concept Art) 5. 2000-07-08 Pikachu & Pichu(Character Concept Art) 6. 2000-07-08 Spell of the Unown: Entei(Character Concept Art) 7. 2001-07-07 Pikachu's PikaBoo(Character Concept Art) 8. 2001-07-07 Celebi: The Voice of the Forest(Character Concept Art) 9. 2002-07-13 Camp Pikachu...
The character Kenji from the Pokémon anime (known as Tracey Sketchit in the English dub) may be a homage to Ken Sugimori, especially as both enjoy creating art. This is similar to the way Satoshi,...Sugimori's favorite Pokémon is Gengar due to its simple design.Sugimori has illustrated more Pokémon cards than any other artist.On May 27th, 2014, publisher Nintendo Dream released a portfolio of Ken Sugimori (杉森健), the man most of us know as being responsible for the official artwork used for the main series of Pocket Monsters games.
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Ken Sugimori (born January 27, 1966 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director. He is most famous as the character designer and art director for the Pokémon franchise.
