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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.
- Video game artist, director, game designer, illustrator
- Japanese
- 1989–present
- 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.People also ask
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Ken Sugimori (Japanese: 杉森(すぎもり) 建(けん), Hepburn: Sugimori Ken) is an illustrator for the Pokémon and character artwork for the original Pokémon games, as well as for some of modern Pokémon games...
Sep 1, 2023 · Born on January 27, 1966, in Tokyo, Japan, Ken Sugimori found his calling as an illustrator through a self-published gaming magazine. His fervor for both art and games was the catalyst behind the co-founding of Game Freak, a self-published video game magazine from the mid-1980s, alongside Satoshi Tajiri.
Jul 26, 2018 · We spoke with three creators who developed Pokémon Redand Pokémon Greenand were deeply involved with the creation of Pikachu. Ken Sugimori is one of the founding members of GAME FREAK Inc. He was in charge of the official character design for Pokémon Redand Pokémon Green. He is currently a director at the company.
Nov 20, 2022 · The electric tale of Pokémon and Ken Sugimori. It all started in Machida, Japan with a boy named Satoshi Tajiri who loved to watch bugs crawl along the tall grass. Satoshi would spend hours seeing how much different type of insects he could find and draw, marveling at the complexities and uniqueness of nature.
Apr 19, 2023 · For over 20 years, Pokémon fans have circulated poor-quality scans of the original watercolor artwork for the 251 monsters from the first two generations by renowned series artist Ken Sugimori ...
