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AE Giratina VSTAR · Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery · 2023
Illustrator 2019 – 2025

AKIRA EGAWA

AKIRA EGAWA has been credited on Pokémon TCG illustrations from 2019 to 2025, spanning Sword & Shield and Scarlet & Violet. The work leans dynamic and illustrative, with action-forward framing, balanced staging, and vibrant, contrasting color choices.

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Main period
2019 – 2025
Cards illustrated
82
Most represented era
Sword & Shield
Most valuable card
$252.88
Charizard ex · 2024
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About the artist

AKIRA EGAWA has been an Official Pokémon Trading Card Game Illustrator since 2019, with credits running through 2025. Across more than 80 cards, EGAWA’s work appears prominently in the Sword & Shield era and continues into Scarlet & Violet, with additional appearances in Sun & Moon. Notable concentrations include SWSH Black Star Promos, Lost Origin, and Cosmic Eclipse.

The illustrations favor dynamic, action-oriented compositions while staying tightly focused on the subject, often using balanced layouts and foreground emphasis to keep character reads clear. Color is a central tool: vibrant, contrasting palettes recur, shifting between warm intensity and darker, moodier accents as needed. Energetic and playful notes sit alongside more intense, mysterious atmospheres, creating variety without losing clarity. A representative highlight is Giratina VSTAR.

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Best cards by AKIRA EGAWA

Curated reading of the corpus — composition, atmosphere, and lasting standing.

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Giratina VSTAR

Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery

Giratina VSTAR 2023
Charizard ex

Paldean Fates

Charizard ex 2024
Charizard ex

Obsidian Flames

Charizard ex 2023
Umbreon VMAX

Evolving Skies

Umbreon VMAX 2021
Mewtwo V-UNION

SWSH Black Star Promos

Mewtwo V-UNION 2019
Mewtwo V-UNION

SWSH Black Star Promos

Mewtwo V-UNION 2019
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with AKIRA EGAWA’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where AKIRA EGAWA’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Fire
    14
  2. Darkness
    12
  3. Psychic
    11
  4. Water
    9
  5. Lightning
    9
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Iconic cards

Cards that travel beyond the archive — defining works, frequently cited.

Charizard ex

Charizard ex

Paldean Fates 2024
Mew VMAX

Mew VMAX

Fusion Strike 2021
Giratina VSTAR

Giratina VSTAR

Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery 2023
Team Rocket’s Moltres ex

Team Rocket’s Moltres ex

Destined Rivals 2025
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The full archive

12 of 82 cards · every credit, every era.

Reshiram

Phantasmal Flames

Reshiram 2025
Volcarona

Black Bolt

Volcarona 2025
Team Rocket’s Golbat

Destined Rivals

Team Rocket’s Golbat 2025
Team Rocket’s Moltres ex

Destined Rivals

Team Rocket’s Moltres ex 2025
Lokix

Journey Together

Lokix 2025
Tyranitar

Journey Together

Tyranitar 2025
Heatran

Twilight Masquerade

Heatran 2024
Nosepass

Twilight Masquerade

Nosepass 2024
Armarouge

Paldean Fates

Armarouge 2024
Charizard ex

Paldean Fates

Charizard ex 2024
Kilowattrel

Paldean Fates

Kilowattrel 2024
Espathra

Paradox Rift

Espathra 2023