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AK Beheeyem · Black Bolt · 2025
Illustrator 2001 – 2025

Aya Kusube

Aya Kusube is credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game cards from 2001 to 2025, with artwork appearing across E-Card and later eras including EX and Sun & Moon. The work is marked by playful, whimsical illustration, balanced compositions, and vibrant-to-pastel color palettes.

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Main period
2001 – 2025
Cards illustrated
127
Most represented era
EX
Most valuable card
$322.07
Dark Gengar · 2002
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About the artist

Aya Kusube is credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game cards from 2001 to 2025. In this index, their illustrations appear across multiple series, including E-Card, EX, and Sun & Moon, with set appearances such as Neo Discovery, Skyridge, and Lost Thunder. The catalogue also includes Trainer cards among their credits.

Kusube’s card art is characterized by whimsical, cartoon-leaning illustration and a consistently playful, lighthearted mood, occasionally shifting toward mysterious notes. Compositions tend to be balanced and simple, keeping the subject clear and focused, while color palettes frequently favor vibrant hues alongside soft pastels and gentle contrasts. A representative example is Beheeyem. Among the most sought-after cards illustrated by Aya Kusube is Dark Gengar.

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Best cards by Aya Kusube

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

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Beheeyem

Black Bolt

Beheeyem 2025
Gothorita

Paldea Evolved

Gothorita 2023
Spiritomb

Paldea Evolved

Spiritomb 2023
Regigigas VSTAR

Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery

Regigigas VSTAR 2023
Reshiram

Celebrations

Reshiram 2021
Gengar

Chilling Reign

Gengar 2021
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with Aya Kusube’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where Aya Kusube’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Psychic
    28
  2. Water
    22
  3. Colorless
    16
  4. Grass
    11
  5. Fighting
    11
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Iconic cards

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

Dark Gengar

Dark Gengar

Neo Destiny 2002
Houndour

Houndour

Neo Discovery 2001
Slowking

Slowking

Aquapolis 2003
Naganadel & Guzzlord-GX

Naganadel & Guzzlord-GX

Cosmic Eclipse 2019
§ VII

The full archive

12 of 127 cards · every credit, every era.

Beheeyem

Black Bolt

Beheeyem 2025
Galarian Stunfisk

Journey Together

Galarian Stunfisk 2025
Gurdurr

Twilight Masquerade

Gurdurr 2024
Rolycoly

Temporal Forces

Rolycoly 2024
Garbodor

Paradox Rift

Garbodor 2023
Tangela

151

Tangela 2023
Lampent

Obsidian Flames

Lampent 2023
Gothorita

Paldea Evolved

Gothorita 2023
Spiritomb

Paldea Evolved

Spiritomb 2023
Regigigas VSTAR

Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery

Regigigas VSTAR 2023
Medicham

Silver Tempest

Medicham 2022
Comfey

Lost Origin

Comfey 2022