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Keiji Kinebuchi — signature work
KK Haunter · Evolutions · 2016
Illustrator 1999 – 2018

Keiji Kinebuchi

Keiji Kinebuchi is credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game cards from 1999 to 2018, with artwork appearing across Base, Gym, and XY-era releases. The work is marked by simple, clear compositions, playful cartoon-inflected forms, and vibrant yet often limited palettes.

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Main period
1999 – 2018
Cards illustrated
213
Most represented era
Base
Most valuable card
$391.50
Gengar · 1999
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About the artist

Keiji Kinebuchi is credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game cards from 1999 to 2018. Artwork appears across Base, Gym, and XY-era releases, including Base, Base Set 2, and Evolutions. The dataset records more than 200 cards, spanning Pokémon, Trainer, and Energy illustrations.

Kinebuchi’s card art is frequently built around simple, focused compositions with clear, balanced framing. The style trends toward cartoonish and graphic rendering, often functional in presentation, with moods that read as neutral to playful. Color is commonly handled through vibrant or bright accents alongside limited or monochrome palettes, supporting straightforward silhouettes and readable forms. A representative example is Gengar (Base Set 2 11). Among the most sought-after cards illustrated by Keiji Kinebuchi is Gengar (Base Set 2 11).

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Best cards by Keiji Kinebuchi

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

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Haunter

Evolutions

Haunter 2016
Gengar

Legendary Collection

Gengar 2002
Gengar

Fossil

Gengar 1999
Dugtrio

Evolutions

Dugtrio 2016
Electrode

Evolutions

Electrode 2016
Magneton

Evolutions

Magneton 2016
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with Keiji Kinebuchi’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where Keiji Kinebuchi’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Lightning
    16
  2. Psychic
    9
  3. Grass
    9
  4. Fighting
    6
  5. Water
    6
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Iconic cards

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

Gengar

Gengar

Fossil 1999
Gengar

Gengar

Legendary Collection 2002
Ditto

Ditto

Fossil 1999
Porygon2

Porygon2

Neo Revelation 2001
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The full archive

12 of 213 cards · every credit, every era.

Super Scoop Up

Celestial Storm

Super Scoop Up 2018
Devolution Spray

Evolutions

Devolution Spray 2016
Diglett

Evolutions

Diglett 2016
Double Colorless Energy

Evolutions

Double Colorless Energy 2016
Dugtrio

Evolutions

Dugtrio 2016
Electrode

Evolutions

Electrode 2016
Energy Retrieval

Evolutions

Energy Retrieval 2016
Full Heal

Evolutions

Full Heal 2016
Gastly

Evolutions

Gastly 2016
Haunter

Evolutions

Haunter 2016
Kakuna

Evolutions

Kakuna 2016
Magnemite

Evolutions

Magnemite 2016