Kinu Nishimura

Kinu Nishimura is credited on Pokémon TCG illustrations from 2021–2025, spanning Sword & Shield-era releases and Mega Evolution. The work leans into vibrant, contrasting color and dynamic, character-forward staging with an energetic, playful tone.

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Main period: 2021 – 2025
Cards illustrated: 4
Most represented era: Sword & Shield
Most valuable card: $36.54

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About the artist

Kinu Nishimura’s Pokémon TCG credits run from 2021 to 2025, with appearances across Sword & Shield and Mega Evolution. Set placements include Battle Styles, Crown Zenith, and Phantasmal Flames, with additional work in the Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery. The dataset reflects a compact body of credited cards, including Trainer illustration.

Across these pieces, the visual approach reads as dynamic and illustrative, with anime-leaning character design and bold, colorful handling. Compositions tend toward action-forward framing balanced by focused, expressive staging, keeping the subject clear even when the scene turns intense. Color is consistently vibrant, often pushed with contrasting accents for a bright, energetic finish. A representative card is Single Strike Urshifu VMAX. Among the most sought-after cards illustrated by Kinu Nishimura is Mega Lopunny ex.

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