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KO Blaziken VMAX · Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery · 2022
Illustrator 2019 – 2024

KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA

KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA has been credited on Pokémon TCG cards since 2019, with artwork appearing through 2024. Their illustrations span Sword & Shield and Scarlet & Violet releases, including Fusion Strike and Scarlet & Violet, with a cartoonish, playful look and vibrant color.

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Main period
2019 – 2024
Cards illustrated
31
Most represented era
Sword & Shield
Most valuable card
$77.40
Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX · 2021
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About the artist

KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA is credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game artwork from 2019 to 2024. Their cards appear across the Sword & Shield and Scarlet & Violet series, with recurring placements in Scarlet & Violet, Fusion Strike, and Crown Zenith.

The work is characterized by cartoonish, playful rendering and lighthearted, energetic moods, supported by vibrant palettes that often lean bright or contrasting. Compositions tend to read as balanced yet dynamic, frequently keeping the subject in clear focus while allowing action-forward staging. Among the most sought-after cards illustrated by KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA is Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX.

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Best cards by KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA

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

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Blaziken VMAX

Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery

Blaziken VMAX 2022
Smeargle

Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery

Smeargle 2022
Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX

Battle Styles

Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX 2021
Charizard VSTAR

SWSH Black Star Promos

Charizard VSTAR 2019
Giacomo

Paldea Evolved

Giacomo 2023
Rapid Strike Style Mustard

Brilliant Stars Trainer Gallery

Rapid Strike Style Mustard 2022
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Colorless
    8
  2. Water
    5
  3. Darkness
    5
  4. Grass
    3
  5. Fighting
    2
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Iconic cards

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

Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX

Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX

Battle Styles 2021
Charizard VSTAR

Charizard VSTAR

SWSH Black Star Promos 2019
Blaziken VMAX

Blaziken VMAX

Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery 2022
Medicham V

Medicham V

Evolving Skies 2021
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The full archive

12 of 31 cards · every credit, every era.

Mabosstiff

Paldean Fates

Mabosstiff 2024
Maushold

Paldean Fates

Maushold 2024
Ditto

151

Ditto 2023
Giacomo

Paldea Evolved

Giacomo 2023
Mabosstiff

Scarlet & Violet

Mabosstiff 2023
Magikarp

Scarlet & Violet

Magikarp 2023
Magnemite

Scarlet & Violet

Magnemite 2023
Maushold

Scarlet & Violet

Maushold 2023
Scovillain

Scarlet & Violet

Scovillain 2023
Wugtrio

Scarlet & Violet

Wugtrio 2023
Ditto

Crown Zenith

Ditto 2023
Wailord

Crown Zenith

Wailord 2023