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K Pansage · Black Bolt · 2025
Illustrator 2019 – 2025

kurumitsu

kurumitsu has been credited on Pokémon TCG cards from 2019 to 2025, spanning Scarlet & Violet and Sword & Shield releases such as Lost Origin and Paldea Evolved. The work leans cartoonish and colorful, with cheerful moods and dynamic, balanced compositions.

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Main period
2019 – 2025
Cards illustrated
34
Most represented era
Scarlet & Violet
Most valuable card
$8.12
Squirtle · 2019
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About the artist

kurumitsu is credited on 34 Pokémon TCG cards released between 2019 and 2025. The illustrator’s work appears across Scarlet & Violet and Sword & Shield, with recurring placements in sets including Lost Origin, Paldea Evolved, and Paldean Fates.

Across these cards, a cartoonish, colorful approach is paired with cheerful, lighthearted moods and a playful sense of timing. Compositions tend to be action-forward and dynamic while staying balanced and easy to read, often keeping the subject clearly staged within simple, focused layouts. Color is consistently vibrant, shifting between harmonious and pastel accents or sharper contrasts to keep silhouettes crisp and expressions legible. A representative example is Tangela.

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Best cards by kurumitsu

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

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Pansage

Black Bolt

Pansage 2025
Whirlipede

Black Bolt

Whirlipede 2025
Cottonee

Paldean Fates

Cottonee 2024
Tangela

Crown Zenith

Tangela 2023
Altaria

Obsidian Flames

Altaria 2023
Cleffa

Obsidian Flames

Cleffa 2023
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with kurumitsu’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where kurumitsu’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Lightning
    7
  2. Psychic
    6
  3. Water
    5
  4. Grass
    5
  5. Colorless
    4
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Iconic cards

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

Squirtle

Squirtle

SWSH Black Star Promos 2019
Dedenne

Dedenne

Brilliant Stars Trainer Gallery 2022
Whirlipede

Whirlipede

Black Bolt 2025
Sprigatito

Sprigatito

Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos 2023
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The full archive

12 of 34 cards · every credit, every era.

Pansage

Black Bolt

Pansage 2025
Simisage

Black Bolt

Simisage 2025
Whirlipede

Black Bolt

Whirlipede 2025
Iono’s Tadbulb

Journey Together

Iono’s Tadbulb 2025
Yamper

Temporal Forces

Yamper 2024
Cottonee

Paldean Fates

Cottonee 2024
Finizen

Paldean Fates

Finizen 2024
Pawmi

Paldean Fates

Pawmi 2024
Wingull

Paldean Fates

Wingull 2024
Porygon2

Paradox Rift

Porygon2 2023
Altaria

Obsidian Flames

Altaria 2023
Cleffa

Obsidian Flames

Cleffa 2023