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Miki Tanaka — signature work
MT Spidops ex · Scarlet & Violet · 2023
Illustrator 1999 – 2025

Miki Tanaka

Miki Tanaka is credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game cards from 1999 to 2025, with more than 190 illustrations across series including Neo, E-Card, and Scarlet & Violet. The work is largely cartoonish and playful, with clear compositions and vibrant, pastel-leaning color.

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Main period
1999 – 2025
Cards illustrated
193
Most represented era
Sword & Shield
Most valuable card
$269.05
Slowpoke & Psyduck-GX · 2019
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About the artist

Miki Tanaka is credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game cards from 1999 to 2025, with more than 190 illustrations recorded. Artwork appears across multiple eras, including Neo Destiny, Aquapolis, and Scarlet & Violet. The dataset shows a broad spread of Pokémon subjects, with frequent appearances among Water and Grass types.

Across these cards, Tanaka’s approach is primarily cartoonish and playful, shaped by lighthearted moods and simple, balanced compositions. Color is typically vibrant, often supported by pastel and warm palettes, keeping figures readable and centered within clear scenes. A representative card in this index is Spidops ex. Among the most sought-after cards illustrated by Miki Tanaka is Slowpoke & Psyduck-GX.

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Best cards by Miki Tanaka

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

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Spidops ex

Scarlet & Violet

Spidops ex 2023
Ditto

Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery

Ditto 2023
Rufflet

Black Bolt

Rufflet 2025
Larvitar

Obsidian Flames

Larvitar 2023
Paldean Wooper

Paldea Evolved

Paldean Wooper 2023
Tarountula

Scarlet & Violet

Tarountula 2023
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with Miki Tanaka’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where Miki Tanaka’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Water
    38
  2. Grass
    35
  3. Colorless
    30
  4. Fighting
    26
  5. Psychic
    23
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Iconic cards

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

Slowpoke & Psyduck-GX

Slowpoke & Psyduck-GX

Unified Minds 2019
Slowpoke

Slowpoke

Legendary Collection 2002
Psyduck

Psyduck

Team Rocket Returns 2004
Dark Magneton

Dark Magneton

Team Rocket 2000
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The full archive

12 of 193 cards · every credit, every era.

Vibrava

Phantasmal Flames

Vibrava 2025
Rufflet

Black Bolt

Rufflet 2025
Clamperl

Destined Rivals

Clamperl 2025
Bagon

Journey Together

Bagon 2025
Glimmet

Twilight Masquerade

Glimmet 2024
Poochyena

Temporal Forces

Poochyena 2024
Ferroseed

Paradox Rift

Ferroseed 2023
Trubbish

Paradox Rift

Trubbish 2023
Diglett

151

Diglett 2023
Dugtrio

151

Dugtrio 2023
Darumaka

Obsidian Flames

Darumaka 2023
Larvitar

Obsidian Flames

Larvitar 2023