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Naoyo Kimura — signature work
NK Litwick · White Flare · 2025
Illustrator 2000 – 2025

Naoyo Kimura

Naoyo Kimura has contributed Pokémon TCG illustrations from 2000 to 2025, spanning Aquapolis, Southern Islands, and Sword & Shield. The work leans playful and lighthearted, with balanced, character-focused staging and vibrant, softly watercolor-leaning color.

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Main period
2000 – 2025
Cards illustrated
255
Most represented era
Sword & Shield
Most valuable card
$650.85
Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat · 2023
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About the artist

Naoyo Kimura is credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game illustrations from 2000 through 2025, with work appearing across sets including Aquapolis, Southern Islands, and Skyridge, as well as later-era releases such as Sword & Shield. With more than 250 cards credited, the catalog shows consistent coverage across many Pokémon types and recurring appearances for characters like Pikachu.

Kimura’s images frequently favor clear, balanced compositions—often simple and centered, with a direct character focus that keeps the subject readable at a glance. A playful, lighthearted mood runs through much of the work, supported by vibrant palettes that often soften into pastel or natural tones, and an illustrative approach that can lean watercolor in texture. Dynamic framing appears in action-forward moments, but the staging remains controlled and focused. Among the most sought-after cards illustrated by Naoyo Kimura is Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat.

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Best cards by Naoyo Kimura

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

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Litwick

White Flare

Litwick 2025
Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat

Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos

Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat 2023
Sprigatito

Paldea Evolved

Sprigatito 2023
Articuno

Silver Tempest

Articuno 2022
Whimsicott

Vivid Voltage

Whimsicott 2020
Sylveon

Cosmic Eclipse

Sylveon 2019
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with Naoyo Kimura’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where Naoyo Kimura’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Colorless
    39
  2. Water
    39
  3. Grass
    37
  4. Fighting
    36
  5. Fire
    27
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Iconic cards

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

Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat

Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat

Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos 2023
Tyranitar

Tyranitar

Aquapolis 2003
Lugia

Lugia

Aquapolis 2003
Absol

Absol

Dragon 2003
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The full archive

12 of 255 cards · every credit, every era.

Jigglypuff

Phantasmal Flames

Jigglypuff 2025
Litwick

White Flare

Litwick 2025
Gorebyss

Destined Rivals

Gorebyss 2025
Magmar

Journey Together

Magmar 2025
Sunkern

Twilight Masquerade

Sunkern 2024
Mudsdale

Temporal Forces

Mudsdale 2024
Raichu

Paldean Fates

Raichu 2024
Jirachi

Paradox Rift

Jirachi 2023
Magby

Paradox Rift

Magby 2023
Pikachu

151

Pikachu 2023
Raichu

151

Raichu 2023
Pidgey

Obsidian Flames

Pidgey 2023