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Ryota Murayama — signature work
RM Sylveon VMAX · Evolving Skies · 2021
Illustrator 2014 – 2025

Ryota Murayama

Ryota Murayama is credited on Pokémon TCG cards since 2014, with artwork appearing through 2025. Their illustrations span Sword & Shield and Scarlet & Violet releases, including appearances in Darkness Ablaze and Paradox Rift, and include both Pokémon and Trainer cards.

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Main period
2014 – 2025
Cards illustrated
56
Most represented era
Sword & Shield
Most valuable card
$261.83
Charizard V · 2022
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About the artist

Ryota Murayama has been credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game cards since 2014, with artwork appearing through 2025. In this index, Murayama’s cards are concentrated in the Sword & Shield and Scarlet & Violet eras, with additional appearances in Sun & Moon. Sets with recurring credits include Darkness Ablaze, Evolving Skies, and Paradox Rift. The catalogue also includes Trainer illustrations among Murayama’s credited works.

Across these cards, Murayama’s approach is frequently energetic and playful, built around dynamic, action-forward scenes that keep the subject in clear focus. Compositions tend toward balanced layouts with strong foreground emphasis, supported by vibrant, often contrasting palettes that lean warm while remaining clean and readable. A representative card is Sylveon VMAX. Among the most sought-after cards illustrated by Ryota Murayama is Charizard V.

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Best cards by Ryota Murayama

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

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Sylveon VMAX

Evolving Skies

Sylveon VMAX 2021
Sylveon VMAX

Evolving Skies

Sylveon VMAX 2021
Serperior ex

Black Bolt

Serperior ex 2025
Roaring Moon ex

Paradox Rift

Roaring Moon ex 2023
Koraidon ex

Scarlet & Violet

Koraidon ex 2023
Mew

Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery

Mew 2023
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with Ryota Murayama’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where Ryota Murayama’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Fire
    11
  2. Psychic
    10
  3. Fighting
    7
  4. Lightning
    6
  5. Grass
    5
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Iconic cards

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

Charizard V

Charizard V

Brilliant Stars 2022
Reshiram & Charizard-GX

Reshiram & Charizard-GX

SM Black Star Promos 2017
Pikachu V

Pikachu V

Lost Origin Trainer Gallery 2022
Sylveon VMAX

Sylveon VMAX

Evolving Skies 2021
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The full archive

12 of 56 cards · every credit, every era.

Flygon

Phantasmal Flames

Flygon 2025
Serperior ex

Black Bolt

Serperior ex 2025
Hop’s Dubwool

Journey Together

Hop’s Dubwool 2025
Rapidash

Temporal Forces

Rapidash 2024
Ceruledge

Paldean Fates

Ceruledge 2024
Professor Sada’s Vitality

Paradox Rift

Professor Sada’s Vitality 2023
Roaring Moon ex

Paradox Rift

Roaring Moon ex 2023
Scream Tail

Paradox Rift

Scream Tail 2023
Flareon

151

Flareon 2023
Charmeleon

Obsidian Flames

Charmeleon 2023
Kingambit

Obsidian Flames

Kingambit 2023
Poppy

Obsidian Flames

Poppy 2023