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Taiga Kayama — signature work
TK Clive · Paldean Fates · 2024
Illustrator 2023 – 2025

Taiga Kayama

Taiga Kayama is credited on Pokémon TCG cards since 2023, with artwork appearing through 2025. Their illustrations span Scarlet & Violet-era releases including Paradox Rift, Phantasmal Flames, and Paldean Fates, often using cartoonish, playful imagery and vibrant color palettes.

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Main period
2023 – 2025
Cards illustrated
11
Most represented era
Scarlet & Violet
Most valuable card
$15.94
Clive · 2024
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About the artist

Taiga Kayama has been credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game artwork since 2023, with cards appearing through 2025. In this index, their illustrations are concentrated in the Scarlet & Violet series, with appearances in sets such as Paradox Rift, Phantasmal Flames, and Paldean Fates.

Across these cards, Kayama’s work is consistently cartoonish and playful, with cheerful, lighthearted moods. Compositions tend toward balanced and simple layouts, occasionally shifting into more dynamic staging, supported by vibrant palettes that often lean pastel, soft, and harmonious. Among the most sought-after cards illustrated by Taiga Kayama is Clive.

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Best cards by Taiga Kayama

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

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Clive

Paldean Fates

Clive 2024
Rotom

Destined Rivals

Rotom 2025
Vanillish

Paradox Rift

Vanillish 2023
Chansey

151

Chansey 2023
Helioptile

Twilight Masquerade

Helioptile 2024
Sentret

Journey Together

Sentret 2025
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with Taiga Kayama’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where Taiga Kayama’s work appears most often.

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§ V

Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Colorless
    4
  2. Lightning
    3
  3. Water
    1
  4. Metal
    1
  5. Psychic
    1
§ VI

Iconic cards

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

Clive

Clive

Paldean Fates 2024
Vanillish

Vanillish

Paradox Rift 2023
Rotom

Rotom

Destined Rivals 2025
Chansey

Chansey

151 2023
§ VII

The full archive

11 of 11 cards · every credit, every era.

Milcery

Phantasmal Flames

Milcery 2025
Pawmo

Phantasmal Flames

Pawmo 2025
Rotom

Destined Rivals

Rotom 2025
Sentret

Journey Together

Sentret 2025
Helioptile

Twilight Masquerade

Helioptile 2024
Meltan

Temporal Forces

Meltan 2024
Clive

Paldean Fates

Clive 2024
Porygon

Paradox Rift

Porygon 2023
Vanillish

Paradox Rift

Vanillish 2023
Chansey

151

Chansey 2023
Skwovet

Obsidian Flames

Skwovet 2023