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TA Sylveon VMAX · Evolving Skies · 2021
Illustrator 2019 – 2025

Taira Akitsu

Taira Akitsu is credited on Pokémon TCG cards since 2019, with artwork appearing through 2025. Their illustrations span Sword & Shield and Scarlet & Violet releases, including appearances in Evolving Skies and SWSH Black Star Promos.

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Main period
2019 – 2025
Cards illustrated
55
Most represented era
Sword & Shield
Most valuable card
$398.97
Sylveon VMAX · 2021
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About the artist

Taira Akitsu has been credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game cards since 2019, with work appearing through 2025. Artwork is represented across the Sword & Shield and Scarlet & Violet era, including cards in Evolving Skies, SWSH Black Star Promos, and Battle Styles.

Across these credits, Akitsu’s approach is characterized by colorful, whimsical, anime-leaning illustration, often organized with balanced layouts and frequent dynamic staging. Palettes tend toward vibrant and pastel harmonies, supporting playful, cheerful, and energetic moods while keeping character focus clear. Among the most sought-after cards illustrated by Taira Akitsu is Sylveon VMAX (SWSH7 212).

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Best cards by Taira Akitsu

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

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Sylveon VMAX

Evolving Skies

Sylveon VMAX 2021
Manaphy

Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery

Manaphy 2023
Zinnia’s Resolve

Evolving Skies

Zinnia’s Resolve 2021
Korrina’s Focus

Battle Styles

Korrina’s Focus 2021
Opal

Lost Origin Trainer Gallery

Opal 2022
Milotic

Twilight Masquerade

Milotic 2024
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with Taira Akitsu’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where Taira Akitsu’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Water
    15
  2. Psychic
    6
  3. Fire
    4
  4. Grass
    4
  5. Fighting
    4
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Iconic cards

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

Sylveon VMAX

Sylveon VMAX

Evolving Skies 2021
Garchomp V

Garchomp V

Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery 2022
Dewott

Dewott

White Flare 2025
Melony

Melony

Chilling Reign 2021
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The full archive

12 of 55 cards · every credit, every era.

Dewgong

Phantasmal Flames

Dewgong 2025
Dewott

White Flare

Dewott 2025
Professor’s Research

Black Bolt

Professor’s Research 2025
Cynthia’s Gabite

Destined Rivals

Cynthia’s Gabite 2025
Professor’s Research

Journey Together

Professor’s Research 2025
Milotic

Twilight Masquerade

Milotic 2024
Ciphermaniac’s Codebreaking

Temporal Forces

Ciphermaniac’s Codebreaking 2024
Ciphermaniac’s Codebreaking

Temporal Forces

Ciphermaniac’s Codebreaking 2024
Frigibax

Paldean Fates

Frigibax 2024
Slowpoke

Paldean Fates

Slowpoke 2024
Galvantula

Paradox Rift

Galvantula 2023
Mienshao

Paradox Rift

Mienshao 2023