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Yukiko Baba — signature work
YB Eelektross · Black Bolt · 2025
Illustrator 2001 – 2025

Yukiko Baba

Yukiko Baba (馬場由起子) is credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game cards from 2001 to 2025. Artwork appears across sets including Aquapolis, Skyridge, and Fusion Strike, with a cartoonish, playful approach, clear compositions, and vibrant-to-pastel color palettes.

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Main period
2001 – 2025
Cards illustrated
151
Most represented era
EX
Most valuable card
$555.00
Gengar · 2002
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About the artist

Yukiko Baba (馬場由起子) has been credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game cards since 2001, with credits extending through 2025. Within this index, Baba’s illustrations appear across multiple eras, including Aquapolis, Skyridge, and Fusion Strike, alongside further work in EX- and E-Card–period releases.

The visual language is consistently cartoonish and playful, shaped by lighthearted moods and a preference for simple, balanced layouts. Color handling tends toward vibrant palettes, often softened with pastel tones, keeping subjects legible and centered within clear picture space. A representative card is Cutiefly. Among the most sought-after cards illustrated by Yukiko Baba is Gengar.

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Best cards by Yukiko Baba

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

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Eelektross

Black Bolt

Eelektross 2025
Cutiefly

McDonald's Collection 2022

Cutiefly 2022
Cutiefly

Evolving Skies

Cutiefly 2021
Volcarona

Obsidian Flames

Volcarona 2023
Shaymin

Crown Zenith

Shaymin 2023
Kingler

151

Kingler 2023
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with Yukiko Baba’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where Yukiko Baba’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Psychic
    35
  2. Grass
    28
  3. Colorless
    22
  4. Water
    19
  5. Fighting
    18
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Iconic cards

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

Gengar

Gengar

Expedition Base Set 2002
Gengar

Gengar

Expedition Base Set 2002
Exeggutor

Exeggutor

Aquapolis 2003
Magby

Magby

Team Rocket Returns 2004
§ VII

The full archive

12 of 151 cards · every credit, every era.

Eelektross

Black Bolt

Eelektross 2025
Flabébé

Twilight Masquerade

Flabébé 2024
Sizzlipede

Temporal Forces

Sizzlipede 2024
Loudred

Paradox Rift

Loudred 2023
Kingler

151

Kingler 2023
Krabby

151

Krabby 2023
Volcarona

Obsidian Flames

Volcarona 2023
Hoppip

Paldea Evolved

Hoppip 2023
Shaymin

Crown Zenith

Shaymin 2023
Kirlia

Silver Tempest

Kirlia 2022
Roselia

Lost Origin

Roselia 2022
Tynamo

Lost Origin

Tynamo 2022