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YN Iono’s Bellibolt ex · Journey Together · 2025
Illustrator 2019 – 2025

Yuu Nishida

Yuu Nishida has been credited on Pokémon TCG cards from 2019 to 2025, with work spanning Sword & Shield and Scarlet & Violet releases including Fusion Strike and SWSH Black Star Promos. The art leans vibrant and playful, with balanced, character-forward staging and energetic motion.

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Main period
2019 – 2025
Cards illustrated
64
Most represented era
Sword & Shield
Most valuable card
$156.15
Sylveon V · 2021
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About the artist

Yuu Nishida has been credited on Pokémon Trading Card Game illustrations from 2019 through 2025. Across more than 60 cards, Nishida’s work appears prominently in the Sword & Shield era and continues into Scarlet & Violet, with frequent appearances in Fusion Strike and SWSH Black Star Promos.

The visual approach favors vibrant, harmonious color palettes—often warm or pastel—paired with clean, balanced compositions that keep the subject readable at a glance. Many pieces use character-focused framing and expressive posing, while dynamic layouts add a sense of movement without crowding the scene. The overall mood trends playful, cheerful, and energetic, supported by cartoonish and anime-leaning stylization that keeps forms crisp and approachable. A representative card is Dancer (swsh8-274). Among the most sought-after cards illustrated by Yuu Nishida is Sylveon V (swsh7-184).

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Best cards by Yuu Nishida

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

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Iono’s Bellibolt ex

Journey Together

Iono’s Bellibolt ex 2025
Dancer

Fusion Strike

Dancer 2021
Dawn

Phantasmal Flames

Dawn 2025
Keldeo ex

White Flare

Keldeo ex 2025
Morpeko

Paradox Rift

Morpeko 2023
Mew

Celebrations

Mew 2021
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with Yuu Nishida’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where Yuu Nishida’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Lightning
    10
  2. Psychic
    8
  3. Grass
    6
  4. Colorless
    5
  5. Darkness
    5
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Iconic cards

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

Sylveon V

Sylveon V

Evolving Skies 2021
Keldeo ex

Keldeo ex

White Flare 2025
Iono’s Bellibolt ex

Iono’s Bellibolt ex

Journey Together 2025
Pikachu

Pikachu

Paldean Fates 2024
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The full archive

12 of 64 cards · every credit, every era.

Dawn

Phantasmal Flames

Dawn 2025
Dawn

Phantasmal Flames

Dawn 2025
Fennel

Black Bolt

Fennel 2025
Fennel

Black Bolt

Fennel 2025
Keldeo ex

White Flare

Keldeo ex 2025
Liepard

White Flare

Liepard 2025
Purrloin

White Flare

Purrloin 2025
Misty’s Psyduck

Destined Rivals

Misty’s Psyduck 2025
Iono’s Bellibolt ex

Journey Together

Iono’s Bellibolt ex 2025
Shinx

Twilight Masquerade

Shinx 2024
Cinccino

Temporal Forces

Cinccino 2024
Nacli

Paldean Fates

Nacli 2024