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Yuya Oka — signature work
YO Volcarona · Crown Zenith · 2023
Illustrator 2019 – 2025

Yuya Oka

Yuya Oka has been credited on Pokémon TCG illustrations from 2019 to 2025, spanning Sword & Shield and Scarlet & Violet releases such as Evolving Skies and Paldea Evolved. The work leans colorful and energetic, with action-forward, character-focused framing and vibrant contrast.

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Main period
2019 – 2025
Cards illustrated
37
Most represented era
Sword & Shield
Most valuable card
$19.82
Fraxure · 2025
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About the artist

Yuya Oka’s Pokémon TCG credits run from 2019 through 2025, with artwork appearing across Sword & Shield and Scarlet & Violet. Sets with multiple appearances include Evolving Skies, Astral Radiance, and Paldea Evolved, alongside entries in Silver Tempest and Obsidian Flames. Across these releases, the illustrations consistently favor clear staging and readable silhouettes, often built around direct character emphasis.

Oka’s visual approach is frequently colorful and energetic, pairing vibrant palettes with contrasting accents that keep the focal subject crisp. Compositions tend toward action-oriented setups balanced by focused framing—foreground emphasis and character-forward placement recur, even when the mood shifts toward mysterious or intense. The overall finish reads playful and illustrative, with occasional realistic detail supporting the scene rather than overtaking it. A representative card is Regigigas.

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Best cards by Yuya Oka

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

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Volcarona

Crown Zenith

Volcarona 2023
Crobat

Silver Tempest

Crobat 2022
Centiskorch V

Lost Origin Trainer Gallery

Centiskorch V 2022
Zapdos

Pokémon GO

Zapdos 2022
Regigigas

Astral Radiance

Regigigas 2022
Cinderace

SWSH Black Star Promos

Cinderace 2019
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Signature Pokémon

Creatures most associated with Yuya Oka’s body of work.

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Defining sets

The sets where Yuya Oka’s work appears most often.

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Visual affinities

Recurring elemental and thematic threads across the work.

  1. Colorless
    7
  2. Fighting
    7
  3. Fire
    5
  4. Grass
    4
  5. Psychic
    3
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Iconic cards

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

Fraxure

Fraxure

Black Bolt 2025
Centiskorch V

Centiskorch V

Lost Origin Trainer Gallery 2022
Hawlucha

Hawlucha

Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos 2023
Snorlax

Snorlax

SWSH Black Star Promos 2019
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The full archive

12 of 37 cards · every credit, every era.

Fraxure

Black Bolt

Fraxure 2025
Stunfisk

White Flare

Stunfisk 2025
Arven’s Toedscruel

Destined Rivals

Arven’s Toedscruel 2025
Team Rocket’s Hypno

Destined Rivals

Team Rocket’s Hypno 2025
Electivire

Temporal Forces

Electivire 2024
Klawf

Paradox Rift

Klawf 2023
Simisear

Paradox Rift

Simisear 2023
Pinsir

151

Pinsir 2023
Bouffalant

Obsidian Flames

Bouffalant 2023
Darmanitan

Obsidian Flames

Darmanitan 2023
Kangaskhan

Obsidian Flames

Kangaskhan 2023
Gyarados

Paldea Evolved

Gyarados 2023