Sugimori is best known as the character designer and art director for the Pokémon franchise and designed a large majority of the first 151 Pokémon with Atsuko Nishida, Motofumi Fujiwara, …

Nov 27, 2025 · Ken Sugimori (Japanese: 杉森建 Sugimori Ken; born January 27, 1966) is a friend of Satoshi Tajiri and illustrator of the original artwork for Pokémon games.

Ken Sugimori (杉森 すぎもり 建 けん, Sugimori Ken?) is an illustrator for the Pokémon and character artwork for the original Pokémon games, as well as for some of modern Pokémon …

Apr 19, 2023 · For over 20 years, Pokémon fans have circulated poor-quality scans of the original watercolor artwork for the 251 monsters from the first two generations by renowned series …

In this video, Did You Know Gaming takes a look at Ken Sugimori life, as well as his impact on the video game industry including his major contributions to Pokemon and other Game Freak titles...

Ken Sugimori (born January 27, 1966 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director. He is most famous as the character designer and art …

Ken Sugimori is a prominent Japanese artist who has made significant contributions to the world of art, particularly in the areas of illustration, manga, computer and video game artwork, and …

Ken Sugimori has been working on the Pokémon Trading Card Game as an artist since the Base set and has illustrated 1038 cards, including reprints List of cards by Ken Sugimori

Mr. Sugimori is a board member and the art director at GAME FREAK inc. As a founding member of the company, he has been in charge of design for all works in the Pokémon series.

On May 27th, 2014, publisher Nintendo Dream released a portfolio of Ken Sugimori (杉森健), the man most of us know as being responsible for the official artwork used for the main series of …