- Ken Sugimori
nihongo|Ken Sugimori|杉森建|Sugimori Ken (born
January 27 ,1966 inTokyo ) is a Japaneseillustrator most famous for being the art director ofPokémon franchise. A friend ofSatoshi Tajiri , the creator of the franchise, Sugimori is responsible for the bulk ofPokémon art and almost single-handedly designed the first 251 Pokémon (since "Pokémon Ruby" and "Sapphire", others have helped to design the characters). He is also responsible for designing many of the main characters in thePokémon video games , such as Red, Blue, and the various Gym Leaders.Also among his work is a majority of early Pokémon cards.Ken Sugimori also helped with the design of Pokémon characters on the popular video games "Super Smash Bros. " and "Super Smash Bros. Melee ", and was the prime character designer for "Pulseman ", an earlier game byGame Freak for the "Sega Mega Drive ". He also participated in the Game Freak event in which he and two others traded their Psyducks for Ponytas.Works
*"Pokémon" (TV):
character design
*"": Originalcharacter design
*"": Originalcharacter design
*"": Conceptual characterartist
*"Drill Dozer ": Director/Game Design
*"Pulseman ": Character Design/Artist
*"Pokémon Trading Card Game ": main cardartist
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