Takumi Akabane

Takumi Akabane is a research and development director at Creatures, Inc. and has been a part of the company since at least 1994, when he was listed as a chief debugger on the game EarthBound. He is credited with creating the Pokémon Trading Card Game alongside Kouichi Ooyama and Akihiko Miura, and now acts as its creative director.

Games

Takumi is listed as a director on the e-Reader titles Kingler's Day and Machop at Work, as well as being a card-e supervisor on Pokémon Colosseum. He is credited in the Template:Card GB, and has a cameo appearance as Club Master Akabane (Club Master Ken in the English version of the game).

In the TCG

As creative director of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, he oversees the entire team that handles a wide variety of game-related activities, including developing specific product concepts, developing and implementing strategic game mechanics, creating artwork, and managing events. He also attends various special events and signings.

Takumi himself has contributed illustrations, most notably for an array of special energy cards. These are listed below.

Cards illustrated

Team Rocket

• Rainbow Energy

EX Sandstorm

• Multi Energy

EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua

• Aqua Energy
• Magma Energy
• Double Rainbow Energy

EX Team Rocket Returns

• R Energy

EX Deoxys

• Heal Energy
• Scramble Energy

EX Delta Species

• Holon Energy FF
• Holon Energy GL
• Holon Energy WP

EX Legend Maker

• React Energy

EX Holon Phantoms

• δ Rainbow Energy

EX Crystal Guardians

• Cessation Crystal
• Mysterious Shard

Mysterious Treasures

• Darkness Energy
• Metal Energy

Majestic Dawn

• Call Energy
• Health Energy
• Recover Energy

Stormfront

• Cyclone Energy
• Warp Energy

Miscellaneous Promotional Cards

• Victory Medal
• Victory Ring
• Victory Orb

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