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Pokémon Card Channel

Pokémon Card Channel (Japanese: ポケモンカードチャンネル Pokémon Card Channel; also known as ポケカチャンネル Pokéca Channel) is the official Japanese YouTube channel of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The channel account was created on September 23, 2016, but its official launch was on October 7 of the same year (October 2016 being the month of the Pokémon TCG's 20th anniversary), on which the channel's first video was uploaded.

Pokémon Card Channel profile picture as of June 2023

The channel hosts a variety of Pokémon TCG-related content, such as reveals of expansions, cards, and merchandise; Pokémon TCG matches; deck building; tips, tricks, and suggestions on how to play; and other miscellaneous content such as minigames. The channel also hosts livestreams, including official livestreams of the Japanese Pokémon TCG Championships League. New videos are uploaded to the channel almost every day.

The channel's current opening and ending theme songs are Nijirald and Chan-Dan, respectively. Both theme songs were written and performed for the channel by the band Rhythmic Toy World.[1]

Members

 
From left to right: Raichu Umekawa, Yopifoot, Nanapple, Kucheat Takeuchi.

The following are members who host videos on the Pokémon Card Channel.

Current members

  • Raichu Umekawa (Japanese: ライチュ梅川): April 2020[1] – present
  • Nanapple[2] (Japanese: ななっぷる): April 2020[1] – present
  • Kucheat Takeuchi (Japanese: クチート竹内): June 2022[1] – present
  • Yopifoot (Japanese: よぴふっと): June 2022[1] – present

Former members

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  • Ponyta Ishii (Japanese: ポニータ石井)
October 7, 2016 – June 9, 2022[3]
  • Pippi Higuchi (Japanese: ピッピ樋口)
October 2016 – April 2019
  • Channatsu (Japanese: ちゃんなつ)
December 2016 – ??
  • Charaizawa Dan (Japanese: 茶良井沢ダン)
November 2017 – June 2018??
  • Chikarita (Japanese: チカリータ)
January 2019 – ??
  • Aimy (Japanese: あいみぃ)
February 2019 – ??
  • Kairyu Shinkai (Japanese: カイリュー新海)
February 2019 – ??

Other channels

On August 11, 2021, the official Traditional Chinese YouTube channel for the Pokémon TCG was established, known as (Traditional Chinese: 寶可夢集換式卡牌遊戲頻道 Pokémon Jíhuànshì Kǎpái Yóuxì Píndào; lit. "Pokémon Collectible Card Game Channel"). Its first video was uploaded on October 20, 2021 — the 25th anniversary of the Pokémon TCG. It is presented and managed separately from the Japanese YouTube channel, although the two channels occasionally create crossover content.

Related articles

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 (December 16, 2022). 【対談】Rhythmic Toy World x ポケカチャンネルメンバー「ポケカ愛がすごいですね(笑)」 BARKS.jp
  2. ↑ @odagirinana on Twitter. Posted on November 8, 2021.
  3. ↑ [1]

External links

Official social media

Individual social media


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