Sayuri Ichiishi

Sayuri Ichiishi (Japanese: 一石小百合) is the former lead anime character designer for the Pokémon anime and currently works for OLM Incorporated.

Ichiishi's lone illustration

In addition to this, she worked as an animation director in the first episode and Mewtwo Returns, and also as an illustrator for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The single card that she illustrated, Pichu Bros., was a promotion for Camp Pikachu, a Pikachu short for which she had worked as the character designer.

Up to Pokémon Journeys: The Series, she occasionally worked on a few episodes as key animator and since this series, she does work regularly as key animator for multiple episodes. Additionally, she does help with the creation of each Pokémon movie, was involved in the animation of The Moment of Lumiose Truth!, and has been credited as an animation director for one episode of Pokémon the Series: XY, several episodes of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon and one episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series.

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