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'''Kagemaru Himeno''' is an artist for the [[TCG]] cards. He is also the writer and illustrator for the manga ''[[How I Became a Pokémon Card]]'', and he has illustrated many of the [[Pokémon Tales]] books.
[[File:Kagemaru Himeno.png|200px|thumb|Himeno in 2017<ref name=Image>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170311011720/https://garage.creatures.co.jp/blog/1213/ Himeno in 2017]</ref>]]
'''Kagemaru Himeno''' (Japanese: '''姫野かげまる'''), born July 24, 1972 in Kanagawa Prefecture, is a writer and illustrator who has provided material for Pokémon since the early years of the franchise. She started doing manga illustrations for ''RIBON Original'' in 1994, a magazine published by Shueisha, who along with other publishers Hakusensh and [[Shogakukan]], own [[VIZ Media]], which publishes manga outside Japan. Since 1997, Himeno has done many illustrations for Pokémon-related publications, including [[Pokémon Tales]] and her own series ''[[How I Became a Pokémon Card]]''. She is also one of the few illustrators that has continued to produce card art since the early years of the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]]. She likes to go by the nickname "Himemaru" (ヒメマル).


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Himeno's artwork has been featured on cards since the {{TCG|Jungle}} expansion, and as such, it is usually instantly recognizable to long-time followers of the TCG. She openly admits that she loves the paintings she does, which reflects in the quality of her art. Himeno uses watercolors and often uses bright and vivid colors with softer tones to highlight areas of light and shadow. She also adds soft white flecks on some her images, which could be interpreted as cotton spores or the like. These are particularly apparent on her older works. Over the years, she has developed a sharper eye for detail, resulting in more crisp images with more adventurous backgrounds.
[[Category:TCG illustrators|Himeno, Kagemaru]]
 
==Artwork==
===Official Artwork===
This is a collection of official Pokémon artwork drawn by Himeno.
 
===Merchandise===
This is a collection of official Pokémon merchandise that Himeno has contributed artwork to.
 
There are {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Illus. by Kagemaru Himeno}} cards illustrated by Himeno. For a list of cards she has illustrated, go [[:Category:Illus. by Kagemaru Himeno|here.]]


==Cards illustrated==
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{{Incomplete}}
<div style="margin:auto; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: flex-start; font-size:80%; padding: 3px; {{roundy|5px}}; #{{white color dark}}; background: #{{white color}}; text-align:center; gap: 2px;">
==={{TCG|Jungle}}===
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Flareon|3}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Jolteon|4}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Pidgeot|8}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Pinsir|9}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Vaporeon|12}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Butterfree|33}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Exeggutor|35}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Fearow|36}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Persian|42}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Primeape|43}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Rhydon|45}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Seaking|46}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Tauros|47}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Weepinbell|48}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Bellsprout|49}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Eevee|51}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Goldeen|53}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Jigglypuff|54}}
* {{TCG ID|Jungle|Mankey|55}}


==={{TCG|Fossil}}===
<div style="flex: 1; font-size:80%">
* {{TCG ID|Fossil|Aerodactyl|1}}
<div style="{{roundy|20px}}; border:2px solid #{{white color dark}}; background:#{{white color light}}; flex-basis: 100px; min-width: 80px; height: 150px; overflow:hidden; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center">[[File:11th Movie Premium Sheet Artwork.jpg|x150px]]</div>
* {{TCG ID|Fossil|Dragonite|4}}
<div>'''{{color2|000|Pokémon Trading Card Game|TCG}}''' <br> {{color2|000|11th Movie Commemoration Set (TCG)|11th Movie Commemoration Set}}<ref name=11thMovieCommemorationSet>Himeno is credited on all cards in the set.</ref></div>
* {{TCG ID|Fossil|Cloyster|32}}
</div>
* {{TCG ID|Fossil|Golbat|34}}
* {{TCG ID|Fossil|Golduck|35}}
* {{TCG ID|Fossil|Golem|36}}
* {{TCG ID|Fossil|Graveler|37}}
* {{TCG ID|Fossil|Kingler|38}}
* {{TCG ID|Fossil|Slowbro|43}}
* {{TCG ID|Fossil|Tentacruel|44}}
* {{TCG ID|Fossil|Ekans|46}}
* {{TCG ID|Fossil|Geodude|47}}
* {{TCG ID|Fossil|Omanyte|52}}
* {{TCG ID|Fossil|Psyduck|53}}
* {{TCG ID|Fossil|Tentacool|56}}
* {{TCG ID|Fossil|Zubat|57}}


==={{TCG|Team Rocket}}===
<div style="flex: 1; font-size:80%">
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Dark Dugtrio|6}}
<div style="{{roundy|20px}}; border:2px solid #{{white color dark}}; background:#{{white color light}}; flex-basis: 100px; min-width: 80px; height: 150px; overflow:hidden; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center">[[File:Aegislash Sleeves.png|x150px]]</div>
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Dark Gyarados|8}}
<div>'''{{color2|000|Pokémon Trading Card Game|TCG}}''' <br> {{color2|000|Aegislash}}<ref name=AegislashSleeves>[https://twitter.com/HIMEMARU_0w0_/status/1717885715995136368 Himeno's Twitter] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20231028132346/https://twitter.com/HIMEMARU_0w0_/status/1717885715995136368 archived copy])</ref></div>
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Dark Hypno|9}}
</div>
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Dark Vileplume|13}}
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Dark Charmeleon|32}}
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Dark Dragonair|33}}
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Dark Gloom|36}}
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Dark Kadabra|39}}
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Dark Muk|41}}
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Dark Rapidash|44}}
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Dark Wartortle|46}}
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Magikarp|47}}
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Charmander|50}}
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Dratini|53}}
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Drowzee|54}}
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Grimer|57}}
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Oddish|63}}
* {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Challenge!|74}}


==={{TCG|Neo Genesis}}===
<div style="flex: 1; font-size:80%">
* {{TCG ID|Neo Genesis|Cleffa|20}}
<div style="{{roundy|20px}}; border:2px solid #{{white color dark}}; background:#{{white color light}}; flex-basis: 100px; min-width: 80px; height: 150px; overflow:hidden; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center">[[File:Iron Hands Sleeves.png|x150px]]</div>
* {{TCG ID|Neo Genesis|Sunflora|50}}
<div>'''{{color2|000|Pokémon Trading Card Game|TCG}}''' <br> {{color2|000|Iron Hands}}<ref name=IronHandSleeves>[https://archive.is/VfV4J Himeno's tweet about drawing the Iron Hands sleeves]</ref></div>
* {{TCG ID|Neo Genesis|Sunkern|78}}
</div>


==={{TCG|Neo Discovery}}===
<div style="flex: 1; font-size:80%">
* {{TCG ID|Neo Discovery|Poliwhirl|44}}
<div style="{{roundy|20px}}; border:2px solid #{{white color dark}}; background:#{{white color light}}; flex-basis: 100px; min-width: 80px; height: 150px; overflow:hidden; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center">[[File:Sinnoh Myth TCG Key Art.jpg|x150px]]</div>
* {{TCG ID|Neo Discovery|Hoppip|55}}
<div>'''{{color2|000|Pokémon Trading Card Game|TCG}}''' <br> [[Sinnoh Myth (merchandise)|Sinnoh Myth]]{{fact}}</div>
</div>


==={{TCG|Neo Revelation}}===
* {{TCG ID|Neo Revelation|Jumpluff|9}}
* {{TCG ID|Neo Revelation|Lanturn|32}}
* {{TCG ID|Neo Revelation|Paras|47}}
* {{TCG ID|Neo Revelation|Slugma|53}}


==={{TCG|Neo Destiny}}===
* {{TCG ID|Neo Destiny|Dark Ampharos|1}}
* {{TCG ID|Neo Destiny|Dark Houndoom|7}}
* {{TCG ID|Neo Destiny|Dark Flaaffy|34}}
* {{TCG ID|Neo Destiny|Light Vaporeon|52}}
* {{TCG ID|Neo Destiny|Mareep|75}}
* {{TCG ID|Neo Destiny|Swinub|84}}


==={{TCG|EX Delta Species}}===
* {{TCG ID|EX Delta Species|Slowking|28}}
* {{TCG ID|EX Delta Species|Slowpoke|83}}


==={{TCG|Diamond & Pearl}}===
</div>
* {{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Rhyhorn|95}}
</div>
</div>


==={{TCG|Mysterious Treasures}}===
==Works==
* {{TCG ID|Mysterious Treasures|Celebi|7}}
===Manga===
* {{TCG ID|Mysterious Treasures|Aipom|70}}
{| align="center" class="sortable" style="background: #A0A0C4; {{roundy|10px}}; border: 5px solid #BBBBE8"
* {{TCG ID|Mysterious Treasures|Chikorita|77}}
|-
* {{TCG ID|Mysterious Treasures|Vulpix|107}}
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Title
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF" | Date
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Publisher
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| She is a Dangerous Rose
| 1994
| Shueisha
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[PB01|Charmander Sees a Ghost]] ([[Pokémon Tales]] #1)
| June 1997
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[PB15|Where's Clefairy's Voice?]] (Pokémon Tales {{tt|#15|#6 in English version}})
| August 1997
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[PB20|Not Yet, Caterpie]] (no English release) (Pokémon Tales #20)
| October 1997
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[PB25|First Prize for Starmie]] (Pokémon Tales {{tt|#25|#15 in English version}})
| December 1997
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[PB30|Jigglypuff's Magic Lullaby]] (Pokémon Tales {{tt|#30|#11 in English version}})
| March 1998
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[PB37|Psyduck's Tongue Twisters]] (Pokémon Tales {{tt|#37|#5 in English version}})
| November 1998
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[PB42|Meet Mew!]] (Pokémon Tales {{tt|#42|#9 in English version}})
| December 1998
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[Pokémon Card GB Official Guidebook]]
| January 29, 1999
| Media Factory
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[Pokémon Card GB The Comix]]
| February 20, 1999
| Media Factory
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[How I Became a Pokémon Card volume 1]]
| May 22, 1999
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[How I Became a Pokémon Card volume 2]]
| September 1999
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[Pokémon 4Koma Gag Theater]]
| 1999
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| PaPiPu: Pet Best Friend Story Volume 1
| 1999
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[How I Became a Pokémon Card volume 3]]
| January 2000
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[PB47|Togepi's Tears]] (Pokémon Tales {{tt|#47|#21 in English version}})
| February 2000
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[How I Became a Pokémon Card volume 4]]
| August 2000
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| PaPiPu: Pet Best Friend Story Volume 2
| 2000
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[Himemaru: Pokémon Card Explorer]]
| 2000
| Media Factory
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! Official Guidebook]]
| May 1, 2001
| Media Factory
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[How I Became a Pokémon Card volume 5]]
| July 2001
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[How I Became a Pokémon Card volume 6]]
| September 2001
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[PBGS6|Swinub's Nose]] (Pokémon Gold & Silver Tales #6)
| March 2002
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| Tales of Destiny 2 Comic Anthology Volume 1
| 2003
| Enterbrain
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| Tales of Destiny 2 Comic Anthology Volume 2
| 2003
| Enterbrain
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| Kirby of the Stars: Fellows of {{tt|Pupupu Land|DreamLand}}
| 2003
| Shogakukan
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| Sonim Story
| 2003
| Media Factory
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| Tales of Destiny 2 Comic Anthology Volume 3
| 2004
| Enterbrain
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| Himemaru: Game Tenkomori!
| 2005
| Famitsu DS + Wii
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| [[PBD03|The Mysterious Yacht]] (Pokémon Daisuki Tales #3)
| 2005
| Pokémon Daisuki Club
|}


==={{TCG|Secret Wonders}}===
==References==
* {{TCG ID|Secret Wonders|Psyduck|100}}
{{reflist}}


==={{TCG|Majestic Dawn}}===
==External links==
* {{TCG ID|Majestic Dawn|Moltres|10}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091202055843/http://himemaru01.jugem.jp/ Himeno's personal blog (archived)]
* [https://twitter.com/HIMEMARU_0w0_ Himeno's Twitter]


{{Project Manga notice}}
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Kagemaru Himeno (Japanese: 姫野かげまる), born July 24, 1972 in Kanagawa Prefecture, is a writer and illustrator who has provided material for Pokémon since the early years of the franchise. She started doing manga illustrations for RIBON Original in 1994, a magazine published by Shueisha, who along with other publishers Hakusensh and Shogakukan, own VIZ Media, which publishes manga outside Japan. Since 1997, Himeno has done many illustrations for Pokémon-related publications, including Pokémon Tales and her own series How I Became a Pokémon Card. She is also one of the few illustrators that has continued to produce card art since the early years of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. She likes to go by the nickname "Himemaru" (ヒメマル).

Himeno in 2017[1]

Himeno's artwork has been featured on cards since the Jungle expansion, and as such, it is usually instantly recognizable to long-time followers of the TCG. She openly admits that she loves the paintings she does, which reflects in the quality of her art. Himeno uses watercolors and often uses bright and vivid colors with softer tones to highlight areas of light and shadow. She also adds soft white flecks on some her images, which could be interpreted as cotton spores or the like. These are particularly apparent on her older works. Over the years, she has developed a sharper eye for detail, resulting in more crisp images with more adventurous backgrounds.

Artwork

Official Artwork

This is a collection of official Pokémon artwork drawn by Himeno.

Merchandise

This is a collection of official Pokémon merchandise that Himeno has contributed artwork to.

There are 633 cards illustrated by Himeno. For a list of cards she has illustrated, go here.

Works

Manga

Title Date Publisher
She is a Dangerous Rose 1994 Shueisha
Charmander Sees a Ghost (Pokémon Tales #1) June 1997 Shogakukan
Where's Clefairy's Voice? (Pokémon Tales #15) August 1997 Shogakukan
Not Yet, Caterpie (no English release) (Pokémon Tales #20) October 1997 Shogakukan
First Prize for Starmie (Pokémon Tales #25) December 1997 Shogakukan
Jigglypuff's Magic Lullaby (Pokémon Tales #30) March 1998 Shogakukan
Psyduck's Tongue Twisters (Pokémon Tales #37) November 1998 Shogakukan
Meet Mew! (Pokémon Tales #42) December 1998 Shogakukan
Pokémon Card GB Official Guidebook January 29, 1999 Media Factory
Pokémon Card GB The Comix February 20, 1999 Media Factory
How I Became a Pokémon Card volume 1 May 22, 1999 Shogakukan
How I Became a Pokémon Card volume 2 September 1999 Shogakukan
Pokémon 4Koma Gag Theater 1999 Shogakukan
PaPiPu: Pet Best Friend Story Volume 1 1999 Shogakukan
How I Became a Pokémon Card volume 3 January 2000 Shogakukan
Togepi's Tears (Pokémon Tales #47) February 2000 Shogakukan
How I Became a Pokémon Card volume 4 August 2000 Shogakukan
PaPiPu: Pet Best Friend Story Volume 2 2000 Shogakukan
Himemaru: Pokémon Card Explorer 2000 Media Factory
Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! Official Guidebook May 1, 2001 Media Factory
How I Became a Pokémon Card volume 5 July 2001 Shogakukan
How I Became a Pokémon Card volume 6 September 2001 Shogakukan
Swinub's Nose (Pokémon Gold & Silver Tales #6) March 2002 Shogakukan
Tales of Destiny 2 Comic Anthology Volume 1 2003 Enterbrain
Tales of Destiny 2 Comic Anthology Volume 2 2003 Enterbrain
Kirby of the Stars: Fellows of Pupupu Land 2003 Shogakukan
Sonim Story 2003 Media Factory
Tales of Destiny 2 Comic Anthology Volume 3 2004 Enterbrain
Himemaru: Game Tenkomori! 2005 Famitsu DS + Wii
The Mysterious Yacht (Pokémon Daisuki Tales #3) 2005 Pokémon Daisuki Club

References

  1. ↑ Himeno in 2017
  2. ↑ Himeno is credited on all cards in the set.
  3. ↑ Himeno's Twitter (archived copy)
  4. ↑ Himeno's tweet about drawing the Iron Hands sleeves

External links

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