Hiroyuki Yamamoto

Hiroyuki Yamamoto (Japanese: ヤマモトヒロユキ Yamamoto Hiroyuki) is a character designer and illustrator for the Pokémon franchise. He began working on the series with the Sun & Moon expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, contributing 3D illustrations for the expansion's booster packs and Dragonite card. Yamamoto uses the series' official 3D models as a base, utilizing photobashing and other rendering techniques to make his art for the TCG.[2]

Yamamoto's icon as of 2024[1]
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Yamamoto is also the character designer and sole credited artist for Pokémon Café ReMix. Unlike his earlier TCG work, Yamamoto uses a distinctive 2D style for this game. Other video games they have designed for include Monkey King: Hero is Back[citation needed] and Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers.[citation needed]

Designs

Characters

The following is a list of characters designed by Yamamoto.

Other
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Café Mix
Leah[3]

Artwork

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

Other games

This is a collection of other Pokémon games that Yamamoto has contributed artwork to.

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Café Mix
Key art[3]
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Café ReMix
Paldean Pals art[3]


Other artwork

This is a collection of other promotional Pokémon artwork that Yamamoto has drawn.

Merchandise

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Everything from this thread.
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This is a collection of official Pokémon merchandise that Yamamoto has contributed artwork to.

There are 4 cards illustrated by Yamamoto. For a list of cards he has illustrated, go here.

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Collection Sun Booster Art.jpg
Collection Moon Booster Art.jpg
Steel Sun Deck Art.jpg
TCG
Steel Sun theme deck[11]
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TCG
Hidden Moon theme deck[11]
Guardians Rising Kommo-o Booster Art.jpg
TCG
Guardians Rising (Kommo-o) booster art[12]
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TCG
Guardians Rising (Ninetales) booster art[12]
SWSH1 Booster Gigantamax Lapras.jpg
TCG
Gigantamax Lapras[citation needed]
SWSH1 Booster Gigantamax Snorlax.jpg
TCG
Gigantamax Snorlax[citation needed]
SWSH1 Booster Zacian.jpg
TCG
Crowned Sword Zacian[citation needed]
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TCG
Crowned Shield Zamazenta[citation needed]
FOREST SHADOW Deck Art.jpg
ROAMING HEAT Deck Art.jpg
BRIGHT TIDE Deck Art.jpg
TCG
Bright Tide theme deck[15]

Works

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Pokémon & GAME FREAK Releases

Title Platform Release date Position
Pokémon Café Mix Nintendo Switch, Mobile 2020-06-23 Artwork
Character Design

External links


References

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