Kensaku Nabana

Kensaku Nabana (Japanese: 菜花健作 Nabana Kensaku) is a graphic artist and designer at Game Freak. He graduated from Chiba Institute of Technology, having majored in Advanced Robotics.[1]

Kensaku Nabana in 2018

Designs

Pokémon

The following is a list of Pokémon designed by Nabana.

Cards illustrated

Kensaku Nabana is an artist in the Pokémon Trading Card Game who made his debut in Cosmic Eclipse. He has only illustrated one card.

Games

Title Platform Release date Position
Pokémon X and Y Nintendo 3DS 2013-10-12 Character Modeling
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Nintendo 3DS 2014-11-21 Pokémon Characters Design, 3D Map Graphics
Pokémon Sun and Moon Nintendo 3DS 2016-11-18 Pokémon Characters Design, 3D Map Graphics
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Nintendo 3DS 2017-11-17 3D Map Graphics
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Nintendo Switch 2018-11-16 3D Map Graphics
Pokémon Sword and Shield Nintendo Switch 2019-11-15 3D Map Graphics, Pokémon Design
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Nintendo Switch 2022-11-18 3D Map Graphics

Trivia

  • According to Nabana, the average amount of time for a Pokémon to be fully designed and created is roughly over six months. This process includes determining its habitat, behavior, moveset, and Abilities.[2]

References

  1. (July 5, 2018). 卒業生に訊く!未来ロボティクス学科1期生 菜花健作さん — CIT 未来ロボティクス学科 (Japanese)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Wimmeroth, Ulrich (October 18, 2018). "Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu und Evoli: Der lange Weg zum Meister-Trainer." Eurogamer.de (German)


Pokémon designers

Emi AndoHitoshi ArigaKanako EoHiroki FuchinoMotofumi Fujiwara
Misaki HashimotoMana IbeAsuka IwashitaTomohiro KitakazeFumie Kittaka
Yusuke KozakiKazuyuki KurashimaLee HyunJungMegumi MizutaniShigeki Morimoto
Keiko MoritsuguKensaku NabanaAtsuko NishidaYusuke OhmuraTomohiko Ohkubo
Muneo SaitōKen SugimoritakeReiko TanoueAimi TomitaKenkichi Toyama
Saya TsurutaJames TurnerTakao UnnoEmi YoshidaHironobu Yoshida