Ken Sugimori
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Ken Sugimori (杉森建, Sugimori Ken) (born January 27, 1966 in Tokyo) is a Japanese artist most famous for being the art director of Pokémon franchise. A friend of Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of the franchise, Sugimori is responsible for the bulk of Pokémon art and almost single-handedly designed the first 251 Pokémon (since Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, others have helped to design the characters). He is also responsible for designing many of the main characters in the Pokémon video games, such as Red, Blue, and the various Gym Leaders. Also among his work is a majority of early Pokémon cards. Ken Sugimori also helped with the design of Pokémon characters on the popular videogames Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee, and was the prime character designer for Pulseman, an earlier game of GAME FREAK for the Sega Mega Drive.
Works
- Pokémon (TV): character design
- Pokémon: The First Movie: Original character design
- Pokémon: The Movie 2000: Original character design
- Pokémon 3: The Movie: Conceptual character artist
- Drill Dozer: Director/Game Design
- Pulseman: Character Design/Artist
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