Cards by Naoyo Kimura: TCG Illustrator Guide

Naoyo Kimura (Japanese: 木村直代 Kimura Naoyo; born 1960) is an illustrator for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Her first cards were Vending, Vending, and Vending from the Japanese Expansion Sheet Series 2. Her first cards released in English were the Wizards Black Star Promos Wizards Promo, Wizards Promo, and Wizards Promo released alongside The Power of One. She is notable for creating illustrations for the Neo Series and the Southern Islands promotional set.

Besides contributing artwork for the Pokémon TCG, Naoyo Kimura illustrated multiple books from Pokémon Tales picture book series including Come Out, Squirtle!, Seel to the Resuce!, Beroringa Licks Everything, Fly On, Butterfree, Dragonite's Christmas and Don't Laugh, Charizard. For the 2023 "Pokémon x Van Gogh" art collaboration, Kimura contributed illustrations of Pikachu and the evolutionary lines of Honchkrow and Corviknight, inspired by Vincent van Gogh's [https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/s0016V1962 Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat] and [https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/s0149V1962 Wheatfield with Crows], respectively.