Cards by Toshinao Aoki: TCG Illustrator Guide
Browse Pokémon TCG cards illustrated by Toshinao Aoki — chase prints, signature species, and pricing notes for collectors.
2025-10-19
About Toshinao Aoki
Bulbapedia bio for Toshinao Aoki (青木俊直) — translated into a quick collector primer.
:Not to be confused with aoki.
Toshinao Aoki (Japanese: 青木俊直 Aoki Toshinao) is an illustrator for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. His first card, Wizards Promo, was released for the Japan Railways Group Train Rally in August of 1997, and sporadically contributed to the TCG, up to and including EX FireRed & LeafGreen expansion. In the Rising Rivals and Supreme Victors expansions, a few of his illustrations were featured as the retro cards. Then, after a nearly 19 year absence, Toshinao Aoki returned to the TCG to illustrate Crown Zenith for Crown Zenith, and has once again become a recurring illustrator.
In addition to Pokémon cards, his artwork was featured in the Pokémon Tales story books Pikachu's Day, Lapras Makes a Friend, I'm Not Pikachu, and Wake Up, Lugia!. In total, Aoki illustrated cards for the trading card game. For a list of cards he illustrated, go here.
Toshinao Aoki's TCG footprint
How much of the catalogue this artist has shaped.
- Credits: 63 cards across the TCG
- First set: Neo Revelation
- Most recent set: Destined Rivals
- Illustrates 52 different Pokémon species
Pokémon TCG cards
66 Pokémon TCG cards illustrated by Toshinao Aoki, newest first.
Ascended Heroes
Common
Perfect Order
Common
Secluded Springs
One Diamond
Wisdom of Sea and Sky
Three Diamond
Wisdom of Sea and Sky
One Diamond
Destined Rivals
Common
Celestial Guardians
One Star
Journey Together
Uncommon
Journey Together
Common
Prismatic Evolutions
Common
McDonald's Collection 2024
None
Surging Sparks
Common
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