Cards by Yano Keiji: TCG Illustrator Guide
Browse Pokémon TCG cards illustrated by Yano Keiji — chase prints, signature species, and pricing notes for collectors.
2025-10-19
About Yano Keiji
Bulbapedia bio for Yano Keiji (矢野恵司) — translated into a quick collector primer.
Yano Keiji (Japanese: 矢野恵司 Yano Keiji; born 1988 in the Kōchi Prefecture) is a freelance illustrator who has contributed artwork to the Pokémon Trading Card Game. His first card was Crown Zenith from the Crown Zenith expansion.
Yano's artistic influences include Japanese ukiyo-e and nihonga artstyles, Buddhist statues, and the works of 20th-century Western painting Pablo Picasso, Paul Cézanne, and Giorgio de Chirico. He is a graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts, where he studied sculpture. Prior to his work on the Pokémon series, he worked as a 3D illustrator for four years at Nintendo, and went freelance in 2017.
Yano was a fan of Gold and Silver, the Pokémon animated series, and the Pokémon Trading Card Game as a child, and continues to play the TCG and Pokémon GO as an adult.
Yano Keiji's TCG footprint
How much of the catalogue this artist has shaped.
- Credits: 11 cards across the TCG
- First set: Crown Zenith
- Most recent set: Prismatic Evolutions
- Illustrates 7 different Pokémon species
Pokémon TCG cards
10 Pokémon TCG cards illustrated by Yano Keiji, newest first.
Ascended Heroes
Illustration rare
Mega Evolution
Illustration rare
Prismatic Evolutions
Special illustration rare
Twilight Masquerade
Special illustration rare
Twilight Masquerade
Special illustration rare
Twilight Masquerade
Special illustration rare
Twilight Masquerade
Special illustration rare
Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery
Trainer Gallery Rare Holo
151
Illustration rare
White Flare
Illustration rare
Showing 10 of 10 loaded cards · card data from TCGdex with pokemontcg.io as backup · images via Scrydex when needed
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