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Ken Sugimori (Japanese: 杉森 建, Hepburn: Sugimori Ken, born January 27, 1966 in Fukuoka, Japan [1]) is a Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director. [2] He is best known as the primary character designer and art director for the Pokémon franchise.
Ditto (/ ˈ d ɪ t oʊ / ⓘ), known in Japan as Metamon (Japanese: メタモン), is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise.First introduced in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue, it was created by the design team as a tribute to the pop culture yellow smiley face ideogram, and its design finalized by Ken Sugimori.
Gengar (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ ŋ ɡ ɑː r / ⓘ; Japanese: ゲンガー, Hepburn: Gengā) is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise.First introduced in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue, it was created by Ken Sugimori, and has appeared in multiple games including Pokémon GO and the Pokémon Trading Card Game, as well as various merchandise related to the franchise.
Predating the video game company, Game Freak was a self-published video game magazine created by Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori in the 1980s. The first issue was published in 1983 by Tajiri. [3] Sugimori would join the magazine at a later date as an illustrator after finding the magazine in a shop and liking it. [4]
Throughout development of Red and Green, all Pokémon were designed by Ken Sugimori who was a long-time friend of Tajiri, and a team of fewer than ten people, [14] including Atsuko Nishida who is credited as the designer of Pikachu. [15] [16] By 2013, a team of 20 artists worked together to create new species designs.
Additionally, while the previous Pokémon Gold and Silver species were bound to simplistic designs for the sake of the related anime and toy manufacturing, Sugimori stated in an interview he said "screw it" and focused on more complex and fleshed out designs with these games. As the art team developed the Pokémon species, Sugimori would ...
Designed by Game Freak's development team and finalized by Ken Sugimori, it has also appeared in various spin-off titles, such as Pokémon Go and Pokémon Stadium 2, and animated adaptations of the franchise. Delibird is a penguin-like, Santa Claus-inspired Pokémon with a tail that resembles a sack.
He was a member of Game Freak where he was an employee and executive at the company since 1989 when he founded it alongside Satoshi Tajiri and Ken Sugimori. [1] [2] In 2022, Masuda was appointed to be Chief Creative Fellow at The Pokémon Company. With the development of new Pokémon games, Masuda took new roles in future projects.