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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.
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Pokémon [a] [b] is a Japanese media franchise consisting of video games, animated series and films, a trading card game, and other related media.The franchise takes place in a shared universe in which humans co-exist with creatures known as Pokémon, a large variety of species endowed with special powers.
Sugimori (杉森) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Chikamatsu Monzaemon (real name: Nobumori Subimori) (1653–1725), Japanese dramatist of jōruri, the form of puppet theater that later came to be known as bunraku, and the live-actor drama, kabuki
With the early development team consisting of three men, [5] character design lead Ken Sugimori brought female developers into the project feeling they would be better able to create "cute" designs. [6] While conceived as a group effort by multiple developers at Game Freak, [6] the finalized designs and artworks were done by Ken Sugimori.
Emphasis was placed on retaining the iconic style of Pokémon art director Ken Sugimori who has been designing Pokémon and creating the franchise's official artwork since Red and Green in 1996. [30] [31] At the request of Masuda, [27] the shapes "X" and "Y" were used as the framework for the boxart legendary Pokémon, Xerneas and Yveltal. [19]