Kensaku Nabana

Kensaku Nabana (Japanese: 菜花健作 Nabana Kensaku) is a graphic artist and designer at Game Freak. He graduated from Chiba Institute of Technology, having majored in Advanced Robotics.^[1]

Kensaku Nabana in 2018

Designs

Pokémon

The following is a list of Pokémon designed by Nabana.

Golisopod^[2]

Cards illustrated

Kensaku Nabana is an artist in the Pokémon Trading Card Game who made his debut in Cosmic Eclipse. He has only illustrated one card.

Professor Oak's Setup (Cosmic Eclipse 201)

Games

Title	Platform	Release date	Position
Pokémon X and Y	Nintendo 3DS	2013-10-12	Character Modeling
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire	Nintendo 3DS	2014-11-21	Pokémon Characters Design, 3D Map Graphics
Pokémon Sun and Moon	Nintendo 3DS	2016-11-18	Pokémon Characters Design, 3D Map Graphics
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon	Nintendo 3DS	2017-11-17	3D Map Graphics
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!	Nintendo Switch	2018-11-16	3D Map Graphics
Pokémon Sword and Shield	Nintendo Switch	2019-11-15	3D Map Graphics, Pokémon Design
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet	Nintendo Switch	2022-11-18	3D Map Graphics

Trivia

According to Nabana, the average amount of time for a Pokémon to be fully designed and created is roughly over six months. This process includes determining its habitat, behavior, moveset, and Abilities.^[2]

References

↑ (July 5, 2018). 卒業生に訊く！未来ロボティクス学科1期生菜花健作さん — CIT 未来ロボティクス学科 (Japanese)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Wimmeroth, Ulrich (October 18, 2018). "Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu und Evoli: Der lange Weg zum Meister-Trainer." Eurogamer.de (German)

Pokémon designers

Emi Ando • Hitoshi Ariga • Kanako Eo • Hiroki Fuchino • Motofumi Fujiwara
Misaki Hashimoto • Mana Ibe • Asuka Iwashita • Tomohiro Kitakaze • Fumie Kittaka
Yusuke Kozaki • Kazuyuki Kurashima • Lee HyunJung • Megumi Mizutani • Shigeki Morimoto
Keiko Moritsugu • Kensaku Nabana • Atsuko Nishida • Yusuke Ohmura • Tomohiko Ohkubo
Muneo Saitō • Ken Sugimori • take • Reiko Tanoue • Aimi Tomita • Kenkichi Toyama
Saya Tsuruta • James Turner • Takao Unno • Emi Yoshida • Hironobu Yoshida

[CIT-1] (July 5, 2018). 卒業生に訊く！未来ロボティクス学科1期生菜花健作さん — CIT 未来ロボティクス学科 (Japanese)

[Golisopod-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Wimmeroth, Ulrich (October 18, 2018). "Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu und Evoli: Der lange Weg zum Meister-Trainer." Eurogamer.de (German)

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