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Saya Tsuruta

Saya Tsuruta (Japanese: 鶴田沙綾 / つるたさや Tsuruta Saya) is a designer and illustrator for the Pokémon games and the Pokémon Trading Card Game. After graduating from Tama Art University,[2] her first game credits were on Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, though her contributions are unknown as she's only listed under Special Thanks. By the release of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Tsuruta had become a graphic designer, creating all of the location previews in the game, stating that it took a lot of hard work.[3]

Saya Tsuruta in 2009[1]

Designs

Pokémon

The following is a list of Pokémon designed by Tsuruta.

Artwork

Official artwork

This is a collection of official Pokémon artwork drawn by Tsuruta.

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Tsuruta illustrated all of the location previews for Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.[3]

Other official artwork

Cards illustrated

There are 128 cards illustrated by Tsuruta. For a complete list of cards she has illustrated, go here.

Games

Trivia

External links

References

  1. ↑ (December 4, 2009). "ＨＧ・ＳＳ 語っちゃいます！ その7" GAME FREAK Official Website (archived).
  2. ↑ Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on April 8, 2023. (archive)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on April 24, 2023. (archive)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on May 24, 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on June 18, 2021.
  6. ↑ Pokémon Trading Card Game: Online Illustration Exhibition: Commentary by Saya Tsuruta on Fletchling (Unified Minds 179)
  7. ↑ Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on Dec 14, 2019.
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230905111212/https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1688733595819704320/photo/1
  9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230905111230/https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1687310766863785984/photo/1
  10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230905111224/https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1687027173021097984/photo/1
  11. ↑ Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on March 10, 2023.
  12. ↑ Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on Feb 21, 2021


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

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