Kazumasa Yasukuni

Pokémon card illustrator

Kazumasa Yasukuni (安國一将) is a Japanese illustrator who joined the Pokémon TCG with his first official card in the Twilight Masquerade expansion, going on to illustrate approximately 29 cards across the main TCG and Pokémon TCG Pocket. He is known for a neon-accented, retro comic book art style influenced by his background illustrating cover art for Japanese translations of American comics such as Transformers, and card art for franchises including Digimon, Gundam Arsenal Base, Ultraman, and Kamen Rider. He rose to prominence in the Pokémon TCG community after his Bulbasaur submission reached the semi-finalist stage of the Pokémon TCG Illustration Contest 2022 before becoming an official contributor.