Toshinao Aoki

Pokémon card illustrator

Toshinao Aoki is a veteran Pokemon Trading Card Game illustrator whose first card, Surfing Pikachu, was made for the Japan Railways Group Train Rally in August 1997. He contributed sporadically through the EX FireRed & LeafGreen era, then after a roughly 19-year absence returned to illustrate Exeggutor for Crown Zenith and became a recurring illustrator again, totaling around 63 cards. His artwork also appeared in the Pokemon Tales storybooks.