Ken Sugimori
Ken Sugimori is credited on 44 of the 102 cards in the 1999 Pokémon Base Set — 43% of the checklist. Every card below carries that credit in the fetched record.
By rarity: 14 Uncommon · 12 Rare Holo · 11 Common · 7 Rare.
Credits fetched from the pokemontcg.io Base Set endpoint on 2026-09-01 (https://api.pokemontcg.io/v2/cards?q=set.id:base1). The credit line is the whole record: we hold no biography, no dates and no image for this illustrator, and this page states none.
Base Set cards illustrated by Ken Sugimori
- Alakazam #1Rare Holo
- Blastoise #2Rare Holo
- Chansey #3Rare Holo
- Clefairy #5Rare Holo
- Hitmonchan #7Rare Holo
- Machamp #8Rare Holo
- Mewtwo #10Rare Holo
- Nidoking #11Rare Holo
- Ninetales #12Rare Holo
- Poliwrath #13Rare Holo
- Raichu #14Rare Holo
- Zapdos #16Rare Holo
- Beedrill #17Rare
- Electabuzz #20Rare
- Pidgeotto #22Rare
- Arcanine #23Uncommon
- Dratini #26Uncommon
- Farfetch'd #27Uncommon
- Growlithe #28Uncommon
- Ivysaur #30Uncommon
- Jynx #31Uncommon
- Kadabra #32Uncommon
- Machoke #34Uncommon
- Magmar #36Uncommon
- Poliwhirl #38Uncommon
- Raticate #40Uncommon
- Seel #41Uncommon
- Wartortle #42Uncommon
- Caterpie #45Common
- Drowzee #49Common
- Metapod #54Common
- Nidoran ♂ #55Common
- Onix #56Common
- Pidgey #57Common
- Poliwag #59Common
- Ponyta #60Common
- Sandshrew #62Common
- Vulpix #68Common
- Impostor Professor Oak #73Rare
- Lass #75Rare
- Pokémon Breeder #76Rare
- Pokémon Trader #77Rare
- Professor Oak #88Uncommon
- Bill #91Common
Cards here are catalogued, not priced. Only Charizard #4 currently carries verified sold lots; the rest state their absence rather than an estimate.