Ken Sugimori

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ken Sugimori
Occupation	Game Designer
Date Of Birth	Jan 27, 1966(1966-01-27)
Age	58
Birthplace	Tokyo
Country	Japan
Horoscope	Aquarius

Ken Sugimori Biography

Ken Sugimori is one of the most popular and richest Game Designer who was born on January 27, 1966 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese video game designer and illustrator most famous for having designed and drawn all 151 characters in the original Pokemon franchise. He has worked on many incarnations of the franchise, including the films, manga and card games.

He and Satoshi Tajiri are two of the co-creators of the Pokemon franchise.

From early 1981 until 1986, Sugimori illustrated a gaming fanzine called Game Freak, which had been started by Satoshi Tajiri. Sugimori discovered the magazine in a dōjinshi shop, and decided to get involved. Eventually, the two decided to pitch an arcade game design idea to Namco; they reworked Game Freak into a development company and produced Mendel Palace. Sugimori is best known as the character designer and art director for the Pokémon franchise and designed the first 151 Pokémon with Atsuko Nishida, Motofumi Fujiwara, and Shigeki Morimoto. He has worked on the various Pokémon movies, trading cards, and other games.

He as born in Tokyo, Japan.

Ken Sugimori Net Worth

Ken Sugimori is one of the richest Game Designer from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ken Sugimori 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He worked as an illustrator on the gaming fanzine Game Freak in the early-to- mid 80’s. He later had a hand in the development of the 1989 arcade game Mendel Palace.

He has also done illustration and art design work for the Super Smash Bros. series of video games.

Ken Sugimori (Japanese: 杉森 建 , Hepburn: Sugimori Ken, born January 27, 1966 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director. He is most famous as the character designer and art director for the Pokémon franchise. Sugimori is also credited with the art direction for other titles, including Pulseman. Sugimori drew and finalized all of the original 151 Pokémon. He has also worked on the various Pokémon films, trading cards, and other games like the Super Smash Bros. series.

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Ken Ranked on the list of most popular Game Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Ken Sugimori celebrates birthday on January 27 of every year.

Top Facts about Ken Sugimori

1. Ken Sugimori is a Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director.
2. He is best known as the primary character designer and art director for the Pokémon franchise.
3. Sugimori drew and finalized all of the original 151 Pokémon.
4. He discovered the gaming fanzine Game Freak in a dōjinshi shop in 1981 and eventually partnered with Satoshi Tajiri to develop Mendel Palace.
5. For Pokémon Black and White, he directed a team of 17 people in designing new characters and drew inspiration from observing animals.
6. He reworks sketches onto film paper and then draws characters multiple times until he is satisfied.
7. He also wrote and illustrated the original manga distributed with pre- orders of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon.
8. He aims to always present players with Pokémon they have never seen before.

Who drew the first Pokémon?

It may be entry #112 in the Pokédex, but according to Ken Sugimori – the primary designer for the Pokémon games – Rhydon was the first Pokémon ever created.

How many Pokémon has Ken Sugimori?

Sugimori is best known as the character designer and art director for the Pokémon franchise and designed the first 151 Pokémon with Atsuko Nishida, Motofumi Fujiwara, and Shigeki Morimoto. He has worked on the various Pokémon movies, trading cards, and other games.

Who created Pikachu?

Pikachu was one of several different Pokémon designs conceived by Game Freak’s character development team. Artist Atsuko Nishida is credited as the main person behind Pikachu’s design, which was later finalized by artist Ken Sugimori.

What Pokémon has Ken Sugimori design?

• Ivysaur[citation needed]
• Venusaur[citation needed]
• Clefairy.
• Magnemite[citation needed]
• Magneton[citation needed]
• Gastly[citation needed]
• Haunter[citation needed]
• Gengar[citation needed]

What was the last Pokémon ever made?

Giratina Giratina is the final member of the creation trio that came into existence because of Arceus.