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'''Naoki Saito''' (Japanese: '''齋藤直葵''') is a digital illustrator who has provided art for the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] since the {{TCG|HeartGold & SoulSilver}} expansion, as well as art for a couple of [[Pokémon games]]. Saitou is a graduate of Tama Art University and previously worked at Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. before becoming freelance. In addition to the Pokémon TCG, he has also provided illustrations for several other trading card franchises: ''Duel Masters'', ''Monster Hunter'', ''Juushinden: Ultimate Beast Battlers'', and ''Eternal Wheel''.<br>
'''Naoki Saito''' (Japanese: '''さいとうなおき''' ''Saitō Naoki'', real name in kanji '''齋藤直葵''', born 1982 in {{wp|Yamagata Prefecture|Yamagata}}, Japan<ref>[https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000090.000026069.html 「pixiv高校生イラコン2021」に向けて夏期特別講習を8/21（土）に開催！―この夏、もっとイラストが好きになる。｜学校法人 瓜生山学園　京都芸術大学のプレスリリース]</ref>) is a digital illustrator who has provided art for the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] since the {{TCG|HeartGold & SoulSilver}} expansion, as well as art for a couple of [[Pokémon games]]. Saito is a graduate of Tama Art University and previously worked at Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. before becoming freelance.{{fact}} In addition to the Pokémon TCG, he has also provided illustrations for several other trading card franchises: ''Duel Masters'',{{fact}} ''Monster Hunter'',{{fact}} ''Juushinden: Ultimate Beast Battlers'',{{fact}} and ''Eternal Wheel''..{{fact}}
Saitou's style is vibrant and surreal, and often juxtaposes or merges the organic with the geometric. He also puts emphasis on texture to give subjects character. His work within the TCG is similar but subtler, instead using highlights and contrasting colors to make Pokémon stand out. For a list of cards he has illustrated, go [[:Category:Illus. by Naoki Saito|here]]
 
Saito's style is vibrant and surreal, and often juxtaposes or merges the organic with the geometric. He also puts emphasis on texture to give subjects character. His work within the TCG is similar but subtler, instead using highlights and contrasting colors to make Pokémon stand out. In addition to card illustrations, Saito provided the packaging art for the {{TCG|Garchomp Half Deck|Garchomp}}{{fact}} and {{TCG|Hydreigon Half Deck}}s,{{fact}} and the box art for {{TCG|Everyone's Exciting Battle}}.{{fact}} He also illustrated the [[Pokémon Tales]] book ''Crustle's Moving'',{{fact}} available to read on the [[Pokémon Daisuki Club]] website.
 
==Designs==
===Characters===
The following are a list of characters designed by Saito.
 
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| style="{{roundy|2px}} background:#{{sun color light}}; border:2px solid #{{moon color dark}}; height:100px; width:100px"| [[File:SM Sightseers Saito.png|x100px]]
| style="{{roundy|2px}} background:#{{sun color light}}; border:2px solid #{{moon color dark}}; height:100px; width:100px"| [[File:SM Veterans Saito.png|x100px]]
| style="{{roundy|2px}} background:#{{sun color light}}; border:2px solid #{{moon color dark}}; height:100px; width:100px"| [[File:SM Dancer Hiker Saito.png|x100px]]
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| '''{{GameIcon|Su}}{{GameIcon|M}}''' <br> {{color2|000|Sightseer}}s<ref name=SaitoSMTrainers>[https://twitter.com/_NaokiSaito/status/803569255601930240 Tweet about designing NPCs for Pokémon Sun and Moon]</ref>
| '''{{GameIcon|Su}}{{GameIcon|M}}''' <br> {{color2|000|Veteran}}s<ref name=SaitoSMTrainers></ref>
| '''{{GameIcon|Su}}{{GameIcon|M}}''' <br> {{color2|000|Dancer}} and {{color2|000|Hiker}}<ref name=SaitoSMTrainers></ref>
|}
 
==Artwork==
This is a collection of official Pokémon artwork drawn by Saito.
 
There are {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Illus. by Naoki Saito}} cards illustrated by Saito. For a list of cards that he illustrated, go [[:Category:Illus. by Naoki Saito|here.]]
 
===Core series games===
This is a collection of core series Pokémon games that Saito has contributed artwork to.
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<div> '''{{GameIcon|Bl}}{{GameIcon|W}}''' <br> {{color2|000|Unova}} map<ref name="SaitoBWIllust">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100608185209/http://chirarism.oops.jp/d/diary.cgi Archived main page of Saito's blog with a post mentioning his work on BW], the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110413084225/http://chirarism.oops.jp:80/d/diary.cgi?no=34 post] itself reveals the artwork he did work on</ref></div>
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<div> '''{{GameIcon|Bl}}{{GameIcon|W}}''' <br> {{color2|000|Castelia City}}<ref name="SaitoBWIllust"></ref></div>
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<div> '''{{GameIcon|Bl}}{{GameIcon|W}}''' <br> {{color2|000|Black City}} and {{color2|000|White Forest}}<ref name="SaitoBWIllust"></ref></div>
</div>
 
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<div> '''{{GameIcon|Su}}{{GameIcon|M}}''' <br> {{color2|000|Sightseer}}s<ref name=SaitoSMTrainers></ref></div>
</div>
 
<div style="flex: 1; font-size:80%">
<div style="{{roundy|20px}}; border:2px solid #{{moon color dark}}; background:#{{sun color light}}; flex-basis: 100px; min-width: 80px; height: 150px; overflow:hidden; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center">[[File:SM Veterans Saito.png|x150px]]</div>
<div> '''{{GameIcon|Su}}{{GameIcon|M}}''' <br> {{color2|000|Veteran}}s<ref name=SaitoSMTrainers></ref></div>
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<div style="{{roundy|20px}}; border:2px solid #{{moon color dark}}; background:#{{sun color light}}; flex-basis: 100px; min-width: 80px; height: 150px; overflow:hidden; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center">[[File:SM Dancer Hiker Saito.png|x150px]]</div>
<div> '''{{GameIcon|Su}}{{GameIcon|M}}''' <br> {{color2|000|Dancer}} and {{color2|000|Hiker}}<ref name="SaitoBWIllust"></ref></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
 
===Merchandise===
This is a collection of official Pokémon merchandise that Saito has contributed artwork to.
<div style="margin:center; font-size:125%; margin:auto; text-align:center; max-width: 1100px; {{roundy|5px}} border:2px solid #{{white color dark}}; background:#{{white color dark}}">
<div style="margin:auto; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: flex-start; font-size:80%; padding: 3px; {{roundy|5px}}; #{{white color dark}}; background: #{{white color}}; text-align:center; gap: 2px;">
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<div style="{{roundy|20px}}; border:2px solid #{{white color dark}}; background:#{{white color light}}; flex-basis: 100px; min-width: 80px; height: 150px; overflow:hidden; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center">[[File:Kotobukiya Iono and Bellibolt Naoki Saito.jpg|x150px]]</div>
<div>'''{{color2|000|Iono}} & {{color2|000|Bellibolt}}''' <br> Kotobukiya ArtFx J figurine art<ref name=KotobuikyaIono>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230414075117/https://twitter.com/_NaokiSaito/status/1646680231187734528 Saito confirming he drew the Iono & Bellibolt art]</ref></div>
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<div>'''{{color2|000|After the Rain With You}}''' <br> Page 115<ref name=AfterTheRainWithYou>[https://novel-kimiame.pokemon.co.jp/ Link to the upload, which credits Saito]</ref></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
 
===Other artwork===
This is a collection of other promotional Pokémon artwork that Saito has contributed to.
 
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<div style="flex: 1; font-size:80%">
<div style="{{roundy|20px}}; border:2px solid #{{white color dark}}; background:#{{white color light}}; flex-basis: 100px; min-width: 80px; height: 150px; overflow:hidden; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center">[[File:Hatsune Miku Famitsu Artwork.png|x150px]]</div>
<div>'''{{color2|000|Project VOLTAGE}}''' <br> Weekly Famitsu cover (January 2024)<ref> [https://twitter.com/_NaokiSaito/status/1744222823194014008 Saito confirming his involvement with Project VOLTAGE] </ref></div>
 
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</div>
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==Works==
==Works==
===Games===  
===Games===  
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! style="background: #CCCCFF; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Title
! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Title
! style="background: #CCCCFF" | Platform
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! style="background: #CCCCFF" | Release date
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! style="background-color: #CCCCFF; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Position
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| ''[[Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs]]''
| ''[[Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs]]''
| [[Nintendo DS]]
| [[Nintendo DS]]
| 2010-03-06
| 2010-03-06
| [[Oblivia]] map illustration<br>Boss Pokémon illustration
| [[Oblivia]] map illustration{{fact}}<br>Boss Pokémon illustration{{fact}}
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| ''[[Pokémon Black and White Versions]]''
| ''[[Pokémon Black and White Versions]]''
| Nintendo DS
| Nintendo DS
| 2010-09-18
| 2010-09-18
| [[Unova]] map illustration<br>[[Castelia City]] illustration<br>[[Black City]]/[[White Forest]] illustration
| Artwork
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| ''[[Pokémon Sun and Moon]]''
| [[Nintendo 3DS]]
| 2016-11-18
| Trainer Graphics Design
|}
|}
{{-}}


===Manga===
===Manga and other published work===
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|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| Colorist for ''Worst''
| Colorist for ''Worst''
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| Colorist for ''The Strongest Introduction to Philosophy in History''
| Colorist for ''The Strongest Introduction to Philosophy in History''
| 2010-04-14
| 2010-04-14
| Magazine Magazine
| Magazine•Magazine
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| ''Eguzamurai'' CG Lithograph
| ''Eguzamurai'' CG Lithograph
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| 2010-12-22
| 2010-12-22
| Kodansha
| Kodansha
|- style="background:#FFFFFF"
| Co-author and illustrator for ''Contes cruels du Japon''
| 2011-08-24
| Delcourt
|}
|}
{{-}}
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200302094830/http://chirarism.oops.jp/ Chirarism], Saito's personal website (archived)
* [https://twitter.com/_NaokiSaito Twitter account]
* [https://www.youtube.com/@saitonaoki2 YouTube channel]
* {{wp|Naoki Saito|Article on Wikipedia}}
* {{jwp|さいとうなおき|Article on Japanese Wikipedia}}


==External link==
==References==
[http://chirarism.oops.jp/ Chirarism], Saito's personal website (Japanese)
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Saito at an exhibition in 2022

Naoki Saito (Japanese: さいとうなおき Saitō Naoki, real name in kanji 齋藤直葵, born 1982 in Yamagata, Japan[1]) is a digital illustrator who has provided art for the Pokémon Trading Card Game since the HeartGold & SoulSilver expansion, as well as art for a couple of Pokémon games. Saito is a graduate of Tama Art University and previously worked at Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. before becoming freelance.[citation needed] In addition to the Pokémon TCG, he has also provided illustrations for several other trading card franchises: Duel Masters,[citation needed] Monster Hunter,[citation needed] Juushinden: Ultimate Beast Battlers,[citation needed] and Eternal Wheel..[citation needed]

Saito's style is vibrant and surreal, and often juxtaposes or merges the organic with the geometric. He also puts emphasis on texture to give subjects character. His work within the TCG is similar but subtler, instead using highlights and contrasting colors to make Pokémon stand out. In addition to card illustrations, Saito provided the packaging art for the Garchomp[citation needed] and Hydreigon Half Decks,[citation needed] and the box art for Everyone's Exciting Battle.[citation needed] He also illustrated the Pokémon Tales book Crustle's Moving,[citation needed] available to read on the Pokémon Daisuki Club website.

Designs

Characters

The following are a list of characters designed by Saito.

Generation VII
SM Sightseers Saito.png SM Veterans Saito.png SM Dancer Hiker Saito.png
 S  M 
Sightseers[2] 		 S  M 
Veterans[2] 		 S  M 
Dancer and Hiker[2]

Artwork

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

There are 236 cards illustrated by Saito. For a list of cards that he illustrated, go here.

Core series games

This is a collection of core series Pokémon games that Saito has contributed artwork to.

Merchandise

This is a collection of official Pokémon merchandise that Saito has contributed artwork to.

Kotobukiya Iono and Bellibolt Naoki Saito.jpg
Iono & Bellibolt
Kotobukiya ArtFx J figurine art[4]

Other artwork

This is a collection of other promotional Pokémon artwork that Saito has contributed to.

Hatsune Miku Famitsu Artwork.png
Project VOLTAGE
Weekly Famitsu cover (January 2024)[6]

Works

Games

Title Platform Release date Position
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Nintendo DS 2010-03-06 Oblivia map illustration[citation needed]
Boss Pokémon illustration[citation needed]
Pokémon Black and White Versions Nintendo DS 2010-09-18 Artwork
Pokémon Sun and Moon Nintendo 3DS 2016-11-18 Trainer Graphics Design


Manga and other published work

Role/Title Release date Publisher
Colorist for Worst 2002-05-30 Akita Shoten
Colorist for Saint Seiya: Next Dimension - The Myth of Hades 2006-04-27 Akita Shoten
Illustrations for Les Chroniques de Sillage Vol. 5 2008-04-25 Delcourt
Colorist for Baki the Grappler 2007-12-07 Akita Shoten
Colorist for Grappler Baki: Scarface 2009-05-08 Akita Shoten
Colorist for The Strongest Introduction to Philosophy in History 2010-04-14 Magazine•Magazine
Eguzamurai CG Lithograph 2010 Shueisha
Colorist for Garouden Vol. 25 2010-12-22 Kodansha
Co-author and illustrator for Contes cruels du Japon 2011-08-24 Delcourt


External links

References

  1. ↑ 「pixiv高校生イラコン2021」に向けて夏期特別講習を8/21（土）に開催！―この夏、もっとイラストが好きになる。｜学校法人 瓜生山学園　京都芸術大学のプレスリリース
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Tweet about designing NPCs for Pokémon Sun and Moon
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Archived main page of Saito's blog with a post mentioning his work on BW, the post itself reveals the artwork he did work on
  4. ↑ Saito confirming he drew the Iono & Bellibolt art
  5. ↑ Link to the upload, which credits Saito
  6. ↑ Saito confirming his involvement with Project VOLTAGE


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