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Saya Tsuruta in 2009^[1]

Saya Tsuruta (Japanese: 鶴田沙綾 / つるたさや Tsuruta Saya) is a designer and illustrator for the Pokémon games and the Pokémon Trading Card Game. After graduating from Tama Art University,^[2] her first game credits were on Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, though her contributions are unknown as she's only listed under Special Thanks. By the release of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Tsuruta had become a graphic designer, creating all of the location previews in the game, stating that it took a lot of hard work.^[3]

Designs

Pokémon

The following is a list of Pokémon designed by Tsuruta.

Artwork

Official artwork

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

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Tsuruta illustrated all of the location previews for Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.^[3]

Location preview for Sprout Tower (Morning)
Location preview for Sprout Tower (Day)
Location preview for Sprout Tower (Night)
Location preview for Dark Cave's Route 31 Entrance (Morning)
Location preview for Dark Cave's Route 31 Entrance (Day)
Location preview for Dark Cave's Route 31 Entrance (Night)
Location preview for Dark Cave's Route 45 Entrance (Morning)
Location preview for Dark Cave's Route 45 Entrance (Day)
Location preview for Dark Cave's Route 45 Entrance (Night)
Location preview for the Ruins of Alph (Morning)
Location preview for the Ruins of Alph (Day)
Location preview for the Ruins of Alph (Night)
Location preview for Union Cave (Morning)
Location preview for Union Cave (Day)
Location preview for Union Cave (Night)
Location preview for the Slowpoke Well (Morning)
Location preview for Slowpoke Well (Day)
Location preview for Slowpoke Well (Night)
Location preview for Ilex Forest (Morning)
Location preview for Ilex Forest (Day)
Location preview for Ilex Forest (Evening)
Location preview for Ilex Forest (Night)
Location preview for the National Park (Morning)
Location preview for the National Park (Day)
Location preview for the National Park (Evening)
Location preview for the National Park (Night)
Location preview for the Burned Tower (Morning)
Location preview for the Burned Tower (Day)
Location preview for the Burned Tower (Evening)
Location preview for the Burned Tower (Night)
Location preview for the Bell Tower (Morning)
Location preview for the Bell Tower (Day)
Location preview for the Bell Tower (Evening)
Location preview for the Bell Tower (Night)
Location preview for the Whirl Islands (Morning)
Location preview for the Whirl Islands (Day)
Location preview for the Whirl Islands (Night)
Location preview for Mt. Mortar (Morning)
Location preview for Mt. Mortar (Day)
Location preview for Mt. Mortar (Evening)
Location preview for Mt. Mortar (Night)
HGSS Ice Cave-Morning.png

Location preview for the Ice Path (Morning)
HGSS Ice Cave-Day.png

Location preview for the Ice Path (Day)
HGSS Ice Cave-Night.png

Location preview for the Ice Path (Night)
Location preview for the Dragon's Den (Morning)
Location preview for the Dragon's Den (Day)
Location preview for the Dragon's Den (Night)
Location preview for Mt. Silver Cave (Morning)
Location preview for Mt. Silver Cave (Day)
Location preview for Mt. Silver Cave (Night)
Location preview for Tohjo Falls (Morning)
Location preview for Tohjo Falls (Day)
Location preview for Tohjo Falls (Night)
Location preview for Victory Road (Morning)
Location preview for Victory Road (Day)
Location preview for Victory Road (Night)
Location preview for Viridian Forest (Morning)
Location preview for Viridian Forest (Day)
Location preview for Viridian Forest (Evening)
Location preview for Viridian Forest (Night)
Location preview for Diglett's Cave (Morning)
Location preview for Diglett's Cave (Day)
Location preview for Diglett's Cave (Night)
Location preview for Mt. Moon (Morning)
Location preview for Mt. Moon (Day)
Location preview for Mt. Moon (Evening)
Location preview for Mt. Moon (Night)
Location preview for Cerulean Cave (Morning)
Location preview for Cerulean Cave (Day)
Location preview for Cerulean Cave (Night)
Location preview for Rock Tunnel (Morning)
Location preview for Rock Tunnel (Day)
Location preview for the Rock Tunnel (Night)
Location preview for the Seafoam Islands (Morning)
Location preview for the Seafoam Islands (Day)
Location preview for the Seafoam Islands (Night)

Other official artwork

Pokémon Café Pikachu Sweets art for the 2023 World Championships^[7]
Pokémon Café Pikachu Sweets art of Jirachi^[8]
Hokkaido Daisuki Discovery Corps Vulpix sweets^[9]

Cards illustrated

There are 128 cards illustrated by Tsuruta. For a complete list of cards she has illustrated, go here.

Games

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (2006) - Special Thanks
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2009) - Graphic Design
Pokémon Black and White (2010) - Pokémon Character Design, 2-D Dot Graphics
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (2012) - Pokémon Character Design, 2-D Dot Graphics
Pokémon X and Y (2013) - Pokémon Characters Design, UI Graphic Design
Pokémon Sun and Moon (2016) - Pokémon Characters Design
Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019) - Pokémon Design

Trivia

Almost every single Pokémon TCG artwork done by Saya Tsuruta contains a hidden image of a Poké Ball in the background. The only exceptions are as follows:
- Tsuruta's Shiny Vault cards from Hidden Fates, Shining Fates, and Paldean Fates (which use a plain white background with generic Shiny sparkle effects).
- The Yokohama's Pikachu cards (which use a generic striped background).
- The SWSH Black Star Promos Pikachu V-UNION (a collaboration between Tsuruta and 24 other artists; the cards use a generic gradient background).
- Paldean Wooper from Paldea Evolved (according to Tsuruta in an apology, the Poké Ball in this card had "rolled off the frame").^[10]
Tsuruta's favorite Pokémon is Vulpix.^[11]

External links

References

Pokémon designers

Emi Ando • Hitoshi Ariga • Kanako Eo • Hiroki Fuchino • Motofumi Fujiwara
Misaki Hashimoto • Mana Ibe • Asuka Iwashita • Tomohiro Kitakaze • Fumie Kittaka
Yusuke Kozaki • Kazuyuki Kurashima • Lee HyunJung • Megumi Mizutani • Shigeki Morimoto
Keiko Moritsugu • Kensaku Nabana • Atsuko Nishida • Yusuke Ohmura • Tomohiko Ohkubo
Muneo Saitō • Ken Sugimori • take • Reiko Tanoue • Aimi Tomita • Kenkichi Toyama
Saya Tsuruta • James Turner • Takao Unno • Emi Yoshida • Hironobu Yoshida

[1] (December 4, 2009). "ＨＧ・ＳＳ語っちゃいます！その7" GAME FREAK Official Website (archived).

[2] Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on April 8, 2023. (archive)

[HGSSLocationPreviews-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on April 24, 2023. (archive)

[AudinoTwitter-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on May 24, 2019.

[Saya2021-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on June 18, 2021.

[6] Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on Dec 14, 2019.

[7] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20230905111212/https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1688733595819704320/photo/1

[8] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20230905111230/https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1687310766863785984/photo/1

[9] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20230905111224/https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1687027173021097984/photo/1

[10] Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on March 10, 2023.

[11] Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on Feb 21, 2021

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-[[File:Saya Tsuruta.png|300px|thumb|Saya Tsuruta]]
+[[File:Saya Tsuruta.png|300px|thumb|Saya Tsuruta in 2009<ref>(December 4, 2009). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130122112708/http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/blog/staff/?p=157 ＨＧ・ＳＳ 語っちゃいます！ その7]" GAME FREAK Official Website (archived).</ref>]]
-'''Saya Tsuruta''' (Japanese: '''つるたさや''' ''Tsuruta Saya'') is a designer and illustrator for the Pokémon games and the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]]. After graduating from {{wp|Tama Art University}},<ref>[https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1644534705700872193 Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on April 8, 2023]. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230408094350/https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1644534705700872193 archive])</ref> her first game credits were on {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}, though her contributions are unknown as she's only listed under Special Thanks. By the release of {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, Tsuruta had become a graphic designer, creating all of the [[location preview]]s in the game, stating that it took a lot of hard work.<ref name=HGSSLocationPreviews>[https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1650384315099021312 Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on April 24, 2023]. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230424102152/https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1650384315099021312 archive])</ref>
+'''Saya Tsuruta''' (Japanese: '''鶴田沙綾''' / '''つるたさや''' ''Tsuruta Saya'') is a designer and illustrator for the [[Pokémon games]] and the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]]. After graduating from {{wp|Tama Art University}},<ref>[https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1644534705700872193 Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on April 8, 2023]. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230408094350/https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1644534705700872193 archive])</ref> her first game credits were on {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}, though her contributions are unknown as she's only listed under Special Thanks. By the release of {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, Tsuruta had become a graphic designer, creating all of the [[location preview]]s in the game, stating that it took a lot of hard work.<ref name=HGSSLocationPreviews>[https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1650384315099021312 Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on April 24, 2023]. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230424102152/https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1650384315099021312 archive])</ref>
 ==Designs==
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 This is a collection of official Pokémon artwork drawn by Tsuruta.
-====In-game artwork====
+====Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver====
-=====Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver=====
 Tsuruta illustrated all of the [[location preview]]s for {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}.<ref name=HGSSLocationPreviews/>
 <gallery widths=100>
 HGSS Sprout Tower-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Sprout Tower]] (Morning)
 HGSS Sprout Tower-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Sprout Tower]] (Day)
-HGSS Sprout Tower-Evening.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Sprout Tower]] (Evening)
 HGSS Sprout Tower-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Sprout Tower]] (Night)
 HGSS Dark Cave-Route 31-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Dark Cave|Dark Cave's Route 31 Entrance]] (Morning)
 HGSS Dark Cave-Route 31-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Dark Cave|Dark Cave's Route 31 Entrance]] (Day)
-HGSS Dark Cave-Route 31-Evening.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Dark Cave|Dark Cave's Route 31 Entrance]] (Evening)
 HGSS Dark Cave-Route 31-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Dark Cave|Dark Cave's Route 31 Entrance]] (Night)
 HGSS Dark Cave-Route 45-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Dark Cave|Dark Cave's Route 45 Entrance]] (Morning)
 HGSS Dark Cave-Route 45-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Dark Cave|Dark Cave's Route 45 Entrance]] (Day)
-HGSS Dark Cave-Route 45-Evening.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Dark Cave|Dark Cave's Route 45 Entrance]] (Evening)
 HGSS Dark Cave-Route 45-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Dark Cave|Dark Cave's Route 45 Entrance]] (Night)
 HGSS Ruins of Alph-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Ruins of Alph]] (Morning)
 HGSS Ruins of Alph-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Ruins of Alph]] (Day)
-HGSS Ruins of Alph-Evening.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Ruins of Alph]] (Evening)
 HGSS Ruins of Alph-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Ruins of Alph]] (Night)
 HGSS Union Cave-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Union Cave]] (Morning)
 HGSS Union Cave-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Union Cave]] (Day)
-HGSS Union Cave-Evening.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Union Cave]] (Evening)
 HGSS Union Cave-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Union Cave]] (Night)
 HGSS Slowpoke Well-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Slowpoke Well]] (Morning)
 HGSS Slowpoke Well-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Slowpoke Well]] (Day)
-HGSS Slowpoke Well-Evening.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Slowpoke Well]] (Evening)
 HGSS Slowpoke Well-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Slowpoke Well]] (Night)
 HGSS Ilex Forest-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Ilex Forest]] (Morning)
@@ Line 65: / Line 57: @@
 HGSS Whirl Islands-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Whirl Islands]] (Morning)
 HGSS Whirl Islands-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Whirl Islands]] (Day)
-HGSS Whirl Islands-Evening.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Whirl Islands]] (Evening)
 HGSS Whirl Islands-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Whirl Islands]] (Night)
 HGSS Mt. Mortar-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Mt. Mortar]] (Morning)
@@ Line 73: / Line 64: @@
 HGSS Ice Cave-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Ice Path]] (Morning)
 HGSS Ice Cave-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Ice Path]] (Day)
-HGSS Ice Cave-Evening.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Ice Path]] (Evening)
 HGSS Ice Cave-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Ice Path]] (Night)
 HGSS Dragon's Den-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Dragon's Den]] (Morning)
 HGSS Dragon's Den-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Dragon's Den]] (Day)
-HGSS Dragon's Den-Evening.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Dragon's Den]] (Evening)
 HGSS Dragon's Den-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Dragon's Den]] (Night)
-HGSS Mt. Silver-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Mt. Silver]] (Morning)
+HGSS Mt. Silver-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Mt. Silver Cave]] (Morning)
-HGSS Mt. Silver-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Mt. Silver]] (Day)
+HGSS Mt. Silver-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Mt. Silver Cave]] (Day)
-HGSS Mt. Silver-Evening.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Mt. Silver]] (Evening)
+HGSS Mt. Silver-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Mt. Silver Cave]] (Night)
-HGSS Mt. Silver-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Mt. Silver]] (Night)
 HGSS Tohjo Falls-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Tohjo Falls]] (Morning)
 HGSS Tohjo Falls-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Tohjo Falls]] (Day)
-HGSS Tohjo Falls-Evening.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Tohjo Falls]] (Evening)
 HGSS Tohjo Falls-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Tohjo Falls]] (Night)
 HGSS Victory Road-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Victory Road (Kanto)|Victory Road]] (Morning)
 HGSS Victory Road-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Victory Road (Kanto)|Victory Road]] (Day)
-HGSS Victory Road-Evening.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Victory Road (Kanto)|Victory Road]] (Evening)
 HGSS Victory Road-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Victory Road (Kanto)|Victory Road]] (Night)
 HGSS Viridian Forest-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Viridian Forest]] (Morning)
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 HGSS Diglett's Cave-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Diglett's Cave]] (Morning)
 HGSS Diglett's Cave-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Diglett's Cave]] (Day)
-HGSS Diglett's Cave-Evening.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Diglett's Cave]] (Evening)
 HGSS Diglett's Cave-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Diglett's Cave]] (Night)
 HGSS Mt. Moon-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Mt. Moon]] (Morning)
@@ Line 105: / Line 90: @@
 HGSS Cerulean Cave-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Cerulean Cave]] (Morning)
 HGSS Cerulean Cave-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Cerulean Cave]] (Day)
-HGSS Cerulean Cave-Evening.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Cerulean Cave]] (Evening)
 HGSS Cerulean Cave-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Cerulean Cave]] (Night)
 HGSS Rock Tunnel-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Rock Tunnel]] (Morning)
 HGSS Rock Tunnel-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Rock Tunnel]] (Day)
-HGSS Rock Tunnel-Evening.png|[[Location preview]] for [[Rock Tunnel]] (Evening)
 HGSS Rock Tunnel-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Rock Tunnel]] (Night)
 HGSS Seafoam Islands-Morning.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Seafoam Islands]] (Morning)
 HGSS Seafoam Islands-Day.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Seafoam Islands]] (Day)
-HGSS Seafoam Islands-Evening.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Seafoam Islands]] (Evening)
 HGSS Seafoam Islands-Night.png|[[Location preview]] for the [[Seafoam Islands]] (Night)
+</gallery>
+====Other official artwork====
+<gallery widths=100>
+Pikachu Sweets WCS2023 Yokohama.jpg|[[Pokémon Café]] [[Pikachu Sweets]] art for the [[2023 World Championships]]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230905111212/https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1688733595819704320/photo/1</ref>
+Pikachu Sweets Jirachi 2023.jpg|[[Pokémon Café]] [[Pikachu Sweets]] art of {{p|Jirachi}}<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230905111230/https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1687310766863785984/photo/1</ref>
+Hokkaido Daisuki Discovery Corps Vulpix Sweets.jpg|Hokkaido Daisuki Discovery Corps {{p|Vulpix}} sweets<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230905111224/https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1687027173021097984/photo/1</ref>
 </gallery>
 ====Cards illustrated====
-There are {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Illus. by Saya Tsuruta}} cards illustrated by Tsuruta. For a list of cards she has illustrated, see [[:Category:Illus. by Saya Tsuruta|here]].
+There are {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Illus. by Saya Tsuruta}} cards illustrated by Tsuruta. For a complete list of cards she has illustrated, go [[:Category:Illus. by Saya Tsuruta|here]].
 <gallery widths=100>
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 * '''{{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}''' (2009) - Graphic Design
 * '''{{game|Black and White|s}}''' (2010) - Pokémon Character Design, 2-D Dot Graphics
-* '''{{game|Black and White|s 2|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2}}''' (2012) - Pokémon Character Design, 2-D Dot Graphics
+* '''{{B2W2}}''' (2012) - Pokémon Character Design, 2-D Dot Graphics
 * '''{{g|X and Y}}''' (2013) - Pokémon Characters Design, UI Graphic Design
 * '''{{g|Sun and Moon}}''' (2016) - Pokémon Characters Design
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 ==Trivia==
+* Almost every single Pokémon TCG artwork done by Saya Tsuruta contains a hidden image of a [[Poké Ball]] in the background. The only exceptions are as follows:
+** Tsuruta's Shiny Vault cards from {{TCG|Hidden Fates}}, {{TCG|Shining Fates}}, and {{TCG|Paldean Fates}} (which use a plain white background with generic {{Shiny}} sparkle effects).
+** The {{TCG|Pikachu#Yokohama's Pikachu|Yokohama's Pikachu}} cards (which use a generic striped background).
+** The {{TCG|SWSH Black Star Promos}} {{TCG ID|SWSH Promo|Pikachu V-UNION|139}} (a collaboration between Tsuruta and 24 other artists; the cards use a generic gradient background).
+** {{TCG ID|Paldea Evolved|Paldean Wooper|129}} from {{TCG|Paldea Evolved}} (according to Tsuruta in an apology, the Poké Ball in this card had "rolled off the frame").<ref>[https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1633988836794720256 Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on March 10, 2023].</ref>
 * Tsuruta's favorite Pokémon is {{p|Vulpix}}.<ref>[https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta/status/1363445155412467714 Saya Tsuruta's Twitter account. Posted on Feb 21, 2021]</ref>
+==External links==
+* [https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta Saya Tsuruta's Twitter]
+* [https://www.instagram.com/saya_tsuruta/ Saya Tsuruta's Instagram]
 ==References==
-<references />
+{{reflist}}
-==External links==
-* [https://twitter.com/saya_tsuruta Tsuruta's Twitter]
-* [https://www.instagram.com/saya_tsuruta/ Tsuruta's Instagram]
 {{Designer}}
-[[Category:TCG illustrators|Tsuruta, Saya]]
+[[Category:TCG illustrators]]
+[[Category:Game staff|Tsuruta, Saya]]
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