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'''Keiko Moritsugu''' is an illustrator for the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]]. She has illustrated only one card for the Trading Card Game: {{TCG ID|Arceus|Heatran|3}}, from the {{TCG|Arceus}} expansion. She was also listed in the [[staff of Pokémon Platinum]] under "Special thanks" though it is currently unknown exactly what role she played in the development of that game. The [[staff of Pokémon Black and White]] lists her under "Pokémon designer" and "Concept Illustration". A résumé shared by [[Reiko Tanoue]] and [[Mana Ibe]], who both illustrated a single card from the Arceus expansion and are listed under the same roles in both sets of credits. In addition to her role as an illustrator for the TCG, she also designed {{p|Reuniclus}}.
'''Keiko Moritsugu''' (Japanese: '''森次慶子''' ''Moritsugu Keiko''; born January 7, 1985) is an artist and painter who has worked for the Pokémon video game series and Trading Card Game. While working under [[Game Freak]], she created multiple designs for Pokémon and the character [[N]].<ref name=Ndesign/>
 
Moritsugu's first known involvement with the Pokémon franchise was in the [[staff of Pokémon Platinum]] under "Special Thanks", although it is currently unknown exactly what role she played in the development of that game. She later illustrated a card in the {{TCG|Platinum: Arceus|Arceus}} expansion: {{TCG ID|Arceus|Heatran|3}}. In the [[staff of Pokémon Black and White]], she is listed under "Pokémon Character Designer". This is a résumé shared by [[Reiko Tanoue]] and [[Mana Ibe]], who both illustrated a single card from the Arceus expansion and are listed under the same roles in both sets of credits.
 
==Designs==
===Pokémon===
The following is a list of Pokémon designed by Moritsugu.
<gallery widths=100>
561Sigilyph.png|{{p|Sigilyph}}<ref name=Tweet>[https://imgur.com/a/cgf0g14 Archive of deleted tweet by Keiko Moritsugu, explaining which Generation V Pokémon she had designed]</ref>
579Reuniclus.png|{{p|Reuniclus}}<ref name=Tweet/>
599Klink.png|{{p|Klink}}<ref name=Tweet/> (idea by [[Ken Sugimori]])<ref name=ND204>''Nintendo Dream'' Vol. 204, April 2011 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110704155314/http://shellspider.blog101.fc2.com/blog-entry-502.html Shellspider's blog (Japanese)], [http://lavacutcontent.com/ken-sugimori-nintendo-dream-6/ Translation by Dr. Lava])</ref>
600Klang.png|{{p|Klang}}<ref name=Tweet/> (idea by [[Ken Sugimori]])<ref name=ND204/>
643Reshiram.png|{{p|Reshiram}} (Draft)<ref name=Tweet/>
644Zekrom.png|{{p|Zekrom}} (Draft)<ref name=Tweet/>
</gallery>
 
According to Moritsugu, {{p|Zekrom}}'s final design is mostly similar to her draft, while {{p|Reshiram}}'s final design ended up being significantly different from her draft. Both were finalized by [[Ken Sugimori]].<ref>How Pokemon Get Made, 1up.com ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130510123211/http://www.1up.com/news/how-pokemon-get-made Archive])</ref>
 
===Characters===
The following is a list of characters designed by Moritsugu.
<gallery widths=100>
Black White N.png|[[N]]<ref name=Ndesign>[https://peg.thebase.in/about Keiko Moritsugu's About page on her personal website]</ref><ref name=NGhetsis>[https://twitter.com/SUPER_32X/status/33198105411325952 Tweet by 杉森 建 (@SUPER_32X).] Posted on February 3, 2011.</ref>
Black White Ghetsis.png|[[Ghetsis]]<ref name=NGhetsis/><ref name=ghetsisdesign>[http://bystrousky.blogspot.com/2019/07/blog-post.html?m=1]</ref>
</gallery>
 
==Cards illustrated==
Keiko Moritsugu is an artist in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]]. She has only {{cat|Illus. by Keiko Moritsugu|illustrated}} one card.
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File:HeatranArceus3.jpg|[[Heatran (Arceus 3)]]
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==Games==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://peg.thebase.in Moritsugu's personal website] (Japanese)
 
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Keiko Moritsugu

Keiko Moritsugu (Japanese: 森次慶子 Moritsugu Keiko; born January 7, 1985) is an artist and painter who has worked for the Pokémon video game series and Trading Card Game. While working under Game Freak, she created multiple designs for Pokémon and the character N.[1]

Moritsugu's first known involvement with the Pokémon franchise was in the staff of Pokémon Platinum under "Special Thanks", although it is currently unknown exactly what role she played in the development of that game. She later illustrated a card in the Arceus expansion: Heatran. In the staff of Pokémon Black and White, she is listed under "Pokémon Character Designer". This is a résumé shared by Reiko Tanoue and Mana Ibe, who both illustrated a single card from the Arceus expansion and are listed under the same roles in both sets of credits.

Designs

Pokémon

The following is a list of Pokémon designed by Moritsugu.

According to Moritsugu, Zekrom's final design is mostly similar to her draft, while Reshiram's final design ended up being significantly different from her draft. Both were finalized by Ken Sugimori.[4]

Characters

The following is a list of characters designed by Moritsugu.

Cards illustrated

Keiko Moritsugu is an artist in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. She has only illustrated one card.

Games

Title Platform Release date Position
Pokémon Platinum Nintendo DS 2008-09-13 Special Thanks
Pokémon Black and White Nintendo DS 2010-09-18 Pokémon Character Design
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Nintendo DS 2012-06-23 Pokémon Character Design

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Keiko Moritsugu's About page on her personal website
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Archive of deleted tweet by Keiko Moritsugu, explaining which Generation V Pokémon she had designed
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nintendo Dream Vol. 204, April 2011 (Shellspider's blog (Japanese), Translation by Dr. Lava)
  4. ↑ How Pokemon Get Made, 1up.com (Archive)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tweet by 杉森 建 (@SUPER_32X). Posted on February 3, 2011.
  6. ↑ [1]

External links


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

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