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Tomoaki Imakuni

Tomoaki Imakuni (Japanese: 今国智章 Imakuni Tomoaki), usually referred to as Imakuni? (イマクニ？ Imakuni?), is an eccentric Japanese musician who performed some of the music for the Pokémon anime. He also was heavily involved in promoting the TCG and ended up being pictured or drawing art for several of the cards. He is also in the band Suzukisan. More recently, he played a small part in the designing of Pokémon Ranger and its sequel.

Imakuni? is also credited as the author of the Pokémon Tales picture book "Come Out, Squirtle!".

In Pokémon Card GB

Artwork from Pokémon Card GB

Imakuni? appears as a special hidden opponent in Pokémon Trading Card Game. His event is activated by talking to people in the Water Club and then he will randomly begin to appear in the lounge sections of the various clubs. When he is in the room, unusual music will play. When the player talks to him, he will sing music from the Pokémon anime and then entice the player to dance, finally challenging the player to a card game. He uses the Strange Lifeform Imakuni? Deck.

When Imakuni? is defeated, he will reward the player with four booster packs, one from each expansion set. After being defeated three consecutive times, he will instead give the player the Imakuni? Trainer card.

Imakuni? Deck

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
4×	Psyduck
3×	Golduck
2×	Slowpoke		—
2×	Slowpoke
3×	Slowbro
4×	Drowzee
3×	Hypno
4×	Farfetch'd
4×	Imakuni?	T	—
2×	Maintenance	T
2×	Pokémon Flute	T
1×	Gambler	T
10×	Water Energy	E	—
16×	Psychic Energy	E	—

In Pokémon Card GB 2

In Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!, he appears on both the main island as well as GR Island. His event is activated by talking to someone in the Water Club lounge, then he will randomly begin to appear in the lounge sections of the various clubs. He shows up in two variations: - the main island in a black costume - GR Island in a red costume

Imakuni? uses 'Weird Deck' on the main island, and uses 'Strange Deck' on the GR Island.

Weird Deck

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
4×	Psyduck
3×	Golduck
3×	Slowpoke		—
3×	Drowzee
2×	Jynx		—
1×	Slowbro
1×	Slowbro		—
1×	Hypno
3×	Farfetch'd
2×	Hungry Snorlax		—
2×	Imakuni?	T	—
2×	Imposter Professor Oak	T
2×	Goop Gas Attack	T
2×	Pokémon Flute	T
1×	Gambler	T
16×	Psychic Energy	E
10×	Water Energy	E
2×	Double Colorless Energy	E

Imakuni?'s 'Strange Deck' is similar to his 'Weird Deck'. However, his evolutions are replaced with Dark Pokemon and he uses more Rocket's Secret Machine Cards in his deck. This is to reflect Imakuni? wandering around on GR Island

Strange Deck

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
4×	Drowzee
3×	Dark Hypno
3×	Slowpoke
2×	Mr. Mime
2×	Dark Slowbro
2×	Mr. Mime		—
3×	Psyduck
2×	Dark Golduck
4×	Meowth		—
2×	Imakuni?	T	—
2×	Imposter Professor Oak	T
2×	Digger	T
2×	Pokémon Flute	T
2×	Computer Error	T	—
25×	Psychic Energy	E

In the TCG

Tomoaki Imakuni is a card illustrator. Imakuni? has the following cards that relate to him. They are usually joke or prank cards not meant to actually be used in serious play:

Imakuni?'s Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Imakuni?'s Doduo					Challenge from the Darkness
Imakuni?'s Whismur					T Promotional cards		022/T
Imakuni?'s Loudred					T Promotional cards		023/T
Imakuni?'s Exploud ex					T Promotional cards		024/T
Imakuni? "Trainer Cards"
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Imakuni?	T				Unnumbered Promotional cards
Lose?					Extended Sheet 3
Imakuni?'s PC	PC				Extended Sheet 3
Imakuni?'s Nasty Plot	T				Extended Sheet 3
Imakuni?'s Corner					Extended Sheet 3
Dance! Neo Imakuni?	T				Unnumbered Promotional cards
Shining Imakuni?	T				P Promotional cards		018/P
Imakuni?	Su				EX Battle Boost		096/093
Imakuni?	Su	Generations		63/83

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga

Imakuni? in Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All

In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga, Imakuni? appears as an art student attending Celadon University in Challenge at Celadon University!.

Imakuni in Pokémon Pocket Monsters

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Imakuni? makes two cameo appearances in the fourth volume of Pokémon Pocket Monsters.

Trivia

• Imakuni's favorite Pokémon is Binacle. ^[1]

See also

Illus. by Tomoaki Imakuni

References

External links

• Imakuni?'s page on Wikipedia
• Imakuni?'s homepage
• Imakuni?'s Twitter

This article is part of both Project Music and Project CharacterDex, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Music and CharacterDex, respectively.