"Big Mama" Tagawa

Yoshiyuki Tagawa (Japanese: 田川喜之 Tagawa Yoshiyuki) is an graphic designer who worked at Creatures, Inc. They worked on 3D models for Pokémon and provided illustrations for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Tagawa has illustrated 46 cards (excluding reprints), credited as "Big Mama" Tagawa on cards they have illustrated.[1] All of their illustrations for the TCG are computer-generated graphics for Trainer Cards, with the only exception being the Neo Revelation Magneton.

A full list of cards illustrated by "Big Mama" Tagawa can be found here.

Game credits

Title Platform Release date Position
Pokémon Stadium (Japanese) Nintendo 64 1998-08-01 Technical Support
Hey You, Pikachu! Nintendo 64 1998-12-12 Pokémon Modeling (CR.64MC)
Super Smash Bros. Nintendo 64 1999-01-21 Special Thanks
Pokémon Snap Nintendo 64 1999-03-21 Super Duper Special Chief Designer
Pokémon Stadium Nintendo 64 1999-04-30 Technical Support
Pokémon Stadium 2 Nintendo 64 2000-12-14 Pokémon Modeler
Super Smash Bros. Melee Nintendo GameCube 2001-11-21 Figure Modeling (Assistant)
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour Nintendo GameCube 2003-07-28 3-D Character Graphics
Pokémon Colosseum Nintendo GameCube 2003-11-21 Pokémon 3-D Modeling
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness Nintendo GameCube 2005-08-04 Pokémon 3-D Modeling

Artwork

This is a collection of official Pokémon artwork illustrated by Tagawa.

Cards illustrated

References

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