Asako Ito

Asako Ito (Japanese: いとうあさこ Itō Asako, born in Miyagi Prefecture^[1]) is an illustrator for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Her first card was Poliwag from the Sun & Moon expansion.

She is unique among TCG artists as, rather than drawing or making a 3D render, she crochets amigurumi stuffed dolls of the subject. She also crafts the backgrounds for her card artworks using various materials such as felt. She taught herself knitting at university, although she had majored in oil painting. According to her, she was inspired to learn to knit after seeing the teddy bear from the Mr. Bean series and wanting to knit a replica for herself.^[1]

Artwork

This is a collection of official Pokémon artwork drawn by Asako Ito.

Thus far, Asako Ito has illustrated 36 cards. For a list of cards illustrated by her, go here.

Asako Ito has also illustrated 7 cards appearing in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket. For a full list of TCG Pocket cards she has illustrated, see here.