Junsei Kuninobu

Junsei Kuninobu

Junsei Kuninobu (Japanese: くにのぶ じゅんせい Kuninobu Junsei) is an artist at Game Freak who has worked on multiple Pokémon games. Kuninobu has worked in the game industry since 1999 and was hired by Game Freak as a UI artist in 2015. Prior to working at Game Freak, Kuninobu had been employed at an unknown company making games for smartphones.^[1] Additionally, Kuninobu has contributed artwork to the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Game credits

• Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (2009) - Player Modelling
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (2010) - Interface Design & Systems
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 (2011) - Interface Design & Systems
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (2012) - Visual Conceptualisation
• Pokémon Sun and Moon (2016) - Character Modeling
• Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon (2017) - Character Modeling (Lead), Character Motion Design (Lead)
• Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019) - Character Modeling (Lead), Motion Design (Lead)
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus (2022) - Lighting Team, Pokémon Character Design

Cards illustrated

Junsei Kuninobu's first illustration for the TCG

Thus far, Junsei Kuninobu has illustrated 1 card, which was the Full Art print of Guzma & Hala from Cosmic Eclipse.

A full list of cards illustrated by Junsei Kuninobu can be found here.

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.