Illustrator
Miki Tanaka
- 194
- cards
- 76
- sets
- 14
- eras
- 1999 – 2026
- active
Best-known card: Slowpoke & Psyduck-GX (sm11)
ABOUT
Miki Tanaka (田中未樹) was born on 22 September in Tokyo, and paints her cards by hand — gouache on A4 watercolour paper, with no digital tools at any stage.
The result is unmistakable: flat, simple shapes, very little variation in shade, and almost no line art around the subject. In a game increasingly made of digital rendering, her cards look like paintings because they are.
Her route in was unusual. She majored in English at university, then worked part-time at a traditional Japanese dance prop shop in Asakusa, painting custom designs onto fans and bamboo hats. She was already illustrating for magazines, books and advertising before her first card — Slowpoke, in Fossil.
Reviewed 2026-08-25 · Sources: Bulbapedia — Miki Tanaka
MOST DRAWN
120 OF 194 CARDS
Electabuzz
#46
Slowpoke
#55
Dark Magneton
#11
Dark Magneton
#28
Magnemite
#60
Elekid
#22
Horsea
#62
Wooper
#82
Igglybuff
#40
Teddiursa
#65
Tyrogue
#66
Weedle
#70
Seaking
#37
Farfetch'd
#43
Remoraid
#50
Swinub
#57
Light Lanturn
#23
Light Machamp
#25
Dark Wigglytuff
#40
Light Machoke
#49
Phanpy
#76
Totodile
#85
Slowpoke
#93
Vileplume
#31
Vileplume
#69
Ivysaur
#82
Magmar
#86
Caterpie
#96
Chikorita
#99
Corsola
#102
Victreebel
#42
Weepinbell
#65
Goldeen
#78
Paras
#99
Smeargle
#109
Spinarak
#111
Togepi
#114
Victreebel
#H30
Cleffa
#48
Machop
#74
Natu
#80
Poliwag
#87
Sandslash
#93
Sunflora
#105
Yanma
#116
Flaaffy
#27
Mareep
#64
Spoink
#73
Chimecho
#17
Dodrio
#33
Luvdisc
#40
Doduo
#60
Ditto
#4
Chansey
#19
Primeape
#28
Mankey
#38
Quagsire
#26
Mantine
#45
Psyduck
#70
Zubat
#82
Tropius
#27
Whiscash
#28
Barboach
#54
Shuckle
#47
Eevee
#55
Poliwhirl
#68
Rain Castform
#26
Snow-cloud Castform
#29
Sunny Castform
#31
Castform
#34
Aron
#48
Geodude
#53
Spheal
#65
Igglybuff
#21
Skitty
#41
Numel
#59
Togepi δ
#41
Smoochum δ
#64
Swablu δ
#65
Taillow δ
#66
Bronzor
#55
Combee
#57
Voltorb
#81
Electrike
#74
Ralts
#89
Remoraid
#90
Nidoran ♀
#71
Seedot
#78
Shellos West Sea
#80
Spinda
#46
Mime Jr.
#115
Surskit
#130
Pelipper
#24
Wormadam Trash Cloak
#51
Rattata
#73
Exeggutor
#18
Miltank
#47
Exeggcute
#63
Girafarig
#64
Joltik
#42
Palpitoad
#35
Alomomola
#37
Frillish
#44
Woobat
#70
Prinplup
#34
Tornadus
#108
Slugma
#22
Gorebyss
#51
Dratini
#49
Regice
#24
Quilladin
#10
Hoothoot
#119
Tympole
#33
Magikarp
#22
Slowpoke
#32
Shroomish
#RC2
Drifblim
#47
Klink
#71
Hariyama
#68
Wailmer
#29