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==Akihiko Miura==
{{main|Akihiko Miura}}
;Sources
: https://shmuplations.com/imadethat/
: https://shmuplations.com/20questions1985/
: https://www.mobygames.com/person/99884/akihiko-miura/
: https://fm-7.com/museum/products/fjaj3wqv/
: https://web.archive.org/web/20070823024019/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0311/soft/interv.html

==Yuichi Konno==
credited as "Manual Editor" for early TCG. believed to have sold rare cards under the name "Pkonno2002"<br>
worked with [[Milky Isobe]] at Atelier Peyotl ("Peyotl Koubou") later Studio Parabolica, published Yaso magazine
;Sources
: https://www.elitefourum.com/t/fascinating-insight-into-some-tcg-history-related-to-pkonno/34349
: https://www.elitefourum.com/t/pokemon-snap-cards/14489/263
: https://zenmarket.jp/en/blog/post/9652/top-7-eerie-artworks-from-parabolica-bis
: http://www.yaso-peyotl.com
: http://www.2minus.com
: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ペヨトル工房
: https://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~silencium/peyotl/
: https://twitter.com/pkonno/status/1223979409205420032
==Takumi Akabane==
{{main|Takumi Akabane}}
赤羽卓美
;Sources
: https://henzine.jp/henjin/akabanetakumi/
: https://www.weblio.jp/wkpja/content/赤羽卓美_赤羽卓美の概要

: https://web.archive.org/web/20150911225201/https://www.cinra.net/interview/2013/10/09/000000
: https://note.com/tohrufuku/n/nc837b12423a0
: http://nimonote.blog105.fc2.com/blog-entry-604.html
: https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonTCG/comments/t574gg/original_pok%C3%A9mon_prototype_cards_recently_posted/
: https://www.instagram.com/banet1965/?hl=en
: https://blogzaodorpg.blogspot.com/2014/05/sidequest-48-entrevista-com-brian.html
: https://web.archive.org/web/20070914140316/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0111/01/page02.html
: https://www.4gamer.net/games/136/G013687/20180911084/
==Kohei Kobayashi==
referred to as "game director" by IGN and MeriStation, just "tester" in The Guardian. Nagashima is listed as "Executive Creative Director" in PTCGIC2024, Kobayashi may be succeeding him as director. will have to check rulebooks of upcoming sets.
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'''Kohei Kobayashi''' is the current game director of the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]], having succeeded [[Atsushi Nagashima]] in that role. The first set directed by Kobayashi was {{tcg|}}.

Kobayashi joined [[Creatures, Inc.]] in 2013. Prior to his work in his current position, Kobayashi was the manager of the game design team.<ref name = crpeople>[https://recruit.creatures.co.jp/cr_people/kk/ ゲーム性とポケモンの魅力を、絶妙なバランスで成り立たせる | クリーチャーズな人々 | 株式会社クリーチャーズ採用情報]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

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;Sources
: https://www.ign.com/articles/pokmon-cards-are-designed-with-an-unexpected-philosophy
: https://en.as.com/meristation/news/visiting-creatures-whats-behind-the-pokemon-trading-card-game-r/
: https://www.millenium.org/news/405980.html
: https://recruit.creatures.co.jp/cr_people/kk/
: https://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/2023/08/12/news/come_nasce_una_carta_pokemon-410591386/
: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/nov/01/how-pokemon-cards-are-made-creatures-inc
==Kota Okamoto==
TCG Senior Project Manager<br>
Deputy General Manager, Pokémon Card Development Division
;Sources
: https://www.siliconera.com/pokemon-card-managers-on-origins-of-the-card-game-and-the-varied-illustrations/
: https://new-graduate.creatures.co.jp/cr_people/pokemon_tcg_cross_talk/
: https://www.famitsu.com/news/201903/14173198.html
: https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2019/04/25/121986.html
: https://www.4gamer.net/games/256/G025620/20190318026/
==Keita Tsukamoto==
TCG Senior Project Manager<br>
Information Management Team Manager
;Sources
: https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2019/04/25/121986.html
==Satoru Inoue==
I have no clue what this guy's job title is
;Sources
: https://www.ign.com/articles/i-found-pokmon-tcg-heaven-and-its-at-creatures-hq-in-japan - 2023 - "Manager of the Game Design Team"
: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/nov/01/how-pokemon-cards-are-made-creatures-inc - 2023 - "tester"
: https://www.millenium.org/news/405980.html - 2023 - "Manager and Game Designer"
: https://recruit.creatures.co.jp/cr_people/is/ - 2022 - TCG quality control team manager + game designer
: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/how-pokemon-cards-are-made/1100-6459450/ - 2021 - "test room lead"
: https://web.archive.org/web/20240518130908/https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/09/09/trade-secrets-the-making-of-a-pokemon-card - 2018 - "head tester"
: https://www.eurogamer.net/inside-creatures-inc - 2018 - "Quality Management Leader"
: https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/08/24/how-pokemon-cards-are-made-in-8-steps - 2018 - "lead of the Pokemon Card Game Laboratory"
: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV7AxM4fQmE 2018 - "Pokemon Card Development Division"

==Kenichi Koga==
'''Kenichi Koga''' is the Senior Art Director for the TCG. Prior to this, he was the Art Director from the XY Series through the Sword and Shield Series, succeeding Milky Isobe in the role. Koga was succeeded in his prior role as Art Director by Satoru Nagaya.
;Sources
: https://www.mobygames.com/person/246640/kenichi-koga/
: https://web.archive.org/web/20190331103106/https://www.creatures.co.jp/igp/about/pokemon-illustration/
: https://web.archive.org/web/20140101200216/http://www.pokemon-card.com/blog/2013/12/000366.html
==Satoru Nagaya==
TCG Art Director
;Sources
: https://www.ptcgic-cr.com/2024/en/column/article-1/
: https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/09/09/trade-secrets-the-making-of-a-pokemon-card
: https://web.archive.org/web/20231207171342/https://garage.creatures.co.jp/blog/971/
: https://www.mobygames.com/person/877880/satoru-nagaya/
: https://web.archive.org/web/20210123050903/https://www.creatures.co.jp/igp2/about/pokemon-illustration/article-4.php
: https://jobs.japandesign.ne.jp/article/interview/creatures/
==Haru Saito==
TCG Illustration Director
;Sources
: https://www.ptcgic-cr.com/2024/en/column/article-1/
: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/nov/01/how-pokemon-cards-are-made-creatures-inc
: https://www.millenium.org/news/405980.html
: https://recruit.creatures.co.jp/cr_people/sh/
: https://www.mobygames.com/person/1547461/haru-saito/
==Natsuki Suwabe==
was listed as associate manager of illustration team, now illustration director on new project 
;Sources
:https://new-graduate.creatures.co.jp/cr_people/pokemon_tcg_illust_director/
==Other known staff==
*Ryo Tsujikawa
**https://www.pokemon.co.jp/ex/pokemonryuoh3/special.html - game designer
*Nomoto Seiya
**https://web.archive.org/web/20231207162149/https://garage.creatures.co.jp/blog/877/
**https://web.archive.org/web/20231207162108/https://garage.creatures.co.jp/blog/1228/
*Kei Maeno
**https://web.archive.org/web/20231207174244/https://garage.creatures.co.jp/blog/944/
*Ikumi Fujishiro
**https://web.archive.org/web/20231207174037/https://garage.creatures.co.jp/blog/1341/ - graphic designer
*Hitoshi Okahashi
**https://web.archive.org/web/20231207171236/https://garage.creatures.co.jp/blog/1380/ - graphic designer
*Hiroshi Takano
**https://web.archive.org/web/20240112071210/https://garage.creatures.co.jp/blog/1525/ - formerly in charge of game design
*Ryosuke Hanawa
**https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/topics/20181206-OYT8T50031/
*N.S.
**https://new-graduate.creatures.co.jp/cr_people/pokemon_tcg_cross_talk/ - Manager, Pokémon Card Development Division
*S.Y.
**https://recruit.creatures.co.jp/cr_people/sy/ - TCG product planner
*K.S.
**https://recruit.creatures.co.jp/cr_people/ks/ - TCG graphic designer
*S.Y.
**https://new-graduate.creatures.co.jp/cr_people/pokemon_tcg_illustration_production/
*K.R.
**https://new-graduate.creatures.co.jp/cr_people/pokemon_tcg_illustration_production_1/
*S.Y.
**https://new-graduate.creatures.co.jp/cr_people/pokemon_tcg_game_designer/
*T.M.
**https://new-graduate.creatures.co.jp/cr_people/pokemon_tcg_production_progress_management/
*N.U.
**https://new-graduate.creatures.co.jp/cr_people/pokemon_tcg_graphic_designer/

Art Design Team members: Eiji Ide<br>
Illustration Team, Associate Managers: Natsuki Suwabe, Ayaka Hagiwara<br>
Illustration Team members: Yuuki Amano, Tsukasa Tamura, Naoki Kuroshima, Hiroyasu Nishino

Credited for Pokémon Card Development in [https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/E-Reader/credits#Pok%C3%A9mon_Card_Developer E-Reader credits] ([[staff of Pokémon Art Academy#Pokémon Trading Card Development]] are all listed elsewhere)
*{{DL|User:Apopheniac/Creatures directors|Masamichi Anazawa}}
*Daisaku Nishida
**https://web.archive.org/web/20230329162403/https://garage.creatures.co.jp/blog/428/
*Yoshiharu Tsukuda
*Yukinori Torii
*Miu Tsutsumi
*Tomo Suzuki
*Chiaki Shinkai
===SM Era staff===
''[machine translated]''
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Role \ Version
!Ver. 01 (2016)
!Ver. 02 (2017)
!Ver. 03 (2018)
|-
|Developed by
|Creatures Inc.
|Creatures Inc.
|Creatures Inc.
|-
|Produced by
|Pokemon Co.
|Pokemon Co.
|Pokemon Co.
|-
|Game Director
|Atsushi Nagashima
|Atsushi Nagashima
|Atsushi Nagashima
|-
|Art Director
|Kenichi Koga
|Kenichi Koga
|Kenichi Koga
|-
|Game Design
|Ryo Tsujikawa
|Ryo Tsujikawa
|Ryo Tsujikawa
|-
|
|Kohei Kobayashi
|Kohei Kobayashi
|Kohei Kobayashi
|-
|
|Daisaku Nishida
|Hiroshi Takano
|Hiroshi Takano
|-
|
|
|Koga Oda
|Koga Oda
|-
|
|
|Chihiro Matsuda
|Daisaku Nishida
|-
|
|
|Daisaku Nishida
|
|-
|Art Design 
|Ikumi Fujishiro
|Satoru Nagaya
|Satoru Nagaya
|-
|
|Satoru Nagaya
|Ikumi Fujishiro
|Ikumi Fujishiro
|-
|
|Ayano Shinpo
|Hidefumi Ide
|Hidefumi Ide
|-
|
|Hitoshi Okahashi
|Ayano Shinpo
|Hitoshi Okahashi
|-
|
|Yukako Miyazaki
|Hitoshi Okahashi
|Kyoko Yoshida
|-
|
|
|Rina Hanakawa
|Natsuki Suwabe
|-
|Illustration Direction
|Hidefumi Ide
|
|
|-
|
|Furomoto Kanako
|
|
|-
|
|Rina Hanakawa
|
|
|-
|
|Kyoko Yoshida
|
|
|-
|Planning
|Tomoaki Imakuni
|Tomoaki Imakuni
|Tomoaki Imakuni
|-
|
|Keita Tsukamoto
|Keita Tsukamoto
|Keita Tsukamoto
|-
|
|Kei Maeno
|Kei Maeno
|Kei Maeno
|-
|Editor
|Chiaki Shinkai
|Chiaki Shinkai
|Chiaki Shinkai
|-
|
|Yuki Ohtsuka
|Koji Yoshida
|Koji Yoshida
|-
|Debugging
|Satoru Inoue
|Satoru Inoue
|Satoru Inoue
|-
|
|Daijiro Todaka
|Shunsuke Sasaki
|Shunsuke Sasaki
|-
|
|Shunsuke Sasaki
|Shota Ishige
|Shota Ishige
|-
|
|Hiroshi Takano
|Takashi Matsuzawa
|Takashi Matsuzawa
|-
|
|Shota Ishige
|Yusuke Ebisawa
|Yusuke Ebisawa
|-
|
|Maara Kubota
|Mikiya Shinma
|Mikiya Shinma
|-
|
|Ayumu Sato
|Aya Fujiwara
|Aya Fujiwara
|-
|
|Takashi Matsuzawa
|Furusawa Yuusuke
|Furusawa Yuusuke
|-
|
|
|Akio Yamada
|Akio Yamada
|-
|Production Management
|Yukiko Hori
|Yukiko Hori
|Yukiko Hori
|-
|
|Seiya Nomoto
|Kota Okamoto
|Kota Okamoto
|-
|
|Kota Okamoto
|Keita Mori
|Keita Mori
|-
|
|
|Yuki Ohtsuka
|Yuki Ohtsuka
|-
|Special Thanks
|Game Freak Inc.
|Game Freak Inc.
|Game Freak Inc.
|-
|
|Satoshi Tajiri
|Satoshi Tajiri
|Satoshi Tajiri
|-
|
|Ken Sugimori
|Ken Sugimori
|Ken Sugimori
|-
|
|Junichi Masuda
|Junichi Masuda
|Junichi Masuda
|-
|
|Takao Unno
|Takao Unno
|Shigeru Ohmori
|-
|
|Milky Isobe
|Milky Isobe
|Milky Isobe
|-
|Producer
|Yuji Kitano
|Yuji Kitano
|Yuji Kitano
|-
|Executive Producer
|Hirokazu Tanaka
|Hirokazu Tanaka
|Hirokazu Tanaka
|-
|Executive Producer
|Tsunekazu Ishihara
|Tsunekazu Ishihara
|Tsunekazu Ishihara
|}
===XY Era staff===
''[machine translated]''
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Role \ Version
!Ver. 02 (2014)
!Ver. 03 (2015)
!Ver. 04 (2015)
|-
|Developed by
|Creatures Inc.
|Creatures Inc.
|Creatures Inc.
|-
|Produced by
|Pokemon Co.
|Pokemon Co.
|Pokemon Co.
|-
|Game Director
|Atsushi Nagashima
|Atsushi Nagashima
|Atsushi Nagashima
|-
|Art Director
|Kenichi Koga
|Kenichi Koga
|Kenichi Koga
|-
|Game Designer
|Shigeru Kanda 
|Shigeru Kanda 
|Shigeru Kanda 
|-
|
|Ryo Tsujikawa
|Ryo Tsujikawa
|Ryo Tsujikawa
|-
|Design
|Hidefumi Ide
|Hidefumi Ide
|Hidefumi Ide
|-
|
|Ikumi Fujishiro
|Ikumi Fujishiro
|Ikumi Fujishiro
|-
|
|
|Aya Shinpo
|Aya Shinpo
|-
|
|
|
|Yukako Miyazaki
|-
|Illustration Direction
|Asuka Ishibashi 
|Asuka Ishibashi 
|Kanako Furomoto
|-
|
|Kanako Furomoto
|Kanako Furomoto
|Keita Tsukamoto
|-
|
|
|Keita Tsukamoto
|Rina Hanakawa
|-
|
|
|Rina Hanakawa
|
|-
|Staff
|Tomoaki Imakuni
|Tomoaki Imakuni
|Tomoaki Imakuni
|-
|
|Daisaku Nishida
|Daisaku Nishida
|Daisaku Nishida
|-
|
|Kent Kanetsuna
|Seiya Nomoto
|Seiya Nomoto
|-
|
|Kasue Komama
|Kiyoko Yoshida
|Kiyoko Yoshida
|-
|
|Seiya Nomoto
|Kohei Kobayashi
|Kohei Kobayashi
|-
|
|Keita Tsukamoto
|
|
|-
|Engineering Director
|Sakae Kimura
|Chiaki Shinkai
|Chiaki Shinkai
|-
|
|Chiaki Shinkai
|
|
|-
|
|Kiyoko Yoshida
|
|
|-
|
|Koji Yoshida
|
|
|-
|Debugging
|Shintaro Hayashi
|Shintaro Hayashi
|Shintaro Hayashi
|-
|
|Kei Maeno
|Kei Maeno
|Kei Maeno
|-
|
|Satoru Inoue
|Satoru Inoue
|Satoru Inoue
|-
|
|Toshiro Todaka
|Toshiro Todaka
|Toshiro Todaka
|-
|
|Shunsuke Sasaki
|Shunsuke Sasaki
|Shunsuke Sasaki
|-
|
|Ayako Kawamura
|Ayako Kawamura
|Ayako Kawamura
|-
|
|Kenichi Matsui
|Hiroshi Takano
|Hiroshi Takano
|-
|
|
|Hikaru Muramoto
|Miki Moriya
|-
|
|
|Miki Moriya
|
|-
|Production Management
|Kota Okamoto
|Kota Okamoto
|Kota Okamoto
|-
|
|Yukiko Hori
|Yukiko Hori
|Yukiko Hori
|-
|Special Thanks
|Game Freak Inc.
|Game Freak Inc.
|Game Freak Inc.
|-
|
|Satoshi Tajiri
|Satoshi Tajiri
|Satoshi Tajiri
|-
|
|Ken Sugimori
|Ken Sugimori
|Ken Sugimori
|-
|
|Junichi Masuda
|Junichi Masuda
|Junichi Masuda
|-
|
|Takao Unno
|Takao Unno
|Takao Unno
|-
|
|Milky Isobe
|Milky Isobe
|Milky Isobe
|-
|Producer
|Yuji Kitano
|Yuji Kitano
|Yuji Kitano
|-
|Executive Producer
|Hirokazu Tanaka
|Hirokazu Tanaka
|Hirokazu Tanaka
|-
|Executive Producer
|Tsunekazu Ishihara
|Tsunekazu Ishihara
|Tsunekazu Ishihara
|}

==Other sources==
===PTCGIC credits===
;2023
: https://www.ptcgic-cr.com/2024/en/ - most recent credits
: https://www.ptcgic-cr.com/2024/en/agreement/ - most recent credits
;2021
: https://web.archive.org/web/20220412041347/https://www.ptcgic-cr.com/2022/ - credits
: https://web.archive.org/web/20220512173434/https://www.ptcgic-cr.com/2022/agreement/ - credits
: https://www.pokewiki.de/Pok%C3%A9mon_Trading_Card_Game_Illustration_Contest_2022
;2020
: https://web.archive.org/web/20210617200324/https://www.creatures.co.jp/igp2/ - credits
: https://www.pocketmonsters.net/news/3925
;2019
: https://web.archive.org/web/20190330065544/https://www.creatures.co.jp/igp/ - credits
===TCG rulebooks===
: https://www.judgeball.com/archives/tcg-rulebooks/ - archived from various eras
: https://web.archive.org/web/20000229135623/http://www.wizards.com/pokemon/article.asp?cat=Rules%26file=page23 - archived WotC website Jungle credits
: https://assets.pokemon.com/assets/cms2/pdf/trading-card-game/rulebook/xy8-rulebook-en.pdf - swap xy8 in url to other sets
: https://assets.pokemon.com/assets/cms2/pdf/trading-card-game/rulebook/sm7_rulebook_en.pdf - swap sm7 in url to other sets
: https://assets.pokemon.com/assets/cms2/pdf/trading-card-game/rulebook/swsh10_rulebook_en.pdf - swap swsh10 in url to other sets
: https://assets.pokemon.com/assets/cms2/pdf/trading-card-game/rulebook/svi_rulebook_en.pdf - swap svi in url to other set abbreviation

: https://archive.org/details/pokemoncard-rulebook-4/ - rulebook covering through 5th JP expansion. contains English credits at the end for JP expansions.

: https://archive.org/details/pokemoncard-officialbook2000/ - [[Pokémon Card Official Book 2000]] - has JP credits at the end, also deck lists from Game Freak/Creatures staff interspersed.
: https://imgur.com/ggXzWuq - partial TL
;JP XY Era rulebooks
: https://web.archive.org/web/20140622120420/http://www.pokemon-card.com/rules/play/manual.pdf - v2, 2014
: https://web.archive.org/web/20150327025727/http://www.pokemon-card.com/rules/play/manual.pdf - v3, 2015
: https://web.archive.org/web/20160310045254/http://www.pokemon-card.com/rules/play/manual.pdf - v4, 2015
;JP SM Era rulebooks
: https://www.pokemon-card.com/assets/document/manual.pdf - v1, 2016
: https://www.pokemon-card.com/assets/document/SM_SME_manual.pdf - v2, 2017
: https://www.pokemon-card.com/assets/document/PCG_manual.pdf - v3, 2018

===Miscellaneous===
https://pokumon.com/pokemon-card-game-25th-anniversary-creatures-corporate-history-deck/ - 25th Anniversary Creatures Inc. Corporate History Deck<br>
https://www.elitefourum.com/t/list-of-pokemon-tcg-artist-ig-social-media-accounts/35876 - List of Pokemon TCG artist IG/social media accounts<br>
https://www.elitefourum.com/t/guide-to-early-pokemon-tcg-history-1995-test-card-versions/31779 - Guide to Early Pokemon TCG History - 1995 Test Card Versions<br>

https://www.elitefourum.com/t/japanese-document-archives-trainer-mags-silver-bible-pdfs/33002 - Japanese Document Archives, Trainer Mags, Silver Bible PDF’s
: https://pokumon.com/pokemon-card-fan-club-magazine/ - Pokémon Card Fan Club Magazine summaries
:: https://pkmncards.com/card/brocks-ninetales-gym-challenge-g2-3/ - pp.58-59 of Vol.6 of Pokémon Trainer Card Magazine is dedicated to a 2 page errata and sincere apology for changing the effect of Brock's Ninetales, and a briefly contextualizing the need for the errata to balance the game. The apology is signed by Takumi Akabane.

https://web.archive.org/web/20231207161251/https://garage.creatures.co.jp/blog/1152/ + https://web.archive.org/web/20231207161537/https://garage.creatures.co.jp/blog/1181/ - Creatures LINE icons, worked on by TCG staff

https://recruit.creatures.co.jp/about/creatures_data/ - employee stats, run this through Wayback Machine