Takumi Akabane

Takumi Akabane is a former research and development director at Creatures, Inc., having been a part of the company since at least 1994, when he was listed as a chief debugger on the game EarthBound, before resigning in 2008. He is credited with creating the Pokémon Trading Card Game alongside Tsunekazu Ishihara and Kouichi Ooyama, and acted as its creative director from 2001 to 2008, after which he was succeeded in that role by Atsushi Nagashima. Akabane has a cameo appearance as Club Master Akabane (Ken in the English version of the game).

TCG work

As creative director of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, he oversaw the entire team that handles a wide variety of game-related activities, including developing specific product concepts, developing and implementing strategic game mechanics, creating artwork, and managing events. He also attended various special events and signings.

Takumi himself has contributed illustrations, most notably for an array of special energy cards. These are listed below. For a list of energy cards illustrated by Takumi Akabane, go here.

Cards illustrated

Team Rocket

• Rainbow Energy

EX Sandstorm

• Multi Energy

EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua

• Aqua Energy
• Magma Energy
• Double Rainbow Energy

EX Team Rocket Returns

• R Energy

EX Deoxys

• Heal Energy
• Scramble Energy

EX Delta Species

• Holon Energy FF
• Holon Energy GL
• Holon Energy WP

EX Legend Maker

• React Energy

EX Holon Phantoms

• δ Rainbow Energy

EX Crystal Guardians

• Cessation Crystal
• Mysterious Shard

Mysterious Treasures

• Darkness Energy
• Metal Energy

Majestic Dawn

• Call Energy
• Health Energy
• Recover Energy

Stormfront

• Cyclone Energy
• Warp Energy

Miscellaneous Promotional Cards

• Victory Medal
• Victory Ring
• Victory Orb

Game credits

• EarthBound (1994) - Chief Debugger
• Pokémon Trading Card Game (video game) (1998) - Card Game Creators
• Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR! (2001) - Card Game Production
• Kingler's Day (2001) - Director
• Machop At Work (2001) - Director

References

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