Yuka Morii

Yuka Morii (Japanese: 森井ユカ) is a professional clay modeler who has provided illustrations for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. She is a graduate of Tokyo Zokei University and earned a MA degree in Living Design at the Kuwasawa Design Institute. In addition to her work for the TCG she has also designed mascots for various companies, published several art & culture books, provided artwork for other publications and is a part-time lecturer of illustration at the Kuwasawa Design Institute.

Work for the TCG
Within the TCG, Morii sculpts various Pokémon in the same style as her other works and photographs the finished model against an arranged scenery or actual location. She started producing artwork for the TCG in 2000, her first images appearing on cards in the TCG Neo Discovery expansion. She has continued to work with Pokémon Card Laboratory since. For a list of cards she has illustrated, go here.