All illustrators/AKIRA EGAWA
AKIRA EGAWA is a freelance illustrator, with 93 English printings between 2019 and 2026. 17 of those cards have been printed in Simplified Chinese, the highest being Mew VMAX at $258.35 in PSA 10.
Quick answer
CardSpicy records 170 Pokémon card printings credited to AKIRA EGAWA — 93 of them in the English run, 75 Japanese printings outside it, 129 with an official card image. The English run spans 2019–2026. 17 of those printings have a Simplified Chinese card. The printings include 2 Japan-only or promo sets. The highest-priced of the artist’s Simplified Chinese cards is $258.35 in PSA 10.
Who they are
AKIRA EGAWA is a freelance illustrator. The credit is freelance rather than in-house.
Bulbapedia counts 91 cards under the name in total. 36 cards have since been credited in Pokémon TCG Pocket.
Every card credited to AKIRA EGAWA
Every printing we can attribute to this artist, shown card by card: English first, then the Japanese printings that never had an English release, then the sets that only ever ran in Japan. Each printing is listed under its own language rather than merged, because a Japanese original and its English release are different cards to a collector. Cards whose official image is not in the open card databases are still listed, and say so.
- Sun & Moon Era 6 (2019)
- Sword & Shield Era 51 (2019–2023)
- Scarlet & Violet Era 28 (2023–2025)
- Mega Evolution Era 8 (2025–2026)
English printings 93
English printings, grouped by era. Numbers are the collector numbers printed on the card.
Sun & Moon Era
6 cards
2019 · 2 sets
Sword & Shield Era
51 cards
2019–2023 · 21 sets
Scarlet & Violet Era
28 cards
2023–2025 · 14 sets
Mega Evolution Era
8 cards
2025–2026 · 6 sets
Japanese printings outside the English run 75
Japanese printings in sets that never received an equivalent English release. These are additional to anything the artist has in the English run.
Sword & Shield Era
31 cards
2021–2022 · 10 sets
Scarlet & Violet Era
28 cards
2023–2025 · 18 sets
Japan-only and early promotional sets 2
Sets that exist only in Japanese, or that ran as promotions and were never part of an English expansion. No official card image exists in the open databases for these, so they are listed without artwork rather than with a stand-in.
Delta Reign
1 card
ex Starter Set 2026
1 card
Their Simplified Chinese cards
The Simplified Chinese print run — the cards we actually price and sell. Simplified Chinese cards have only been issued since 28 October 2022, so however long the career, it shows up here as the late Chinese slice of it.
| Card | Printing | No. | PSA 10 | Ungraded | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mew VMAX | CS4bC | #162 | $258.35 | $101.65 | Find this Card for Me |
| Charizard Ex | CSV5C | #155 | $222.42 | $100 | Find this Card for Me |
| Jirachi ex | 30th Celebration | #132 | $144.8 | $22.87 | Find this Card for Me |
| Mewtwo | 151C | #150 | $59.95 | $4.99 | Find this Card for Me |
| Umbreon VMAX | CS4aC | #172 | $54.99 | $24.63 | Find this Card for Me |
| Team Rocket’s Moltres Ex | CSV10C | #263 | — | $39.05 | Find this Card for Me |
| Toxel | CSV5C | #50 | $37.99 | $1.79 | Find this Card for Me |
| Duraludon VMAX | CS4aC | #164 | $21.00 | $4.25 | Find this Card for Me |
| Chandelure VMAX | CS4bC | #158 | $20.50 | $3.99 | Find this Card for Me |
| Chandelure VMAX | CS4bC | #19 | — | $2.37 | Find this Card for Me |
| Espathra | CSV6C | #131 | — | $1.75 | Find this Card for Me |
| Celebi V | CS3aC | #7 | — | $1.34 | Find this Card for Me |
| Turtonator | CSV9C | #26 | — | $1.25 | Find this Card for Me |
| Blaziken VMAX | CS3bC | #158 | — | — | Find this Card for Me |
| Cyclizar | CSV5C | #112 | — | — | Find this Card for Me |
| Heatran | CSV8C | #142 | — | — | Find this Card for Me |
| Team Rocket’s Golbat | CSV10C | #129 | — | — | Find this Card for Me |
Prices are PriceCharting sale values in US dollars, PSA 10 where a graded sale exists and ungraded where it does not. They move.
Their career in the TCG
We can place 93 English printings across 43 sets, running 2019 to 2026. The first of them is Riolu in Unified Minds (2019). The run covers the Sun & Moon era, the Sword & Shield era, the Scarlet & Violet era and the Mega Evolution block.
The heaviest single set is SWSH Black Star Promos with 5 cards, and the busiest year is 2023 (18); Output averages about 13.3 cards a year across that span; 75 further printings sit in the Japanese run without an English equivalent, which we list separately; 2 cards belong to sets that were never part of an English expansion at all — early Japanese sheets, half decks and promotions; 28 cards are credited for Pokémon TCG Pocket.
In Simplified Chinese we price 17 cards by this artist. The highest of them is Mew VMAX from CS4bC, at $258.35 in PSA 10.
- 2019Earliest English printing we record: Riolu, Unified Minds.
- 2023Busiest year: 18 printings, including 5 in SWSH Black Star Promos.
- 2026Most recent printing we record: Jirachi ex, 30th Celebration.
- —Mew VMAX (CS4bC) is the highest-priced Chinese card, $258.35 in PSA 10.
Style and technique
The working method is on the record: Photoshop.
Frequently asked questions
How many cards by this illustrator does CardSpicy list?
CardSpicy lists 170 printings credited to AKIRA EGAWA on this page. Official card images are available for 129 of them.
Does this illustrator have Simplified Chinese cards?
Yes. CardSpicy prices 17 cards by AKIRA EGAWA in Simplified Chinese, each as a PSA 10 Gem Mint value.
Which card by this illustrator is the most valuable?
The highest-priced Simplified Chinese card CardSpicy lists for this illustrator is $258.35. That is a recorded PSA 10 Gem Mint value, not an asking price.
When did this illustrator first appear in English?
The English printings CardSpicy records for this illustrator run from 2019 to 2026.
Are any printings released only in Japan?
Yes. CardSpicy records 75 printings released only in Japanese, outside the English run, and 2 sets released only in Japan or as promos.
Sources
- Bulbapedia, artist article (biography, career and technique)
- Bulbapedia card index, Category: Illus. by this artist
- TCGdex card database, illustrator credits and card images by printing
- PriceCharting Simplified Chinese sales via our own card index
Card attribution comes from the illustrator field recorded in the card databases; where a single card was reprinted across many sets, each printing is counted separately.
See also the full card index — every card CardSpicy tracks, ranked by PSA 10 value.