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Katsunori Sato — Pokémon card illustrator

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Katsunori Sato is an illustrator, with 7 English printings between 2024 and 2026. 2 of those cards have been printed in Simplified Chinese, the highest being Cubone at $600.00 in PSA 10.

Quick answer

CardSpicy records 15 Pokémon card printings credited to Katsunori Sato — 7 of them in the English run, 8 Japanese printings outside it, 11 with an official card image. The English run spans 2024–2026. 2 of those printings have a Simplified Chinese card. The highest-priced of the artist’s Simplified Chinese cards is $600 in PSA 10.

15printings listed
11with official card image
7in the English run
8Japanese printings outside it
2Simplified Chinese cards
2024–2026English print run
$600top Simplified Chinese card
6in our illustrator index

Who they are

Katsunori Sato is an illustrator.

Their first card was Bronzong, from the Temporal Forces expansion. Bulbapedia counts 8 cards under the name in total. 1 card have since been credited in Pokémon TCG Pocket.

Every card credited to Katsunori Sato

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.

  • Scarlet & Violet Era 6 (2024–2025)
  • Mega Evolution Era 1 (2026)

English printings 7

English printings, grouped by era. Numbers are the collector numbers printed on the card.

Scarlet & Violet Era

6 cards

2024–2025 · 4 sets

Phantump — Twilight Masquerade #012, 2024. Illustrated by Katsunori Sato.
ENPhantumpTwilight Masquerade · #012 · 2024
Bronzong — Temporal Forces #069, 2024. Illustrated by Katsunori Sato.
ENBronzongTemporal Forces · #069 · 2024SC
Larvesta — Black Bolt #099, 2025. Illustrated by Katsunori Sato.
ENLarvestaBlack Bolt · #099 · 2025
Wailord — Journey Together #162, 2025. Illustrated by Katsunori Sato.
ENWailordJourney Together · #162 · 2025
Metagross — Temporal Forces #178, 2024. Illustrated by Katsunori Sato.
ENMetagrossTemporal Forces · #178 · 2024
Applin — Twilight Masquerade #185, 2024. Illustrated by Katsunori Sato.
ENApplinTwilight Masquerade · #185 · 2024

Mega Evolution Era

1 card

2026 · 1 set

Spinarak — Perfect Order #001, 2026. Illustrated by Katsunori Sato.
ENSpinarakPerfect Order · #001 · 2026

Japanese printings outside the English run 8

Japanese printings in sets that never received an equivalent English release. These are additional to anything the artist has in the English run.

Scarlet & Violet Era

6 cards

2024–2025 · 6 sets

ボクレー — 変幻の仮面 #006, 2024. Illustrated by Katsunori Sato.
JPボクレー変幻の仮面 · #006 · 2024
ドータクン — ワイルドフォース #029, 2024. Illustrated by Katsunori Sato.
JPドータクンワイルドフォース · #029 · 2024
カジッチュ — クリムゾンヘイズ #077, 2024. Illustrated by Katsunori Sato.
JPカジッチュクリムゾンヘイズ · #077 · 2024
JPメタグロスサイバージャッジ · #080 · 2024Not in the open card databases
ホエルオー — バトルパートナーズ #103, 2025. Illustrated by Katsunori Sato.
JPホエルオーバトルパートナーズ · #103 · 2025
JPメラルバブラックボルト · #103 · 2025Not in the open card databases

Mega Evolution Era

2 cards

2025–2026 · 2 sets

JPイトマルムニキスゼロ · #001 · 2026Not in the open card databases
JPボクレースタートデッキ100 バトルコレクション · #055 · 2025Not in the open card databases

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
Cubone Gem Pack Vol.3 #407 $600 $227.23 Find this Card for Me
Bronzong CSV7C #95 — — 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 7 English printings across 5 sets, running 2024 to 2026. The first of them is Bronzong in Temporal Forces (2024). The run covers the Scarlet & Violet era and the Mega Evolution block.

The heaviest single set is Temporal Forces with 2 cards, and the busiest year is 2024 (4); 8 further printings sit in the Japanese run without an English equivalent, which we list separately.

In Simplified Chinese we price 2 cards by this artist. The highest of them is Cubone from Gem Pack Vol.3, at $600.00 in PSA 10.

  • 2024Earliest English printing we record: Bronzong, Temporal Forces.
  • 2026Most recent printing we record: Spinarak, Perfect Order.
  • —Cubone (Gem Pack Vol.3) is the highest-priced Chinese card, $600.00 in PSA 10.

Style and technique

Neither Bulbapedia nor any interview we could find sets out this artist’s technique, so we have not invented one. What is on the record is the shape of the catalogue, and the cards themselves are listed below for you to judge.

Frequently asked questions

How many cards by this illustrator does CardSpicy list?

CardSpicy lists 15 printings credited to Katsunori Sato on this page. Official card images are available for 11 of them.

Does this illustrator have Simplified Chinese cards?

Yes. CardSpicy prices 2 cards by Katsunori Sato 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 $600. 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 2024 to 2026.

Are any printings released only in Japan?

Yes. CardSpicy records 8 printings released only in Japanese, outside the English run.

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.