All illustrators/Taira Akitsu
Taira Akitsu is an Osaka-based illustrator, with 65 English printings between 2019 and 2026. 11 of those cards have been printed in Simplified Chinese, the highest being Milotic at $306.62 in PSA 10.
Quick answer
CardSpicy records 116 Pokémon card printings credited to Taira Akitsu — 65 of them in the English run, 50 Japanese printings outside it, 86 with an official card image. The English run spans 2019–2026. 10 of those printings have a Simplified Chinese card. The printings include 1 Japan-only or promo set. The highest-priced of the artist’s Simplified Chinese cards is $306.62 in PSA 10.
Who they are
Taira Akitsu is an Osaka-based illustrator.
Their first card was Vulpix, from the Sword & Shield expansion. Bulbapedia counts 61 cards under the name in total. 12 cards have since been credited in Pokémon TCG Pocket.
Every card credited to Taira Akitsu
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.
- Sword & Shield Era 34 (2019–2023)
- Scarlet & Violet Era 25 (2023–2025)
- Mega Evolution Era 6 (2025–2026)
English printings 65
English printings, grouped by era. Numbers are the collector numbers printed on the card.
Sword & Shield Era
34 cards
2019–2023 · 18 sets
Scarlet & Violet Era
25 cards
2023–2025 · 15 sets
Mega Evolution Era
6 cards
2025–2026 · 6 sets
Japanese printings outside the English run 50
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
14 cards
2021–2022 · 10 sets
Scarlet & Violet Era
27 cards
2022–2025 · 16 sets
Japan-only and early promotional sets 1
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.
Storm Emeralda
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciphermaniac’s Codebreaking | CSV7C | #245 | $297.7 | $55.29 | In stock · In stock · In stock |
| Ciphermaniac’s Codebreaking | CSV7C | #228 | $74.32 | $9.53 | In stock · In stock · In stock |
| Psyduck | 151C | #54 | $41.56 | $2.11 | Find this Card for Me |
| Golduck | 151C | #55 | $40.47 | — | Find this Card for Me |
| Kingdra | CS3bC | #123 | — | $3.11 | Find this Card for Me |
| Galvantula | CSV5C | #45 | — | $1.99 | Find this Card for Me |
| Ciphermaniac’s Codebreaking | CSV7C | #191 | — | — | In stock · In stock · In stock |
| Cynthia’s Gabite | CSV10C | #112 | — | — | Find this Card for Me |
| Korrina’s Focus | CS3bC | #168 | — | — | Find this Card for Me |
| Melony | CS3bC | #173 | — | — | 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 65 English printings across 39 sets, running 2019 to 2026. The first of them is Hydreigon in SWSH Black Star Promos (2019). The run covers the Sword & Shield era, the Scarlet & Violet era and the Mega Evolution block.
The heaviest single set is Evolving Skies with 4 cards, and the busiest year is 2021 (13); Output averages about 9.3 cards a year across that span; 50 further printings sit in the Japanese run without an English equivalent, which we list separately; 1 card belongs to sets that were never part of an English expansion at all — early Japanese sheets, half decks and promotions; 8 cards are credited for Pokémon TCG Pocket.
In Simplified Chinese we price 11 cards by this artist. The highest of them is Milotic from CSV8C, at $306.62 in PSA 10.
- 2019Earliest English printing we record: Hydreigon, SWSH Black Star Promos.
- 2021Busiest year: 13 printings, including 4 in Evolving Skies.
- 2026Most recent printing we record: Nidoran♀, 30th Celebration.
- —Milotic (CSV8C) is the highest-priced Chinese card, $306.62 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 116 printings credited to Taira Akitsu on this page. Official card images are available for 86 of them.
Does this illustrator have Simplified Chinese cards?
Yes. CardSpicy prices 10 cards by Taira Akitsu 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 $306.62. 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 50 printings released only in Japanese, outside the English run, and 1 set 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.