Hironobu Yoshida

Hironobu Yoshida is a graphic designer at Game Freak. He joined in 1997 and has worked at the Pokémon series since Yellow, where he has designed many Pokémon creatures through the years. He was the main graphic designer of Ruby and Sapphire and Platinum. With the series transition into 3D graphics, he became the main user interface graphic designer. He has also illustrated various cards of the Pokémon Trading Card Game and the art of the Pokémon World Championships.

Yoshida was also the main graphic and character designer on Drill Dozer, designing Jill and many other characters.

List of games

 * Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition (1998) - Monster Design
 * Click Medic (1999) - Graphic Support
 * Pokémon Gold and Silver (1999) - Monster Design
 * Pokémon Crystal (2000) - Monster Design, Pokémon Animation, Graphics Design
 * Pokémon Stadium 2 (2000) - Original Character Design
 * Pokémon Card GB2 (2001) - Card Illustrator
 * Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (2002) - Main Graphic Designer, Pokémon & Graphic Designer
 * Pokémon Box: Ruby & Sapphire (2003) - Designer
 * Pokémon Colosseum (2003) - Pokémon Characters Designer
 * Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (2004) - Graphic Designer, Pokémon Designer
 * Pokémon Emerald (2004) - Graphic Designer, Pokémon Designer
 * Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness (2005) - Pokémon Characters Designer
 * Drill Dozer (2005) - Character Design, Graphic Design, Voice
 * Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (2006) - Pokémon Designer & Graphic Designer
 * Pokémon Battle Revolution (2006) - Pokémon Characters Designer
 * Pokémon Platinum (2008) - Graphic Leader, Pokémon Design & Graphic Design
 * Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2009) - Pokémon Design
 * Pokémon Black and White (2010) - Pokémon Character Design, 2D Dot Graphics (Lead), Battle Graphics Design
 * Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (2012) - Pokémon Character Design, 2D Dot Graphics (Lead), Battle Graphics Design
 * Pokémon X and Y (2013) - Pokémon Characters Design, Pokémon Design Coordination, UI Graphic Design (Lead)
 * Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (2014) - Pokémon Characters Design, UI Graphic Design (Lead)
 * Pokémon Sun and Moon (2016) - UI Graphic Design Section Director, Pokémon Characters Design
 * Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon (2017) - Pokémon Characters Design and Concept

Pokémon Designs
This is a list of Pokémon confirmed to be designed by Hironobu Yoshida:
 * Wobbuffet
 * Dunsparce
 * Celebi
 * Rayquaza
 * Deoxys
 * Magmortar
 * Darkrai

Interviews

 * Nintendo Life: Pokémon X and Y