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Ken Sugimori is a Japanese video game designer and illustrator. He is most famous for the character design and art direction for the Pokémon franchise. Sugimori is also credited with the art direction for other title, including Pulseman. Sugimori drew all of the original 151 Pokémon himself.

In the early 1981 to 1986, Sugimori illustrated a gaming fanzine called Game Freak, which had been started by Satoshi Tajiri. Sugimori discovered the magazine in a dōjinshi shop, and decided to get involved. Eventually, the two decided to pitch an arcade game design idea to Namco; they reworked Game Freak into a development company and produced Mendel Palace.

Sugimori has also written and illustrated original manga, including one which was distributed with pre-orders of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness.