HIRONOBU YOSHIDA
Collectors have graded 80,298 copies of Hironobu Yoshida's 39 tracked cards. The catalog gem rate is 7.3 percent, low in the way vintage heavy catalogs are: old cardboard rarely comes back a 10. Submissions are running hot right now: 1,438 new gradings in the last 30 days.
Hype meter
recomputed every refresh, moves with each new setThe market already pays up for this art: Shining Charizard from Neo Destiny books $21,655 in PSA 10 on PriceCharting, which anchors the value component near the top of the tracker. The forums are silent on the name right now, which caps the score; everything above comes from measured market behavior rather than conversation.
THE BINDER
the 8 most graded Hironobu Yoshida illustrations
Lugia · Neo Genesis · pop 20,101
Shining Charizard · Neo Destiny · pop 9,620
Shining Mewtwo · Neo Destiny · pop 6,653
Shining Raichu · Neo Destiny · pop 5,602
Shining Celebi · Neo Destiny · pop 5,181
Shining Kabutops · Neo Destiny · pop 4,812
Tyranitar · Neo Discovery · pop 4,811
Celebi · Neo Revelation · pop 3,657Ranked by total graded population across all tracked prints. A pocket that links out has a full card page behind it.
THE ARTIST
Hironobu Yoshida is Game Freak royalty in a tracker full of freelancers. A graphic designer at the studio since 1997, he was flown to the 2014 Pokemon World Championships as an official VIP guest, which is where this headshot comes from.
His card credits sit alongside two decades of design work on the games themselves.
Sources: Pokemon Worlds 2014 VIP page · Bulbapedia
Catalog market data
updates with every data refreshMost valuable cards
Full tracked catalog
| Card | Set | Year | Graded | PSA 10 | Gem rate | PSA 10 price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scizor 33 | Wizards Black Star Promos | 1999 | 2,092 | 370 | 17.7% | |
| Scyther 45 | Wizards Black Star Promos | 1999 | 1,094 | 452 | 41.3% | $308.94 |
| Aipom 26 | Neo Genesis | 2000 | 288 | 83 | 28.8% | $83.56 |
| Gligar 59 | Neo Genesis | 2000 | 407 | 80 | 19.7% | $21.80 |
| Totodile 81 | Neo Genesis | 2000 | 1,550 | 267 | 17.2% | $180.18 |
| Lugia 9 | Neo Genesis | 2000 | 20,101 | 60 | 0.3% | $19,651 |
| Smeargle 11 | Neo Discovery | 2001 | 1,890 | 28 | 1.5% | $1,260 |
| Tyranitar 12 | Neo Discovery | 2001 | 4,811 | 162 | 3.4% | $4,025 |
| Wobbuffet 16 | Neo Discovery | 2001 | 2,091 | 53 | 2.5% | $1,573 |
| Smeargle 30 | Neo Discovery | 2001 | 237 | 46 | 19.4% | $295.00 |
| Tyranitar 31 | Neo Discovery | 2001 | 1,128 | 130 | 11.5% | $424.05 |
| Wobbuffet 35 | Neo Discovery | 2001 | 241 | 56 | 23.2% | $46.72 |
| Pupitar 45 | Neo Discovery | 2001 | 224 | 82 | 36.6% | $54.35 |
| Larvitar 57 | Neo Discovery | 2001 | 398 | 138 | 34.7% | $145.00 |
| Celebi 3 | Neo Revelation | 2001 | 3,657 | 146 | 4% | $3,152 |
| Murkrow 46 | Neo Revelation | 2001 | 441 | 180 | 40.8% | $71.00 |
| Shining Celebi 106 | Neo Destiny | 2002 | 5,181 | 486 | 9.4% | $4,479 |
| Shining Charizard 107 | Neo Destiny | 2002 | 9,620 | 657 | 6.8% | $21,655 |
| Shining Kabutops 108 | Neo Destiny | 2002 | 4,812 | 557 | 11.6% | $3,710 |
| Shining Mewtwo 109 | Neo Destiny | 2002 | 6,653 | 536 | 8.1% | $13,499 |
| Shining Raichu 111 | Neo Destiny | 2002 | 5,602 | 515 | 9.2% | $5,401 |
| Meowth 121 | Expedition Base Set | 2002 | 408 | 80 | 19.6% | $4,801 |
| Nidoking 150 | Aquapolis | 2003 | 2,438 | 118 | 4.8% | $16,505 |
| Mudkip 65 | Dragon | 2003 | 324 | 37 | 11.4% | $765.00 |
| Torchic 77 | Dragon | 2003 | 232 | 29 | 12.5% | $266.00 |
| Torchic 7 | EX Trainer Kit Latias | 2004 | 40 | 19 | 47.5% | $41.56 |
| Deoxys 16 | Deoxys | 2005 | 1,326 | 135 | 10.2% | $9,500 |
| Deoxys 17 | Deoxys | 2005 | 579 | 71 | 12.3% | $2,983 |
| Deoxys 18 | Deoxys | 2005 | 483 | 64 | 13.3% | $902.00 |
| Deoxys 2 | Emerald | 2005 | 853 | 63 | 7.4% | $5,801 |
| Pidgey 99 | Secret Wonders | 2007 | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | $102.20 |
| Pachirisu 5 | Great Encounters | 2008 | 249 | 51 | 20.5% | $527.53 |
| Frost Rotom RT2 | Rising Rivals | 2009 | 142 | 9 | 6.3% | $2,796 |
| Electivire FB 4 | Supreme Victors | 2009 | 168 | 6 | 3.6% | $3,694 |
| Skarmory FB 83 | Supreme Victors | 2009 | 325 | 59 | 18.2% | $350.00 |
| Kabuto 67 | Arceus | 2009 | 22 | 4 | 18.2% | $268.00 |
| Pupitar 75 | Celestial Storm | 2018 | 4 | 2 | 50% | $32.84 |
| Tyranitar 87 | Celestial Storm | 2018 | 156 | 40 | 25.6% | $565.00 |
| Totodile 22 | Dragon Majesty | 2018 | 18 | 7 | 38.9% | $25.00 |
Prices shown are for the English base print unless labeled otherwise, and population totals pool all tracked prints of each illustration. Method details live on the methodology page. Thinking of grading a raw copy of one of these? Run the numbers in the grading ROI calculator first.