Some Pokemon TCG illustrators are known for one signature Pokemon. Megumi Mizutani is known for the human cast — Supporters, Trainers, and gym leaders rendered as full-art portraits across more than a decade of sets. If you’ve ever chased a Lusamine, a Winona, or a Serena full art, there’s a good chance her name was on the credit line.
Mizutani also carries a second, separate career: she’s been a Pokemon and character designer at Game Freak since Generation V, with design credits running from X/Y through Legends: Z-A. That combination — TCG illustrator and mainline game designer — makes her catalog worth understanding carefully, including where the two overlap and where they don’t.
This guide covers who Mizutani is, her Supporter card legacy, the Pokemon-focused side of her catalog, and every Megumi Mizutani card currently in our PSA 10 vault — from the six-figure Lusamine SR down to cards that are currently out of stock but worth flagging for restock.
Megumi Mizutani has illustrated 104 Pokemon TCG cards (excluding reprints) since debuting with Pansage in Next Destinies, and is also a Game Freak character and Pokemon designer credited on X/Y through Legends: Z-A. We currently hold 8 Mizutani cards graded PSA 10, led by Lusamine SR 055/050, currently listed at ¥294,900, and M Gardevoir EX RR 020/032, currently listed at ¥203,322.
Who Is Megumi Mizutani?
Megumi Mizutani debuted in the Pokemon Trading Card Game during the Black & White series, with Pansage (Next Destinies #6) as her first credited illustration. Since then she has illustrated 104 different TCG cards, excluding reprints, plus 12 Pokemon TCG Pocket cards, according to Bulbapedia, which also credits her with she/her pronouns.
Mizutani’s TCG work runs alongside a second career: she has been a Pokemon and character designer at Game Freak since Generation V, credited on X/Y, Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee, Sword/Shield, Scarlet/Violet, Legends: Arceus, and Legends: Z-A. On the creature side, Bulbapedia credits her with designing Mimikyu, Mienshao, Pancham, Hisuian Growlithe and Arcanine, Tandemaus and Maushold, and the Tinkatink evolution line. On the human-character side, she designed Professor Burnet, Lana, Victor and Gloria, Katy, Brassius, Iono, and Tulip.
Designing a character for the games is not the same credit as illustrating that character’s Pokemon TCG card, and the two lists don’t automatically overlap — every card discussed below is checked against Mizutani’s actual TCG illustrator credit, not her game-design résumé. Where the two do line up, it’s worth flagging; where they don’t, we’ve left the card out of this guide rather than guess.
What does show up consistently across her TCG catalog is Trainer work: more than 60 Supporter card credits appear under her name in the Limitless English database alone, spanning nearly every era from Black & White through Scarlet & Violet. Mizutani’s catalog sits alongside other Japanese illustrators we track closely, including Naoki Saito and Akira Egawa, both of whom have their own guides covering their most valuable printings.
The Supporter Card Legacy
Mizutani’s Supporter and Trainer catalog reads like a tour through more than a decade of Pokemon TCG design: Bianca and Cheren (Boundaries Crossed), Skyla (BREAKpoint), Brigette (BREAKthrough), Pokemon Center Lady (Flashfire), Steven (Ancient Origins), Professor Kukui and Mallow (Sun & Moon era), Acerola (Burning Shadows), Kahili (Lost Thunder), Ingo & Emmet (Team Up), Jessie & James (Hidden Fates), Copycat (Celestial Storm), Sylveon V (Brilliant Stars Trainer Gallery), Morty’s Conviction (Temporal Forces), and Elesa’s Sparkle (Crown Zenith) all carry her credit. It’s a catalog built on character portraits rather than creature art, and it’s part of why her name shows up so often on full-art and alternate-art Supporter chase lists.
Lusamine SR is the highest-priced Mizutani card in our vault. The Japanese print comes from Ultradimensional Beasts (SM4A 055/050 SR), matching the English Crimson Invasion Ultra Rare #110, and our PSA 10 copy is currently listed at ¥294,900. It’s a fitting flagship: Lusamine is one of the more dramatic Supporter portraits in her catalog, and it sits well ahead of every other Mizutani card we currently hold.
Three more of her Trainer and Pokemon illustrations round out the upper half of the vault.
M Gardevoir-EX RR is one of the rare non-Trainer entries near the top of her catalog — the Japanese Pokekyun Collection print (CP3 020/032 RR) matches the English Generations Radiant Collection Ultra Rare, and our PSA 10 copy is currently listed at ¥203,322, the second-highest Mizutani card we carry. Winona SR, a 1st Edition print from Emerald Break (XY6 088/078 SR, matching English Roaring Skies), is listed at ¥72,099. Serena SR, from Incandescent Arcana (S11a 081/068 SR, matching English Silver Tempest), is listed at ¥23,175 — still a Supporter full art, just from a later generation than Lusamine or Winona.
Beyond Trainers: Zorua, Zoroark ex, and Meloetta
Not every Mizutani credit is a human portrait. Her catalog includes a handful of Pokemon-focused Special Art Rares and promos, and three of them run through our vault together.
N’s Zorua AR, from Battle Partners (SV9 108/100 AR), is currently listed at ¥8,627 — the most affordable Mizutani card in our vault, and a clean entry point for collectors who want her work without the Supporter full-art price tag. It’s paired in her catalog with N’s Zoroark ex SAR (English Journey Together #185 / JP Battle Partners SV9 127/100 SAR), the Special Art Rare that completes the N’s Zorua-to-Zoroark line. That card has moved through our vault before but is currently out of stock; it last carried a listed price of ¥17,984, and it can be flagged for restock through our Quick Order page.
Meloetta rounds out the Pokemon-focused side of her catalog. The artwork is credited to Mizutani on card 19 of the Japanese Illusion·Legend·Dream Holo Collection (CP5), the same artwork later reprinted as the English XY Black Star Promo #XY120. Our PSA 10 copy carries the 019/036 numbering that matches the CP5 release, and it’s currently listed at ¥30,900.
One more Supporter card from her catalog is worth flagging even though it’s currently out of stock: Cynthia’s Ambition SR, from Star Birth (S9 114/100 SR, matching English Brilliant Stars #138). This is specifically the SR full-art print — a different, rarer SAR alternate-art version of the same card exists, credited to Atsuya Uki rather than Mizutani, and isn’t part of her catalog. Our SR copy last carried a listed price of ¥18,714 and can also be requested through the Quick Order page.
The Megumi Mizutani Vault: Every Card We Carry
All eight Megumi Mizutani cards currently or recently held in our PSA 10 vault, ranked by price. Six are currently listed; two — both Supporter and Trainer full arts — are shown with their last-listed price and can be requested for restock.
| # | Card | Number / Set | Status | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lusamine SR (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) | 055/050, SM4A | In Stock | ¥294,900 |
| 2 | M Gardevoir EX RR (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) | 020/032, CP3 | In Stock | ¥203,322 |
| 3 | Winona SR :1ED (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) | 088/078, XY6 | In Stock | ¥72,099 |
| 4 | Meloetta | 019/036, CP5 | In Stock | ¥30,900 |
| 5 | Serena SR (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) | 081/068, S11a | In Stock | ¥23,175 |
| 6 | Cynthia’s Ambition SR | 114/100, S9 | Out of Stock — request via Quick Order | last listed ¥18,714 |
| 7 | N’s Zoroark ex SAR | 127/100, SV9 | Out of Stock — request via Quick Order | last listed ¥17,984 |
| 8 | N’s Zorua AR | 108/100, SV9 | In Stock | ¥8,627 |
Six of the eight are currently in stock, an unusually high rate for a single illustrator’s catalog in our vault — a reflection of how often Mizutani’s Supporter full arts and Special Art Rares turn up in the Japanese secondary market relative to artists we hold only one or two cards from. If you’re specifically after Cynthia’s Ambition SR or N’s Zoroark ex SAR, the Quick Order page is the fastest way to flag interest for when a copy comes back through grading.
Beyond the Cards: Megumi Mizutani’s Wider Work
Mizutani’s illustration career extends well past the physical card catalog. Per Bulbapedia, she has contributed artwork to Pokemon Masters EX event content and to Project VOLTAGE, the crossover collaboration between Hatsune Miku and Pokemon. She also holds a Trigger Designer credit on the 2022 game Trinity Trigger, and contributed character design and illustration work to the 2023 web-radio project Welcome to ☆Concrete Lab!
Inside the mainline games, her design credit runs from Generation V through Legends: Z-A — a span covering X/Y, Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee, Sword/Shield, and Scarlet/Violet. The Pokemon she’s credited with designing — Mimikyu, Mienshao, Pancham, Hisuian Growlithe and Arcanine, Tandemaus and Maushold, and the Tinkatink line — and the human characters, including Professor Burnet, Lana, Victor and Gloria, Katy, Brassius, Iono, and Tulip, place her among the designers responsible for some of the more recognizable faces and creatures introduced across the last several generations.
It’s worth repeating the distinction from earlier: a game-design credit on a character doesn’t automatically mean Mizutani illustrated that character’s Pokemon TCG card. Lana, Iono, Katy, and the other characters she designed for the games each have their own separate roster of TCG illustrators, and none of those cards are included in the Mizutani catalog above unless independently confirmed against her TCG credit. The card side and the game-design side of her work are two different résumés that happen to belong to the same artist.
Where to Buy Megumi Mizutani Cards from Japan
We source and grade Japanese PSA 10 singles out of Tokyo, and Mizutani’s Supporter full arts are some of the most consistently in-stock illustrator-specific cards we carry. Lusamine SR sits at the top of the vault right now.
View Product → (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order)
For the wider PSA 10 catalog, browse the PSA 10 card list to filter by set and price, or check the Quick Order page to request Cynthia’s Ambition SR or N’s Zoroark ex SAR for whenever a copy comes back through grading. If you came here for the Supporter full arts specifically, M Gardevoir EX RR, Winona SR, and Serena SR round out the mid-tier of the vault below Lusamine, and N’s Zorua AR is the most affordable way into her catalog at ¥8,627.
Mizutani’s dual career — TCG illustrator and Game Freak character designer — makes her catalog a useful reference point next to other Japanese illustrators we track, including Naoki Saito and Akira Egawa.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Megumi Mizutani?
Megumi Mizutani is a Pokemon TCG illustrator who debuted with Pansage in Next Destinies and has illustrated 104 TCG cards (excluding reprints), plus 12 TCG Pocket cards, per Bulbapedia. She is also a Pokemon and character designer at Game Freak, credited from Generation V through Legends: Z-A.
What is Megumi Mizutani’s most valuable card currently in stock?
Lusamine SR (SM4A 055/050), our highest-priced Mizutani card, is currently listed at ¥294,900.
Did Megumi Mizutani design Iono, Katy, or Lana for the games?
Yes, Bulbapedia credits her as the game designer for Iono, Katy, Lana, and several other characters, but that is a separate credit from illustrating their Pokemon TCG cards. None of their TCG cards are part of her illustrator catalog.
What Pokemon-focused, non-Trainer cards has Mizutani illustrated?
Her Pokemon-focused catalog includes N’s Zorua AR, N’s Zoroark ex SAR, Meloetta (CP5 / XY Black Star Promo #XY120), M Gardevoir-EX, and Silvally-GX, alongside her much larger Supporter and Trainer catalog.
Are all Megumi Mizutani cards in our vault currently in stock?
No. Of the 8 Mizutani cards in our vault, 6 are currently in stock and 2 — Cynthia’s Ambition SR and N’s Zoroark ex SAR — are currently out of stock and can be requested through our Quick Order page.
What other creative work is Megumi Mizutani known for?
Beyond the TCG, Bulbapedia credits her with artwork for Pokemon Masters EX events and Project VOLTAGE (the Hatsune Miku x Pokemon collaboration), a Trigger Designer credit on Trinity Trigger (2022), and character design and illustration on the 2023 web-radio project Welcome to ☆Concrete Lab!
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