Claim: Ken Sugimori is a is a Japanese video game designer that illustrated a gaming franzine called Game Freak, and is best known as the character designer for Pokemon.
Evidence: Ken Sugimori (Japanese: 杉森 建, Hepburn: Sugimori Ken, born January 27, 1966 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese video game designer, illustrator, manga artist, and director. From early 1981 until 1986, Sugimori illustrated a gaming fanzine called Game Freak, which had been started by Satoshi Tajiri. He is best known as the primary character designer and art director for the Pokémon franchise.