Yuka Morii

Yuka Morii (Japanese: ユカ) is a professional clay modeler who has provided illustrations for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. She is a graduate of Tokyo Zokei University and earned a MA degree in Living Design at the Kuwasawa Design Institute. In addition to her work for the TCG she has also designed mascots for various companies, published several art & culture books, provided artwork for other publications and is a part-time lecturer of illustration at the Kuwasawa Design Institute.
==Works==
===Books===
Title 	Date	Publisher
Urashima Tarō Picture Book 	1995	Shogakukan
Let's Make Pizza, Wanriky! (no English release) (Pokémon Tales #36)	1997	Shogakukan
Valued London Goods #58 	1999	Media Factory
Supermarket Mania: Europe Tour 	2004	Kodansha
Supermarket Mania: Asia Tour 	2005	Kodansha
Les Porte-cles Bourbon 	2005	Gijutsu-Hyohron
IKEA FAN BOOK 	2006	Kawade Shobo Shinsha
Post Office Mania 	2006	Kodansha
Museum Shop Tripper! 	2007	Aoyama
Drugstore Tripper! 	2007	Aoyama
Supermarket Mania: US Tour 	2008	Kodansha
Tokyo Goods Patrol 	2009	Kodansha
Tokyo Goods Patrol 	2009	Kodansha
Goods Collector's Travel Style 	2009	Kawade Shobo Shinsha
Goods Collector's Whole Family 	2010	Poplar
PLAZA BOOK 	2010	Kodansha
===Book design===
Title 	Date	Publisher
Kerfuffle Nurse series 	2000	Kodansha
FireKing Mugs Ecyclopedia 	2003	Kawade Shobo Shinsha
Hey Pitan!! 	2003	Kodansha
Think Yourself Rich: Discover Your Millionaire Potential	2004	Asuka Shinsha
100 Tastes of Ochazuke 	2004	Kawade Shobo Shinsha
Dream Pets Encyclopedia 	2005	Kawade Shobo Shinsha
Monchhichi Encyclopedia 	2005	Kawade Shobo Shinsha
Goma and Children's Crafting 	2007	Kodansha
Traveling to Berlin East Germany 	2009	Sangyo Henshu Center
Goma's Homemade Saijiki 	2009	Kodansha
Hey Kurotan!! series 	2010	Kodansha
Tabi-Hana series 	2010	JTB Publishing
===Major works===
Title 	Date
Lion Monthly Women's Magazine advertisement (Hakuhodo) 	1996
Hachijuni Bank window advertisement 	1997
CXCM clay animation (Fuji TV) 	1997
Atashin'chi 3D illustration book 	1998—
Weather report update screen design (Fuji TV) 	1998—
Enoshima Tourism advertising (Odakyu Electric Railway) 	1999
Seven Women TVCM clay animation (Fuji TV) 	1999
Yokohama Minato Mirai "Gate" train station sticker advertisements 	2000
Pokémon Trading Card Game illustration 	2000—
Odaiba Complex "Mediage" collectible souvenir design 	2001
Atashin'chi anime TV title 3D illustration 	2002—
Clay play set "NenDo!": Planning Supervisor, product design 	2003
What’s that? What? series 	2003
Toei Subway character designs 	2004
Enoshima Aquarium collectible souvenir design 	2004—
Nagano JA "Merman Choki" TVCM 3D illustration 	2005
Training toy set "Pita Cone": Planning Supervisor 	2005
Keiyo Gas "Gastan" character design 	2005—
Yamaguchi National Sports Festival: Character Examination Supervisor 	2007—
"Regina Forest" resort park character 	2007—
Japan Post Corporation: gift wrapping paper and postcard design 	2007
AllAbout "Arujan" character design 	2008—
Nescafé "With that Mocha" campaign character design 	2008
Fure-Fure movie mascot character design 	2008—
Pororokkuru series 	2008—
Kokodoko Tokotoko series 	2009
Circle K thanks original design notes 	2009
Toy Camera "Juice Camera" design 	2009
PLAZA "SUPERMARKET" national campaign: Promotion Direction 	2010
Victorinox Hiroshima Edition design 	2010
Fuji TV weather forecast information screen and weather symbol design	2010
===Awards===
Award 	Date
7th Large Hands Award Winner 	1990
TBS TV Wasabizu "Matsuura Award Season" 	1993
Tokyo TV Clay Modelling Championship Winner 	1996
28th Kodansha Advertising Awards – Best Children’s Magazine (3D Illustration)	2006
30th Kodansha Advertising Awards – Best Children’s Magazine (3D Illustration)	2008
==Work for the TCG==
Within the TCG, Morii sculpts various Pokémon in the same style as her other works and photographs the finished model against an arranged scenery or actual location. She started producing artwork for the TCG in 2000, her first images appearing on cards in the expansion. She has continued to work with Pokémon Card Laboratory since. Thus far, Morii has contributed artwork for cards. For a complete list of cards that feature her artwork, go here.
==External links==
* Morii's personal website
* Morii's Twitter
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