HiRON

Hirofumi Nakano (Japanese: 中野博文), born in Tokyo, is a 3D illustrator who has provided artwork for the Pokémon Trading Card Game on a few occasions, with his first appearing in the expansion. He is normally credited as "HiRON" (ハイロン) in his work.
Nakano is a member of DigitalImage, a part-time digital design lecturer at the Niigata College of Art & Design, and a part-time illustration lecturer at the Tokyo Designer Gakuin College. His work primarily features on covers and in articles of computing and car magazines. Subjects are often exaggerated versions of their normal counterparts, with vehicles such as cars and aircraft created to make them appear more futuristic, and anthropomorphized animals with proportionally larger body parts. Among his interests, he often delves into the realms of science fiction and animation for his work, with images including various types of mecha or assorted creatures. Many of his images are illuminated with an intense light and textured with a highly reflective surface. Nakano regularly participates in producing exhibition work, and has also branched into producing some of his work into jewelry, as well as creating traditional Japanese illustrations for smart phone cases and music players.
For a complete list of cards that HiRON has illustrated, go here.
==Works==
Title 	Date 	Publisher
WEB+DB PRESS Vol.31 "Web Driver" cover illustration 	2006-03-24 	Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd.
WEB+DB PRESS Vol.32 cover illustration 	2006-04-25 	Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd.
WEB+DB PRESS Vol.35 cover illustration 	2006-10-21 	Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd.
WEB+DB PRESS Vol.36 "Samurai Robo" cover illustration 	2006-12-22 	Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd.
WEB+DB PRESS Vol.37 "Devil Robo" cover illustration 	2007-02-23 	Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd.
Wonder Festival 2007 Winter 2007 Exhibition illustrations 	2007-02-25 	N/A
CG Illustrator & Creator Index 2003 cover illustration 	2007-03-14 	DigitalImage
WEB+DB PRESS Vol.38 "Pig type radio clock" cover illustration 	2007-04-24 	Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd.
WEB+DB PRESS Vol.40 "Penguin King" cover illustration 	2007-08-24 	Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd.
WEB+DB PRESS Vol.41 "Dr. Frogger" cover illustration 	2007-10-23 	Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd.
Weekly ASCII "Pen-shaped quantum computer" illustration 	2007-11-25 	ASCII Media Works
ULVAC, inc. brochure illustration 	2007-12-03 	N/A
DigitalImage Exhibition 2007 "Technology of Fallen Angel" illustration 	2007-12-23 	N/A
Weekly ASCII "Mobile PC" illustration 	2008-01-23 	ASCII Media Works
Weekly ASCII "Assembly" illustration 	2008-03-06 	ASCII Media Works
Illustration File 2008 Digital illustrations 	2008-04-19 	Genkosha
Shimizu Dream visuals illustration 	2009-06-20 	N/A
MAG-X cover and article illustrations 	2010-04—	Sanei-Shobo
Hayabusa has Returned 	2010-12-15 	Heart Publications
"Let's walk together" Exhibition character illustration 	2012-05-03 	N/A
Pokémon Trading Card Game illustrations 	2012-05—	The Pokémon Company
WEB+DB PRESS Vol.72 "Blue Ball Whale" cover illustration 	2012-12-22 	Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd.
WEB+DB PRESS Vol.73 "Orange Skater" cover illustration 	2013-02-23 	Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd.
WEB+DB PRESS plus: IT System Development Thorough Capture "Red Knight" cover illustration 	2013-04-10 	Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd.
WEB+DB PRESS plus: Development Tool Thorough Capture "Blue Archer" cover illustration 	2013-04-10 	Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd.
WEB+DB PRESS plus: Web Service Development Thorough Capture "Gold Knight" cover illustration	2013-04-26 	Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd.
WEB+DB PRESS plus: JavaScript Thorough Capture "Silver Knight" cover illustration 	2013-04-26 	Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd.
WEB+DB PRESS Vol.74 "Rookie Dog" cover illustration 	2013-04-24 	Gijutsu-Hyohron Co., Ltd.
==External links==
Nakano's personal site
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