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#7 by graded volume1999 to 2018

KEIJI KINEBUCHI

Keiji Kinebuchi ranks #7 among all tracked illustrators by graded volume, with 301,705 gradings across 210 cards. The catalog gem rate sits at 18 percent. Submissions are running hot right now: 4,009 new gradings in the last 30 days.

Hype meter

recomputed every refresh, moves with each new set
62 / 100 #4 of 248 artists
Grading velocity 53
+4,009 in 30d
Card value 97
top $207,679
Price heat 50
flat week
Forum chatter 48
1 mention in 14d

Gengar (Reverse Holo) at $207,679 in PSA 10 on PriceCharting is the price ceiling collectors have set on this catalog, and the value component reflects it. Forum chatter seals it. Keiji Kinebuchi came up once in two weeks of swept posts, and most artists never come up at all.

THE BINDER

the 8 most graded Keiji Kinebuchi illustrations
Gengar, Fossil 5, illustrated by Keiji KinebuchiGengar · Fossil · pop 22,994
Magneton, Base 9, illustrated by Keiji KinebuchiMagneton · Base · pop 21,386
Ditto, Fossil 3, illustrated by Keiji KinebuchiDitto · Fossil · pop 10,273
Vileplume, Jungle 15, illustrated by Keiji KinebuchiVileplume · Jungle · pop 9,120
SPOTLIGHT BINDER Keiji Kinebuchi EST 1999 · 301,705 GRADED
Diglett, Base 47, illustrated by Keiji KinebuchiDiglett · Base · pop 7,950
Gastly, Base 50, illustrated by Keiji KinebuchiGastly · Base · pop 7,621
Staryu, Base 65, illustrated by Keiji KinebuchiStaryu · Base · pop 7,206
Gengar, Fossil 20, illustrated by Keiji KinebuchiGengar · Fossil · pop 6,995

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THE ARTIST

Keiji Kinebuchi in a cap and glasses, holding a cat, from a 1990s magazine feature
1990s magazine scan preserved by the vintage Pokemon archival community · source

Keiji Kinebuchi was the card game's original 3D artist, working in LightWave when almost nobody else in the industry did. He rendered the majority of the early Trainer cards and every basic Energy card up to the Expedition era, which means nearly every deck built in the game's first five years had his work in it. He was born in 1956, and he is also the person who invited a young Mitsuhiro Arita onto the project, a favor the hobby has been collecting on ever since.

Kinebuchi died around 2002, his final cards appearing in Aquapolis. His name is on only 107 cards, but for a while his art was the literal energy the whole game ran on.

Sources: Bulbapedia

Catalog market data

updates with every data refresh
Tracked cards210
Sets29
Total graded (all prints)301,705
PSA 10s54,236
Catalog gem rate18%
New gradings, 30 days+4,009

Most valuable cards

Gengar, Legendary Collection 11
Gengar Reverse Holo
Legendary Collection 11
$207,679 pop10 32
Voltorb, Legendary Collection 97
Voltorb Reverse Holo
Legendary Collection 97
$6,125 pop10 44
Mysterious Fossil, Legendary Collection 109
Mysterious Fossil Reverse Holo
Legendary Collection 109
$5,500 pop10 62
Gengar, Fossil 5
Gengar Holo
Fossil 5
$3,203 pop10 234
Potion, Legendary Collection 110
Potion Reverse Holo
Legendary Collection 110
$2,760 pop10 79
Full Heal Energy, Legendary Collection 100
Full Heal Energy Reverse Holo
Legendary Collection 100
$2,670 pop10 56
Energy Retrieval, Legendary Collection 107
Energy Retrieval Reverse Holo
Legendary Collection 107
$2,663 pop10 37
Magneton, Base Set 2 9
Magneton Holo
Base Set 2 9
$2,631 pop10 24

Full tracked catalog

CardSetYearGradedPSA 10Gem ratePSA 10 price
Lightning Energy 100 Base 1999 5,540 1,733 31.3% $84.00
Psychic Energy 101 Base 1999 5,534 1,573 28.4% $95.00
Water Energy 102 Base 1999 5,420 1,451 26.8% $98.54
Dugtrio 19 Base 1999 4,056 774 19.1% $184.57
Electrode 21 Base 1999 4,323 831 19.2% $200.71
Haunter 29 Base 1999 5,906 1,091 18.5% $215.80
Kakuna 33 Base 1999 5,376 1,185 22% $97.39
Diglett 47 Base 1999 7,950 2,267 28.5% $101.28
Gastly 50 Base 1999 7,621 1,873 24.6% $218.85
Magnemite 53 Base 1999 6,406 1,657 25.9% $85.07
Starmie 64 Base 1999 5,538 1,521 27.5% $129.87
Staryu 65 Base 1999 7,206 2,179 30.2% $91.00
Voltorb 67 Base 1999 5,260 1,074 20.4% $200.00
Clefairy Doll 70 Base 1999 3,080 593 19.3% $321.01
Computer Search 71 Base 1999 3,002 751 25% $94.93
Devolution Spray 72 Base 1999 2,886 514 17.8% $370.31
Item Finder 74 Base 1999 2,844 592 20.8% $164.49
Scoop Up 78 Base 1999 2,538 550 21.7% $147.31
Super Energy Removal 79 Base 1999 2,803 683 24.4% $115.00
Defender 80 Base 1999 2,895 564 19.5% $335.88
Energy Retrieval 81 Base 1999 3,060 729 23.8% $149.99
Full Heal 82 Base 1999 3,204 533 16.6% $320.50
Maintenance 83 Base 1999 3,225 692 21.5% $551.63
PlusPower 84 Base 1999 2,898 668 23.1% $86.03
Pokémon Center 85 Base 1999 3,466 813 23.5% $600.00
Pokémon Flute 86 Base 1999 2,603 544 20.9% $427.50
Pokédex 87 Base 1999 454 219 48.2%
Revive 89 Base 1999 2,505 631 25.2% $534.60
Magneton 9 Base 1999 21,386 336 1.6% $2,200
Super Potion 90 Base 1999 3,247 822 25.3% $68.00
Energy Removal 92 Base 1999 3,504 984 28.1% $71.50
Gust of Wind 93 Base 1999 3,662 1,130 30.9% $71.99
Potion 94 Base 1999 4,065 1,223 30.1% $77.50
Switch 95 Base 1999 4,014 1,072 26.7% $95.00
Double Colorless Energy 96 Base 1999 3,663 678 18.5% $724.50
Fighting Energy 97 Base 1999 6,334 1,797 28.4% $96.25
Fire Energy 98 Base 1999 5,912 1,665 28.2% $99.27
Grass Energy 99 Base 1999 5,019 1,482 29.5% $113.09
Vileplume 15 Jungle 1999 9,120 186 2% $1,316
Vileplume 31 Jungle 1999 1,718 329 19.2% $111.00
Gloom 37 Jungle 1999 2,226 407 18.3% $149.99
Oddish 58 Jungle 1999 3,301 806 24.4% $101.75
Poké Ball 64 Jungle 1999 3,379 811 24% $133.41
Pikachu 1 Wizards Black Star Promos 1999 43 19 44.2%
Jigglypuff 7 Wizards Black Star Promos 1999 1,123 259 23.1%
Pokémon Tower 42 Wizards Black Star Promos 1999 805 214 26.6% $129.25
Ditto 18 Fossil 1999 2,630 453 17.2% $347.86
Gengar 20 Fossil 1999 6,995 699 10% $1,189
Ditto 3 Fossil 1999 10,273 427 4.2% $2,212
Gengar 5 Fossil 1999 22,994 234 1% $3,203
Energy Search 59 Fossil 1999 2,798 851 30.4% $63.50
Gambler 60 Fossil 1999 3,284 853 26% $317.50
Recycle 61 Fossil 1999 2,829 724 25.6% $70.50
Mysterious Fossil 62 Fossil 1999 2,705 676 25% $81.75
Computer Search 101 Base Set 2 2000 169 42 24.9% $42.54
Item Finder 103 Base Set 2 2000 105 27 25.7% $32.32
Scoop Up 107 Base Set 2 2000 123 41 33.3% $86.50
Super Energy Removal 108 Base Set 2 2000 138 42 30.4% $37.55
Defender 109 Base Set 2 2000 105 26 24.8% $33.00
Energy Retrieval 110 Base Set 2 2000 94 18 19.1% $60.84
Full Heal 111 Base Set 2 2000 78 22 28.2% $46.50
Maintenance 112 Base Set 2 2000 64 19 29.7% $65.68
PlusPower 113 Base Set 2 2000 74 20 27% $260.00
Pokémon Center 114 Base Set 2 2000 87 19 21.8% $152.17
Super Potion 117 Base Set 2 2000 86 21 24.4% $18.97
Energy Removal 119 Base Set 2 2000 118 40 33.9% $38.00
Gust of Wind 120 Base Set 2 2000 110 39 35.5% $67.75
Poké Ball 121 Base Set 2 2000 145 32 22.1% $25.83
Potion 122 Base Set 2 2000 130 30 23.1% $44.07
Switch 123 Base Set 2 2000 132 32 24.2% $41.00
Double Colorless Energy 124 Base Set 2 2000 91 19 20.9% $132.12
Fighting Energy 125 Base Set 2 2000 88 20 22.7% $31.25
Fire Energy 126 Base Set 2 2000 69 19 27.5% $20.00
Grass Energy 127 Base Set 2 2000 138 28 20.3% $50.00
Lightning Energy 128 Base Set 2 2000 152 50 32.9% $27.66
Psychic Energy 129 Base Set 2 2000 181 47 26% $56.00
Water Energy 130 Base Set 2 2000 147 34 23.1% $56.44
Dugtrio 23 Base Set 2 2000 177 47 26.6% $87.50
Electrode 25 Base Set 2 2000 188 47 25% $73.35
Haunter 43 Base Set 2 2000 197 42 21.3% $100.00
Kakuna 47 Base Set 2 2000 133 35 26.3% $76.04
Diglett 71 Base Set 2 2000 161 44 27.3% $65.15
Gastly 75 Base Set 2 2000 205 49 23.9% $30.48
Magnemite 79 Base Set 2 2000 206 47 22.8% $35.43
Magneton 9 Base Set 2 2000 2,907 24 0.8% $2,631
Starmie 94 Base Set 2 2000 193 45 23.3% $61.13
Staryu 95 Base Set 2 2000 259 50 19.3% $63.79
Voltorb 98 Base Set 2 2000 146 29 19.9% $139.98
Porygon 48 Team Rocket 2000 1,455 188 12.9% $69.82
Full Heal Energy 81 Team Rocket 2000 1,082 122 11.3% $24.25
Potion Energy 82 Team Rocket 2000 902 115 12.7% $107.12
No Removal Gym 103 Gym Heroes 2000 216 63 29.2% $49.78
The Rocket's Training Gym 104 Gym Heroes 2000 243 41 16.9% $26.00
Celadon City Gym 107 Gym Heroes 2000 212 39 18.4% $78.30
Cerulean City Gym 108 Gym Heroes 2000 203 40 19.7% $43.29
Pewter City Gym 115 Gym Heroes 2000 201 33 16.4% $83.97
Vermilion City Gym 120 Gym Heroes 2000 211 33 15.6% $114.88
Energy Flow 122 Gym Heroes 2000 292 75 25.7% $55.36
Narrow Gym 124 Gym Heroes 2000 207 52 25.1% $74.99
Trash Exchange 126 Gym Heroes 2000 202 71 35.1% $117.49
Fighting Energy 127 Gym Heroes 2000 157 26 16.6% $117.00
Fire Energy 128 Gym Heroes 2000 173 30 17.3% $142.97
Grass Energy 129 Gym Heroes 2000 173 24 13.9% $33.00
Lightning Energy 130 Gym Heroes 2000 197 36 18.3% $20.00
Psychic Energy 131 Gym Heroes 2000 160 18 11.3% $90.55
Water Energy 132 Gym Heroes 2000 196 25 12.8% $85.65
Chaos Gym 102 Gym Challenge 2000 250 88 35.2% $58.94
Resistance Gym 109 Gym Challenge 2000 240 80 33.3% $72.96
Cinnabar City Gym 113 Gym Challenge 2000 223 77 34.5% $21.25
Fuchsia City Gym 114 Gym Challenge 2000 223 75 33.6% $29.74
Master Ball 116 Gym Challenge 2000 316 72 22.8% $165.76
Rocket's Minefield Gym 119 Gym Challenge 2000 245 74 30.2% $53.00
Saffron City Gym 122 Gym Challenge 2000 231 77 33.3% $112.15
Viridian City Gym 123 Gym Challenge 2000 236 68 28.8% $25.42
Transparent Walls 125 Gym Challenge 2000 268 106 39.6% $23.00
Warp Point 126 Gym Challenge 2000 249 81 32.5% $96.91
Fighting Energy 127 Gym Challenge 2000 190 39 20.5% $9.21
Fire Energy 128 Gym Challenge 2000 211 50 23.7% $39.20
Grass Energy 129 Gym Challenge 2000 177 46 26% $56.00
Lightning Energy 130 Gym Challenge 2000 220 58 26.4% $27.29
Psychic Energy 131 Gym Challenge 2000 209 53 25.4%
Water Energy 132 Gym Challenge 2000 211 45 21.3% $20.00
Super Rod 103 Neo Genesis 2000 311 68 21.9% $143.68
Fighting Energy 106 Neo Genesis 2000 216 37 17.1%
Fire Energy 107 Neo Genesis 2000 200 48 24%
Grass Energy 108 Neo Genesis 2000 226 38 16.8%
Lightning Energy 109 Neo Genesis 2000 213 35 16.4% $18.00
Psychic Energy 110 Neo Genesis 2000 209 36 17.2% $56.72
Water Energy 111 Neo Genesis 2000 206 37 18% $22.14
Energy Charge 85 Neo Genesis 2000 213 49 23% $45.00
Super Energy Retrieval 89 Neo Genesis 2000 254 63 24.8% $57.92
Bill's Teleporter 91 Neo Genesis 2000 238 49 20.6% $19.67
New Pokédex 95 Neo Genesis 2000 225 66 29.3% $21.27
Super Scoop Up 98 Neo Genesis 2000 168 35 20.8% $39.00
Porygon2 12 Neo Revelation 2001 1,973 30 1.5% $941.28
Rocket's Hideout 63 Neo Revelation 2001 573 122 21.3% $661.06
Balloon Berry 60 Neo Revelation 2001 169 72 42.6% $25.00
Healing Field 61 Neo Revelation 2001 178 71 39.9% $23.07
Old Rod 64 Neo Revelation 2001 264 109 41.3% $78.75
Magnifier 101 Neo Destiny 2002 143 56 39.2% $58.29
EXP.ALL 93 Neo Destiny 2002 125 44 35.2% $42.00
Counterattack Claws 97 Neo Destiny 2002 122 39 32% $63.06
Full Heal Energy 100 Legendary Collection 2002 524 56 10.7% $2,670
Potion Energy 101 Legendary Collection 2002 500 74 14.8% $1,131
Scoop Up 104 Legendary Collection 2002 576 32 5.6% $762.96
Energy Retrieval 107 Legendary Collection 2002 542 37 6.8% $2,663
Mysterious Fossil 109 Legendary Collection 2002 617 62 10% $5,500
Gengar 11 Legendary Collection 2002 3,663 32 0.9% $207,679
Potion 110 Legendary Collection 2002 645 79 12.2% $2,760
Kakuna 50 Legendary Collection 2002 666 54 8.1% $1,238
Magnemite 80 Legendary Collection 2002 742 77 10.4% $1,642
Voltorb 97 Legendary Collection 2002 736 44 6% $6,125
Energy Removal 2 140 Expedition Base Set 2002 103 17 16.5% $198.87
Master Ball 143 Expedition Base Set 2002 187 35 18.7% $416.18
Power Charge 147 Expedition Base Set 2002 123 23 18.7% $61.00
Strength Charm 150 Expedition Base Set 2002 115 21 18.3% $572.53
Super Scoop Up 151 Expedition Base Set 2002 113 16 14.2% $350.00
Warp Point 152 Expedition Base Set 2002 135 15 11.1% $386.84
Full Heal 154 Expedition Base Set 2002 134 45 33.6% $250.00
Potion 156 Expedition Base Set 2002 146 46 31.5% $359.21
Switch 157 Expedition Base Set 2002 135 27 20% $1,050
Voltorb 115 Aquapolis 2003 142 39 27.5% $412.50
Super Energy Removal 2 134 Aquapolis 2003 86 20 23.3% $464.27
Grimer 79 Aquapolis 2003 211 56 26.5% $591.00
Energy Removal 2 80 Ruby & Sapphire 2003 42 14 33.3% $36.69
Potion 91 Ruby & Sapphire 2003 54 17 31.5% $217.83
Mysterious Fossil 91 Sandstorm 2003 74 10 13.5% $70.10
Balloon Berry 82 Dragon 2003 46 5 10.9% $133.54
Strength Charm 74 Team Magma vs Team Aqua 2004 27 4 14.8%
Warp Point 85 Team Magma vs Team Aqua 2004 26 3 11.5%
Potion 8 EX Trainer Kit Latias 2004 1 0 0%
Potion 8 EX Trainer Kit Latios 2004 1 0 0%
Potion 101 FireRed & LeafGreen 2004 68 13 19.1% $219.93
Energy Removal 2 89 FireRed & LeafGreen 2004 69 17 24.6% $67.86
EXP.ALL 91 FireRed & LeafGreen 2004 61 8 13.1% $38.00
Super Scoop Up 99 FireRed & LeafGreen 2004 64 12 18.8% $349.73
Balloon Berry 84 Deoxys 2005 61 14 23% $215.75
Energy Charge 86 Deoxys 2005 54 18 33.3% $270.83
Master Ball 88 Deoxys 2005 109 21 19.3% $150.00
Strength Charm 92 Deoxys 2005 74 18 24.3% $220.33
Energy Removal 2 82 Unseen Forces 2005 44 13 29.5% $35.00
Warp Point 93 Unseen Forces 2005 51 16 31.4% $850.00
Super Scoop Up 100 Delta Species 2005 72 25 34.7% $174.33
Master Ball 99 Delta Species 2005 115 30 26.1% $137.50
Warp Point 84 Crystal Guardians 2006 31 6 19.4% $200.00
Energy Removal 2 74 Power Keepers 2007 37 4 10.8% $146.17
Master Ball 78 Power Keepers 2007 67 5 7.5% $60.17
Warp Point 116 Diamond & Pearl 2007 10 0 0% $81.43
Staryu 30 Evolutions 2016 364 45 12.4% $63.01
Starmie 31 Evolutions 2016 458 106 23.1% $220.01
Magnemite 37 Evolutions 2016 380 51 13.4% $136.73
Magneton 38 Evolutions 2016 4,186 106 2.5% $1,104
Voltorb 39 Evolutions 2016 426 62 14.6% $88.78
Electrode 40 Evolutions 2016 578 110 19% $191.36
Gastly 47 Evolutions 2016 546 81 14.8% $100.02
Haunter 48 Evolutions 2016 727 91 12.5% $425.00
Diglett 55 Evolutions 2016 405 45 11.1% $102.29
Dugtrio 56 Evolutions 2016 491 112 22.8% $172.50
Kakuna 6 Evolutions 2016 416 85 20.4% $103.50
Devolution Spray 76 Evolutions 2016 206 27 13.1% $174.69
Energy Retrieval 77 Evolutions 2016 195 32 16.4% $104.37
Full Heal 78 Evolutions 2016 166 41 24.7% $61.50
Maintenance 79 Evolutions 2016 188 38 20.2% $81.82
Pokédex 82 Evolutions 2016 1 0 0%
Potion 83 Evolutions 2016 166 33 19.9% $92.42
Revive 85 Evolutions 2016 236 36 15.3% $60.72
Super Potion 87 Evolutions 2016 170 21 12.4% $44.52
Switch 88 Evolutions 2016 253 51 20.2% $62.10
Double Colorless Energy 90 Evolutions 2016 615 90 14.6% $48.56
Super Scoop Up 146 Celestial Storm 2018 2 1 50% $31.84

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.