kodama is one of the Pokemon TCG illustrators best understood through the body of cards rather than public biography. Bulbapedia identifies kodama as an illustrator whose first Pokemon TCG card was Gastly from Generations, and records additional work in Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket. The Art of Pokemon lists a much larger card catalog under the same credit, showing how steadily the name has appeared across recent physical and Japanese releases.
A creature-first catalog from Generations onward
In PKMN Collectors data, kodama appears on 96 cards: 91 Pokemon cards and 5 Trainer cards. Local examples include Gastly, Arcanine, Doduo, Tangrowth, Scovillain, Finizen, Flittle, Lechonk, Meowscarada, Chien-Pao, Naclstack, Ethan Magcargo, Munkidori, Serperior, Deino, Zweilous, Virizion and Blaziken. That spread is broad enough to make kodama useful for collectors who enjoy building pages around species variety rather than a single famous card.
The catalog leans strongly toward Pokemon illustrations, with many rares, commons and uncommons, plus a smaller number of illustration rares, ultra rares and special treatments. This gives kodama a practical collector profile: there are approachable cards for filling a binder, but also a few higher-interest pieces that can anchor a page. The artist name often appears on cards where the Pokemon shape, expression and color do most of the storytelling.
Because reliable personal information is limited, it is better not to overstate a single style label. What can be said from the documented card list is that kodama has become a consistent modern TCG presence, especially for creature cards that sit across several eras and rarity bands. For collectors, the value is in discovery: once you notice the signature, it appears on enough different species that building a kodama section becomes a small tour through modern Pokemon card design.
