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Japan Pokémon Card Market Signals

Weekly Signals

August 5–11, 2026 (JST) · Beta

Updated weekly after manual review. New notes are usually published by Tuesday morning U.S. Eastern Time.

Cards that stood out in our observed sample of Japanese sold-out listings.

Limited observed sample from one Japanese marketplace. Not platform-provided market data. Methodology →

This Week at a Glance

7 new entries 7 left the Top 20 Biggest riser: Shining Mew (+2)

Most Observed Top 20

Unique sold-out listings observed for this card during the week, within our sample. Not total market sales.

Rank Card Observed listingsHits Days seen Activity SignalSignal
1 — Armored Mewtwo アーマードミュウツー · 365/SM-P 109 7 Very Active
2 — Kyogre カイオーガ · 080/076 55 7 Very Active
3 ▲1 Kecleon カクレオン · 088/076 50 7 Very Active
4 ▼1 Groudon グラードン · 084/076 49 7 Very Active
5 ▲2 Shining Mew ひかるミュウ · No number 39 7 Very Active
6 ▲2 Hoopa / 155/XY-P promo フーパ · 155/XY-P 38 7 Very Active
7 ▼2 Pikachu 001/SV-P promo ピカチュウ みんなでぼうけんプロモ · 001/SV-P 30 7 Very Active
8 ▲1 Pikachu ピカチュウ · 120/SV-P 24 7 Very Active
9 ▼3 Mega Darkrai ex メガダークライEX · 114/081 23 6 Very Active
10 NEW Meowth ex ニャースEX · 061/080 22 6 Very Active
11 NEW Mega Rayquaza ex メガレックウザEX · 058/076 20 7 Very Active
12 ▼2 Detective Pikachu 名探偵ピカチュウ · 098/SV-P 19 7 Active
13 ▼2 Pikachu ピカチュウ · 133/M-P 19 6 Active
14 — Mega Rayquaza ex メガレックウザEX · 095/076 18 7 Active
15 NEW Meowth ex ニャースEX · 114/080 16 6 Active
16 ▼3 Raikou ex ライコウEX · 108/076 16 5 Active
17 NEW Iono's Wattrel ナンジャモのカイデン · 232/SV-P 15 7 Active
18 NEW Morpeko ex モルペコEX · 115/081 14 6 Active
19 NEW Hiroshima's Pikachu ヒロシマのピカチュウ · 261/SV-P 14 5 Active
20 NEW Clefairy ピッピ · 086/080 13 7 Active

▲▼ = rank change vs. last week · NEW = not in last week's Top 20

New This Week

  • Meowth ex ニャースEX 061/080
  • Mega Rayquaza ex メガレックウザEX 058/076
  • Meowth ex ニャースEX 114/080
  • Iono's Wattrel ナンジャモのカイデン 232/SV-P
  • Morpeko ex モルペコEX 115/081
  • Hiroshima's Pikachu ヒロシマのピカチュウ 261/SV-P
  • Clefairy ピッピ 086/080

Left the Top20

Still observed, just below the cut this week.

  • McDonald's Pikachu promo ピカチュウ マクドナルドプロモ 020/M-P
  • Pikachu ピカチュウ 173/165
  • Mega Charizard X ex メガリザードンX 223/193
  • Mega Dragonite ex メガカイリューEX 246/193
  • Mega Tatsugiri ex メガシャリタツEX 139/M-P
  • Pikachu ピカチュウ 197/SV-P
  • Mega Gengar ex メガゲンガーEX 230/193

Watch Notes

Flying Pikachu and Surfing Pikachu

そらをとぶピカチュウ・なみのりピカチュウ

Thirty Flying Pikachu and 44 Surfing Pikachu no-number candidates used wording that can span old-back, ANA, 25th, V, VMAX, and other versions. They remain watch signals rather than single-card ranking entries.

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Pikachu YU NAGABA promo without a confirmed number

番号未確認のピカチュウ YU NAGABAプロモ

Forty-one no-number rows were held because card, pack, complete-set, and mixed-card wording can appear under similar titles. Four explicit 208/S-P single-item rows remained below the Top 20 cutoff.

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Hoopa no-number promo wording

番号未確認のフーパ 入場者プロモ

Thirty-two no-number rows in the two main promo groups were held outside the Top 20. Only explicit 155/XY-P single-item rows were counted to avoid inferred matching or double counting.

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Shining Mew version boundary

ひかるミュウのvariant確認

Only titles identifying the 2001 CoroCoro old-back card were counted. Unclear rows and other cards with similar wording stayed outside the ranking.

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Armored Mewtwo single-item boundary

アーマードミュウツーの単体確認

No-number titles were counted only when the exact name uniquely identified 365/SM-P and the listing appeared to contain one card. Seventeen mixed, multi-item, or other-product rows were excluded.

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How To Search These Cards In Japanese

Armored Mewtwo

  • アーマードミュウツー
  • アーマードミュウツー 365/SM-P
  • 365/SM-P

Kyogre

  • カイオーガ 080/076
  • カイオーガ AR
  • 080/076

Kecleon

  • カクレオン 088/076
  • カクレオン AR
  • 088/076

Groudon

  • グラードン 084/076
  • グラードン AR
  • 084/076

Shining Mew

  • ひかるミュウ
  • コロコロ ひかるミュウ
  • 旧裏 ひかるミュウ

Identification Coverage

16.7% of unique observed listings in this weekly sample were normalized to identified cards.

Buying Caution

A sold-out listing title is not enough to judge condition or value. Check card number, images, whitening, damage notes, grading certification, proxy fees, domestic shipping, and international landed cost before buying.

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