What this is
Pokémon cards printed in the year to March 2026: about 9.0–10.9bn (10bn at the midpoint), 8–24% below the 11.9bn peak two years earlier. Also, Japan's card-game market per card printed worldwide: ¥31–38, against ¥23 two years before.
How it’s built
- The company publishes cumulative totals as 'over 85bn' (March 2026) and 'over 75bn' (March 2025). Each could be up to a billion higher, so the year's print lies between 85 − 76 and 86 − 75 billion.
- Compared with 11.9bn in the year to March 2024.
- The Japan Toy Association's card-game market (¥338.4bn) divided by the world print gives a rough index.
What we assumed
- The 'over' totals are rounded down to the whole billion.The company states round floors, so each true total sits up to a billion above the figure given.
- The per-card index is not a price.It divides Japan's market by cards printed worldwide, so it shows direction only.
Sanity check
The midpoint, 10bn, is about 27m cards a day. Working from the same totals with a slightly different rounding gives 9.0–11.0bn, essentially the same range.
Where it comes from
Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes:
- ReportedCumulative cards produced, TPC figures page as reproduced (Mar 2024 / Mar 2025 / Mar 2026), end Mar 2024 / Mar 2025 / Mar 2026
- EstimateCards produced as reported by press (subtraction), year to March 2026, Mar 2025-Mar 202610 billion cards (approx.)
- ReportedPokémon cards produced worldwide in the year April 2023 to March 202411.9 billion cards
- ReportedDomestic market size (list price basis), FY2025 (Apr-Mar) estimate (見込み)¥338.4bn
Show the working
- Print bn [low, point, high], year to March 2026: 9, 10, 10.9
- JTA 年度2025e list ¥ per world card printed [at 10.9, at 9.0]: 31 to 37.6
- JTA list ¥ per world card, year to March 2024: 23.3
- cumulative Mar 2026 'over 85' and Mar 2025 'over 75' are whole-billion figures, so FY3/26 ∈ [85−76, 86−75] ≈ 9.0–10.9 (point 85−75 = 10). vs FY3/24 11.9 : 10.9/11.9−1 = -8.4%, 10/11.9−1 = -16.0%, 9.0/11
Where it’s used
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Built from this one
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