Pokémon Taruka | Official Pokémon Center Card Game | Japanese Karuta | 2025

The classic Japanese card game Karuta — with a Pokémon twist and a backwards brain-bending challenge. Pokémon Taruka is The Pokémon Company's take on the traditional Japanese card game Karuta, released exclusively at Pokémon Center stores in Japan from July 19th, 2025. 

The original Karuta is played by spreading out a set of "grabbing" cards on the table or floor, with another set of "reading" cards held by a dealer. The dealer draws from the reading deck and reads it aloud, and the players must compete to find the matching card from the grabbing set as fast as possible. Three people are needed for a match — one dealer and two competing players. Whoever grabs the correct card first wins that round. 

The Pokémon Taruka twist goes further: the title itself is Karuta spelled backwards — Ka-ru-ta becomes Ta-ru-ka — and the reader must read the cards backwards too, adding a genuinely tricky extra layer of challenge for both the dealer and the players. The set features 72 cards with Pokémon illustrations across a vibrant, colourful cast of Pokémon from across generations — Pikachu front and centre, with hundreds of fan-favourite designs packed across every card. 

As the cards are written entirely in Japanese with Japanese Pokémon names, international players will need some Japanese knowledge or a reference to play — but as a collector's item and Pokémon Center Japan exclusive, it's a genuinely unique and eye-catching item. 

Product Details:

• Publisher: The Pokémon Company / Pokémon Center Japan
• Release: July 19, 2025 (Japan)
• Players: 3+ (1 dealer, 2+ competitors)
• Cards: 72
• Language: Japanese
• Game Type: Pokémon Taruka (reverse Karuta)
• Condition: Sealed / New

✅ Official Pokémon Center Japan Exclusive
✅ 72 Pokémon Illustrated Cards
✅ Based on Traditional Japanese Karuta
✅ Unique Backwards Reading Twist

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