Takio Ejima

Takio Ejima (江島 多規男 Ejima Takio, born June 6, 1964) is a designer at TakaraTomy. His first product at Takara was Crazybird from the "Flower Rock" series, and after joining the Overseas Transformers Product team in the Boys Enterprise department, he single-handedly created the all European Transformers during the period when the American Transformers line ended, until the advent of Beast Wars. After Beast Wars Metals (the Japanese release of the Transmetals Beast Wars figures), he moved to the Girls Toy Department, but came back to Transformers during the Energon line. According to fellow designer Takashi Kunihiro, Ejima is "the man who created the most transforming robot toys in the world".

Hand-in-hand with developing the Turbomasters and Predators, Eijima created the concept of using light-piping for the eyes of Transformers toys.<ref>1993 patent for light piped eyes in action figures at the online directory of the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Japan Patent Office|{{#if:||Japan Patent Office}}]]</ref> He is also credited with coming up with the idea of the extensive use of ball joints seen towards the end of the Generation 2 toyline as a means of making toys more durable, thus complying with more rigorous safety standards. This idea opened up possibilities of robot toys with extensive articulation.

We all owe this man, so, so much.

Known design projects

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Generation 1

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1991

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Action Master figures Exo-Suit Action Masters Motorized Exo-Suit Action Masters Action Master Elites
Action Master Elite Omega Spreem

1992

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Turbomasters / Road Corps
Predators / Jet Corps
Turbomaster Thunder Clash

1993

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Axelerators Skyscorchers Aquaspeeders Stormtroopers
Obliterator Clench
Lightformers Trakkons Obliterators

Generation 2

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Rotor Force Laser Rods Cyberjets<ref>*Interview with Shuhei Umezu for Transformers Generations 2022 translated at Soundwave's Oblivion</ref> Auto Rollers<ref name = "King303">Designer interview with Hisashi Yuki in Figure Ō No. 303 (April 2023 issue)</ref>
Smokescreen (the design he is most proud of)
Color Changers ATB Unreleased

Beast Wars

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Basics Deluxes Megas Ultras
Deluxe Cheetor
Supers MicroVerse And...

Machine Wars

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Basics<ref>All designed in 1995, but not sold until 1997.</ref>
Basic Mirage

Beast Wars II

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Autorollers<ref name = "King303"/> Others
  • Starscream & BB
  • Dirge
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    Autoroller Autolauncher

    Animorphs

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    Deluxes
    Deluxe Rachel

    Beast Machines

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    Deluxe Class Mega Class
    Deluxe Jetstorm

    Mutant Beast Wars

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    Deluxe Class
    Deluxe Icebird

    Car Robots / Robots in Disguise (2001)

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    Deluxe Class
  • Skid-Z / Wind Sheer
  • Tow-Line / Skyfire
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    Robots in Disguise Towline

    Energon

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    Energon Class Combat Class Mega Class Command Class
    Command Class Landmine

    Cybertron

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    Scout Class Deluxe Class Voyager Class Ultra Class
    Sideways (the other design he's most proud of)
    Leader Class

    Classics (2006)

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    Deluxe Class Voyager Class The Ultimate Battle
    Voyager Class Optimus Prime

    Transformers (2007)

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    Real Gear Robots Deluxe Class Voyager Class Leader Class
    Voyager Class Incinerator

    Transformers Animated

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    Activators

    Universe (2008)

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    Deluxe Class Ultra Class

    Revenge of the Fallen

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    Combiner Class

    Dark of the Moon

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    MechTech Deluxes


    Rescue Bots

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    Generations

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    War for Cybertron: Kingdom

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    Titan Class

    Studio Series

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    Deluxe Class Voyager Class
  • Alpha Trion (Transformers One)
    		•  Leader Class
  • {{{1}}}
  • Astrotrain (The Transformers: The Movie)
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    The Fallen

    Legacy / Legacy: Evolution / Legacy: United

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    Core Class Deluxe Class
  • Scraphook
  • Decepticon Wild Rider
  • Infernac Universe Magneous
  • Star Raider Lockdown
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  • Infernac Universe Shard
  • Infernac Universe Nucleous
  • Star Raider Road Pig
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    Menasor
    Voyager Class
  • Trashmaster
  • Prime Universe Thundertron
    		•  Leader Class
  • {{{1}}}
    		•  Commander Class
  • Decepticon Motormaster / Menasor
    		•  Others
  • "A Hero is Born" 2-Pack
    (Orion Pax and Alpha Trion w/ Vector Sigma)

    • Age of the Primes

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    Deluxe Class
    • {{{1}}}
    • June 2025




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    Convention appearances

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    Notes

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    The only designer who makes even cooler figures off the clock.

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    Interviews

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