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[[File:OwaraiBeastWars Kiyoko Suizenji.jpg|right|upright=1.6|thumb|Cheetor just wanted to be Cutor.]]
[[File:OwaraiBeastWars Kiyoko Suizenji.jpg|right|upright=1.6|thumb|Cheetor just wanted to be Cutor.]]
'''Kiyoko Suizenji''' is an ''{{w|enka}}'' singer and the template for one of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s [[beast mode]]s.
'''Kiyoko Suizenji''' (水前寺 清子 ''Suizenji Kiyoko'') is an ''{{w|enka}}'' singer and the template for one of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s [[beast mode]]s.


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===Comedy Beast Wars===
===Comedy Beast Wars===
During a battle, [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] ordered Cheetor to transform into a cheetah. [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] transformed into the singer Kiyoko Suizenji, whose nickname was Chīta, and began to sing. {{storylink|Comedy Beast Wars|Cheetor, Beast Mode!!}}
During a battle, [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] ordered Cheetor to transform into a cheetah. [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] transformed into the singer Kiyoko Suizenji, whose nickname was Chiita, and began to sing. {{storylink|Comedy Beast Wars|Cheetor, Beast Mode!!}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
*{{w|Kiyoko Suizenji}}, real name Tamiko Hayashida, is a performer who was mostly active from the 1960s to the 1980s and took a break for much of the 1990s. Her nickname, Chīta, is derived from '''''chī'''sana '''Ta'''mi-chan'' (ちいさなたみちゃん "little Tami-chan"), which is what the lyricist Tetsuro Hoshino used to call her. ''Chīta'' (ちいた) and "cheetah" (チーター ''chītā'') are near-homonyms.
*Born Tamiko Hayashida, {{w|Kiyoko Suizenji}}'s nickname, Chiita, is derived from '''''chii'''sana '''Ta'''mi-chan'' (ちいさなたみちゃん "little Tami-chan"), which is what the lyricist Tetsuro Hoshino used to call her. ''Chiita'' (ちいた) and "cheetah" (チーター ''chītā'') are near-homonyms.
*Gag or not, Kiyoko Suizenji is the only instance of a Transformer taking a human as [[beast mode]].


==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 21:27, 24 April 2026

Cheetor just wanted to be Cutor.

Kiyoko Suizenji (水前寺 清子 Suizenji Kiyoko) is an enka singer and the template for one of Cheetor's beast modes.

Fiction

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Comedy Beast Wars

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During a battle, Optimus Primal ordered Cheetor to transform into a cheetah. Cheetor transformed into the singer Kiyoko Suizenji, whose nickname was Chiita, and began to sing. Cheetor, Beast Mode!!

Notes

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  • Born Tamiko Hayashida, Kiyoko Suizenji's nickname, Chiita, is derived from chiisana Tami-chan (ちいさなたみちゃん "little Tami-chan"), which is what the lyricist Tetsuro Hoshino used to call her. Chiita (ちいた) and "cheetah" (チーター chītā) are near-homonyms.
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