Kimi wa Transformer

The Headmasters closing theme
Uncle Dan wants YOU!
"Kimi wa Transformer" 君はトランスフォーマー "You Are a Transformer"
Performed by:	Hironobu Kageyama
Composed by:	Takamune Negishi
Lyrics by:	Keisuke Yamakawa
Arranged by:	Katsunori Ishida

"Kimi wa Transformer" (君はトランスフォーマー, "You Are a Transformer") was the ending song for The Headmasters. It was sung by Hironobu Kageyama, Takamune Negishi on composition, arrangement by Katsunori Ishida, and Keisuke Yamakawa on lyrics.

Lyrics

The lyrics on this page have been translated more idiomatically than literally.

TV size edit

Original Japanese 用意はいいか？ 3, 2, 1, 0! 君は変わる 心のままに ダッシュだ 加速だ スーパー・カー 地ひびき立てて 戦車 滑走 テイク・オフ ジェット機だ 旋回 ホーバリング ヘリコプター トランスフォーム！ トランスフォーム！ 君はトランスフォーマー

Rōmaji transliteration Youi wa ii ka? 3, 2, 1, 0! Kimi wa kawaru kokoro no mama ni Dash da kasoku da Super Car Jihibiki tatete sensha Kassō Take Off Jet-ki da Senkai Hovering Helicopter Transform! Transform! Kimi wa Transformer

English translation Are you ready? 3, 2, 1, 0! You can transform any way you want Dash! Accelerate! Like a super car! Make the earth tremble, like a tank! Taxi out and take off, like a jet plane! Circle around, hovering, like a helicopter! Transform! Transform! You are a Transformer!

Full version

Original Japanese 用意はいいか？ 3, 2, 1, 0! 君は変わる 心のままに ダッシュだ 加速だ スーパー・カー 地ひびき立てて 戦車 滑走 テイク・オフ ジェット機だ 旋回 ホーバリング ヘリコプター トランスフォーム！ トランスフォーム！ 君はトランスフォーマー 正義のために Let's Go! Let's Fight 君は変わる 怒りに燃えて スティーム シュシュシュシュ SLだ のっしのっしと 恐龍 闇を切り裂く レーザー・ガン 宇宙(そら)ゆく空母に 合体だ トランスフォーム！ トランスフォーム！ 君はトランスフォーマー！ トランスフォーム！ トランスフォーム！ トランスフォーム！ トランスフォーム！ 君はトランスフォーマー!

Rōmaji transliteration Youi wa ii ka? 3, 2, 1, 0! Kimi wa kawaru kokoro no mama ni Dash da kasoku da Super Car Jihibiki tatete sensha Kassō Take Off Jet-ki da Senkai Hovering Helicopter Transform! Transform! Kimi wa Transformer Seigi no tame ni Let's Go! Let's Fight! Kimi wa kawaru ikari ni moete Steam shu-shu-shu-shu SL da Nosshi nosshi to kyōryū Yami o kirisaku Laser Gun Sora yuku kūbo ni gattai da Transform! Transform! Kimi wa Transformer Transform! Transform! Transform! Transform! Kimi wa Transformer

English translation Are you ready? 3, 2, 1, 0! You can transform any way you want Dash! Accelerate! Like a super car! Make the earth tremble, like a tank! Taxi out and take off, like a jet plane! Circle around, hovering, like a helicopter! Transform! Transform! You are a Transformer! For the sake of justice! Let's Go! Let's Fight! You can transform how your rage burns! Steam hissing away, like an SL! Stepping heavily, like a dinosaur! Cut through the darkness, like a laser gun! Combine in the sky, like an aircraft carrier! Transform! Transform! You are a Transformer! Transform! Transform! Transform! Transform! You are a Transformer!

Single release

Track listing

1. "The Headmasters"
2. "Kimi wa Transformer"

Release date: July 1, 1987
Label: Columbia Music Entertainment
Prod. code: CK-792
ASIN:

Album releases

All releases listed feature the full version of the song, unless otherwise noted.

• 1987 — Transformers: The Headmasters — Hit Song Collection (Columbia Music Entertainment)
• 2003 — Transformers — Theme Song Collection (Columbia Music Entertainment)
• 2004 — Transformers — History of Music: 1984-1990 (Columbia Music Entertainment) — Full and instrumental versions.
• 2007 — Transformers — Song Universe (Columbia Music Entertainment)

Notes

• Hardhead does his own version of this song when he consumes too much energon. The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok

• The second verse plays a bit on Japanese onomatopoeia, words that mimic sounds. "Shu shu" can be approximated to the hissing sound steam makes, tying with "SL" meaning "steam locomotive". "Nosshi nosshi", or "noshi noshi" (のしのし), means "in heavy steps", which is appropriate for larger dinosaurs.

• The objects mentioned in the lyrics apparently refer to
  • Super car - Chromedome
  • Tank - Hardhead
  • Jet plane - Brainstorm
  • Helicopter - Highbrow
  • Steam locomotive - Kaen
  • Dinosaur - Dinobots
  • Laser gun - Sixshot
  • Aircraft carrier - Fortress Maximus

References

• English translation of the TV size edit based on the fansub produced by TV-Nihon.