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Yoshioka' | '''Hidetsugu Yoshioka''' (吉岡 英嗣 ''Yoshioka Hidetsugu'') is a Japanese illustrator. He has produced various pieces of ''Transformers'' artwork for [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] since the late '80s and has worked steadily for the line in all its incarnations ever since, continuing to produce mini-comics and other promotional artwork to this day. Outside of ''Transformers'', Yoshioka has also illustrated [[story page]]s and comics for Takara's incarnation of the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' lines: ''Super Mutant Turtles'' and ''Metal Mutant Turtles''. Recently he became a mecha illustrator for the card game ''Zillions of Enemy X.'' | ||
Yoshioka's style is heavily influenced by American comic book art. Beginning with ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'', Yoshioka adapted his style to mimic that of [[Derek Yaniger]], a style he continues to use that has since become his visual trademark. Further strengthening his bond with American comics, the majority of his pack-in comics, despite being released exclusively in Japan, read from left to right like a Western comic. | |||
==Comics== | |||
*[[ | *[[PDTF Comic]] | ||
*[[ | *[[The Transformers (MC Axis manga)|MC Axis pack-in comics]] | ||
*''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' Vol. 3 Japanese cover | |||
*[[ | |||
=== | ===''Transformers G-2''=== | ||
*[[G-2 ( | *[[Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2 pack-in comics]] | ||
=== | ===e-HOBBY=== | ||
{{collist|4| | |||
*"[[Hybrid Style Convoy Black Version]]" | |||
*"[[64 Cybertron Urban Defense Robot GADEP]]" | |||
*"[[Destron Leader Megatron Black Ver.]]" | |||
*"[[Destron Aerospace Warrior Sunstorm]]" | |||
*"[[MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver.]]" | |||
*"[[MP-3G Destron Air Commander / Starscream Ghost Ver.]]" | |||
*"[[Nissan GT-R / Ultra Magnus (Brilliant Pearl White)]]" | |||
*"[[Destron Doppelgänger Black Rodimus Convoy]]" | |||
*"[[Solar Requiem]]" | |||
*"[[Badlands (issue)|Badlands]]" | |||
}} | |||
*[[Pioneer]] laserdisc cover art ([[super deformed]] group shots, fact booklet covers) | ===''The Transformers: Micromaster''=== | ||
*[[Transformers | *''[[The Transformers: Micromaster]]'' pack-in comics | ||
===''Robotmasters''=== | |||
*[[The New Battle Begins!|''Robotmasters '' catalog comic Vol.1]] | |||
===''Henkei! Henkei!''=== | |||
*[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (Generations manga)|''Henkei! Henkei! Generations'' comics]] | |||
**"[[Mirage's Activity]]" | |||
===''United EX''=== | |||
*''[[Transformers United EX]]'' (illustrated text stories) | |||
===''Transformers Cloud''=== | |||
*''[[Transformers Cloud#Prose|Spacetime World: Guardians of Time]]'' Text story illustrations [[Uprising (Cloud)|#1]]–[[Rampage (Cloud)|6]] | |||
*[[Transformers Cloud#Comics|''Cloud'' pack-in comics]] [[TFC-A01|A01]] - [[TFC-A04]] and [[TFC-D01|D01]] - [[TFC-D04|D04]] | |||
===''Generations Selects''=== | |||
*''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]'' | |||
**[[Seacons comic 4]] | |||
==Story pages== | |||
*''[[Transformers: G-2 (story page)|G-2]]'' | |||
*''[[Beast Wars (story page)|Beast Wars]]'' | |||
*''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-]]'' | |||
==Known packaging illustration== | |||
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''=== | |||
*[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (toyline)|Super-God Masterforce]] | |||
*[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (toyline)|Victory]] | |||
*[[Transformers: Zone (toyline)|Zone]] | |||
*[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Return of Convoy (toyline)|Return of Convoy]] | |||
*[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]] | |||
{{creatorstub|specific credits}} | |||
===MC-Axis=== | |||
{{creatorstub}} | |||
===''Beast Wars''=== | |||
{{collist|4| | |||
*[[Double Punch#Beast Wars/Beast Wars|Double Punch]] | |||
*[[Grizzly-1#Beast Wars/Beast Wars|Grizzly-1]] | |||
}} | |||
===''The Transformers: Micromaster''=== | |||
{{creatorstub}} | |||
===''Binaltech''=== | |||
{{creatorstub}} | |||
===''Beast Wars Again''=== | |||
{{collist|4| | |||
*BWVS-01 Eternal Beast Showdown:<br>[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Again|Convoy]] VS [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Again|Megatron]] | |||
*BWVS-02 Tough Showdown:<br>[[Rhinox (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Again|Rhinox]] VS [[Scorponok (BW)#Beast Wars Again|Scorpos]] | |||
*BWVS-03 Instant Showdown:<br>[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Again|Cheetus]] VS [[Waspinator (BW)#Beast Wars Again|Waspeeter]] | |||
*BWVS-04 Tenacious Showdown:<br>[[Tigatron (BW)#Beast Wars Again|Tigatron]] VS [[Blackarachnia (BW)#Beast Wars Again|Blackwidow]] | |||
*BWVS-04 Screaming Showdown:<br>[[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Again|Rattle]] VS [[Terrorsaur (BW)#Beast Wars Again|Terrorsaur]] | |||
*BWVS-06 Inverse Showdown:<br>[[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Again|Dinobot]] VS [[Tarantulas (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Again|Tarans]] | |||
*BWVS-07 Loyal Retainer Showdown:<br>[[Airazor (BW)#Beast Wars Again|Airazor]] VS [[Inferno (BW)#Beast Wars Again|Inferno]] | |||
*BWVS-08 Phantom Showdown:<br>[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Beast Wars Again|Ghost Starscream]] VS [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#BWVS08|Haunted Waspeeter]] | |||
}} | |||
===''Missing Link''=== | |||
*C-03 [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Missing Link|Bumble]] | |||
*C-04 [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Missing Link|Cliff]] <ref>[https://twitter.com/TF_pr/status/1796466663648374957] Tweet by Takara Tomy's Transformers account</ref> | |||
*C-05 [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Missing Link|Sunstreaker]] | |||
*C-06 [[Cordon (G1)#Missing Link|Cordon]] | |||
==Other illustration work== | |||
*[[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer]] laserdisc cover art ([[super deformed]] group shots, fact booklet covers) | |||
*''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' "For All Mankind" (Japanese reprint cover) | |||
{{creatorstub|"A ''Beast Wars'' guidebook"}} | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<center><gallery> | <center><gallery> | ||
Image:PDtype-Matrixattack.jpg|These two just love to fight, don't they? From the "[[ | Image:PDtype-Matrixattack.jpg|These two just love to fight, don't they? From the "[[PDTF Comic]]" mini-comics. | ||
Image:G2PrimeJustice.jpg|Laser [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] and Hero [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] go at it, from the Japanese ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[G- | Image:G2PrimeJustice.jpg|Laser [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] and Hero [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] go at it, from the Japanese ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Transformers: G-2 (story page)|story pages]]. | ||
Image:BWMegatronSticker.jpg|[[Megatron (BW)|Yesssssssssssss.]] | Image:BWMegatronSticker.jpg|[[Megatron (BW)|Yesssssssssssss.]] | ||
Image:MiragesRebirthPage01.jpg|[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] gets the drop on [[Octane]], from the ''[[Transformers Generations 2009]]'' | Image:MiragesRebirthPage01.jpg|[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] gets the drop on [[Octane]], from the ''[[Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 1]]'' mini-comic. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
''[[:Category:Images by Hidetsugu Yoshioka|Extended Hidetsugu Yoshioka gallery]]''</center> | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* Several of the ''G-2'' pack-in comics mistakenly credit Yoshioka as "Hidetsugu '''T'''oshioka". | * Several of the ''G-2'' pack-in comics mistakenly credit Yoshioka as "Hidetsugu '''T'''oshioka". | ||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www. | |||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.e-hobbymagazine.com/english/information_en/4599.html Yoshioka interview at eHobby Magazine, part 1] | ||
*[http://www.e-hobbymagazine.com/english/information_en/4726.html Yoshioka interview at eHobby Magazine, part 2] | |||
*[http://www.e-hobbymagazine.com/english/information_en/4847.html Yoshioka interview at eHobby Magazine, part 3] | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yoshioka, Hidetsugu}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Yoshioka, Hidetsugu}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Alternators packaging artists]] | ||
[[Category:Generation 1 packaging artists]] | |||
[[Category:TakaraTomy packaging artists]] | |||
[[Category:Transformers Character Card illustrators]] | |||
[[Category:Cover artists]] | |||
[[Category:Inkers]] | |||
[[Category:Pencillers]] | |||
Latest revision as of 06:46, 8 March 2026

Hidetsugu Yoshioka (吉岡 英嗣 Yoshioka Hidetsugu) is a Japanese illustrator. He has produced various pieces of Transformers artwork for Takara since the late '80s and has worked steadily for the line in all its incarnations ever since, continuing to produce mini-comics and other promotional artwork to this day. Outside of Transformers, Yoshioka has also illustrated story pages and comics for Takara's incarnation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles lines: Super Mutant Turtles and Metal Mutant Turtles. Recently he became a mecha illustrator for the card game Zillions of Enemy X.
Yoshioka's style is heavily influenced by American comic book art. Beginning with Generation 2, Yoshioka adapted his style to mimic that of Derek Yaniger, a style he continues to use that has since become his visual trademark. Further strengthening his bond with American comics, the majority of his pack-in comics, despite being released exclusively in Japan, read from left to right like a Western comic.
Comics
[edit]- PDTF Comic
- MC Axis pack-in comics
- Robots in Disguise Vol. 3 Japanese cover
Transformers G-2
[edit]e-HOBBY
[edit]- "Hybrid Style Convoy Black Version"
- "64 Cybertron Urban Defense Robot GADEP"
- "Destron Leader Megatron Black Ver."
- "Destron Aerospace Warrior Sunstorm"
- "MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver."
- "MP-3G Destron Air Commander / Starscream Ghost Ver."
- "Nissan GT-R / Ultra Magnus (Brilliant Pearl White)"
- "Destron Doppelgänger Black Rodimus Convoy"
- "Solar Requiem"
- "Badlands"
The Transformers: Micromaster
[edit]- The Transformers: Micromaster pack-in comics
Robotmasters
[edit]Henkei! Henkei!
[edit]United EX
[edit]- Transformers United EX (illustrated text stories)
Transformers Cloud
[edit]- Spacetime World: Guardians of Time Text story illustrations #1–6
- Cloud pack-in comics A01 - TFC-A04 and D01 - D04
Generations Selects
[edit]Story pages
[edit]Known packaging illustration
[edit]Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
[edit]
MC-Axis
[edit]Beast Wars
[edit]The Transformers: Micromaster
[edit]
Binaltech
[edit]Beast Wars Again
[edit]- BWVS-01 Eternal Beast Showdown:
Convoy VS Megatron - BWVS-02 Tough Showdown:
Rhinox VS Scorpos - BWVS-03 Instant Showdown:
Cheetus VS Waspeeter - BWVS-04 Tenacious Showdown:
Tigatron VS Blackwidow - BWVS-04 Screaming Showdown:
Rattle VS Terrorsaur - BWVS-06 Inverse Showdown:
Dinobot VS Tarans - BWVS-07 Loyal Retainer Showdown:
Airazor VS Inferno - BWVS-08 Phantom Showdown:
Ghost Starscream VS Haunted Waspeeter
Missing Link
[edit]- C-03 Bumble
- C-04 Cliff [1]
- C-05 Sunstreaker
- C-06 Cordon
Other illustration work
[edit]- Pioneer laserdisc cover art (super deformed group shots, fact booklet covers)
- The Transformers "For All Mankind" (Japanese reprint cover)
Gallery
[edit]-
These two just love to fight, don't they? From the "PDTF Comic" mini-comics.
Notes
[edit]- Several of the G-2 pack-in comics mistakenly credit Yoshioka as "Hidetsugu Toshioka".






