Yukikaze (G1)

This article is about the Generation 1 Trainbot. For the Beast Wars II spaceship, see Yukikaze (BWII).

Yukikaze is an Autobot in the Generation 1 continuity family.

Yukikaze is the younger brother of the Trainbot leader Shouki. Cold-weather operations is Yuki's gig, and in the snow, there's no stopping him. Naturally, he doesn't like heat at all. So much, in fact, that it severely hampers his ability to work with Kaen, who apparently puts out a lot of it.

Fiction

Dreamwave Generation 1 comic continuity

"I can fit a human in by backpack!"

Yukikaze (or someone who looks a lot like him) is part of a big crowd of unhappy Cybertrons who make Prowl look really stupid when he tries to make a speech. Skyfire

Toys

Headmasters

• Getsuei (Trainbot, 1987)

Japanese ID number: C-127

Yukikaze transforms into a Tohoku Joetsu bullet train engine. He also forms the left leg of the team's combined mode Raiden... though he can really form the right leg if you're so inclined.

• Raiden (Gift set, 1987)

The entire Trainbot team was sold both as individuals and in a six-bot Raiden gift-set.

• Raiden (TF Jr set, 1987)

Zone

• Yukikaze (Trainbot, 1990)

Japanese ID number: C-356

The Trainbots were re-released during Zone in new packaging, and only as individuals, never in a box set. The toys are identical to their original Headmasters incarnations.

Trivia

• Though it is a little tricky to tell the true meaning of Yukikaze's name since it is "spelled" in phonetic katakana rather than kanji, the most likely translation to English is "Snowbreeze".

• The Trainbots are all originally Diaclone toys, which came in two different color schemes. It's also worth noting that there are several mold differences between the Diaclone and Transformers versions, though Getsuei really doesn't change much at all. The Transformers releases also lost the Dialcone pilots (of course) and the little plastic tracks for the trains to ride on.

External links

• Yukikaze at TFU.info

• Diaclone "Train Robo" at Diaclone.net (Japanese-language site)

From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.