Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist

This article is about the nominally heroic human. For his mirrorverse counterpart, see Doctor Fujiyama the Infamous Scientist.

Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist is a human from the Generation 1 continuity family.

"Giant ninja robot? What could go wrong?"

Doctor Fujiyama (the Famous Scientist!) builds robots. Ninja robots. Giant ninja robots. Giant female ninja robots.

He's no Bruce Sato.

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Michael Bell (English), Keiichi Nanba (Japanese), François Leccia (European French)

Doctor Fujiyama, who reportedly is a man of some renown in the scientific world, built a ninja robot. Her name was Nightbird, and her purpose was to benefit mankind. However, the Decepticons stole her and reprogrammed her to be evil, so he locked her away for humanity's protection. Enter the Nightbird

Ask Vector Prime

Doctor Fujiyama was one of several Japanese scientists to contribute to the creation of the Trainbots as part of the Raiden Initiative. He was primarily responsible for their combat protocols, and chose to name the 485-200 series train due to its connection with his native Kyushu. He went with the name "Seizan" after the geography of his home region. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/27

3H comics

Excuse me, Daniel-san, but I seem to be bleeding oil.

Decades later, Fujiyama built an army of Nightbirds, and for some reason, that didn't go well either. Daniel Witwicky detonated an explosive device to destroy them, killing himself and Wheelie in the process. Departure

Games

Transformers Legends

Doctor Fujiyama built Nightbird, and had to get the Autobots to rescue her when she was stolen by the Decepticons. Enter the Nightbird

Notes

• In the script for "Enter the Nightbird", Dr. Fujiyama the Famous Scientist's last name is consistently spelled "Fujiama", omitting the "y". However, as Fujiyama is an incorrect reading for "Mount Fuji" (富士山 Fuji-san), it is possible that the episode writer did not know the proper spelling of the word. It is written as "Fujiyama" in The Wreckers comic. His name in the Japanese dub is the more ordinary-sounding Hamada, likely invented to not throw off the audience with a bizarre and made-up Japanese name.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Hamada-hakase (ハマダ博士, "Doctor Hamada")