Koki Yamada

Kōki Yamada (山田 康記 Yamada Kōki) is a TakaraTomy designer currently on the Generations mega-brand. He generally takes point on Core Class figures.

Known design projects

Generations

Studio Series

• Bumblebee Shockwave
• Rise of the Beasts Arcee

Studio Series '86

• Exo-Suit Spike Witwicky

Gamer Edition

• War for Cybertron Gamer Edition Optimus Prime
• War for Cybertron Gamer Edition Megatron

War for Cybertron: Kingdom

• Autobot Hot Rod

Legacy: Evolution

• War Dawn 2-pack (Dion and Autobot Erial)
• Rise of Tyranny 2-pack (Miner Megatron and Senator Ratbat)
• Strongarm

Legacy: United

• Animated Universe Optimus Prime
• Cyberverse Universe Windblade

Rise of the Beasts

Battle Changers

• Bumblebee
• Rhinox
• Autobot Mirage
• Scourge

Beast Combiners

• Bumblebee & Snarlsaber
• Arcee & Silverfang
• Optimus Primal & Skullcruncher
• Optimus Prime & Lionblade
• Scourge & Predacon Scorponok

Beast Weaponizers

• Predacon Scorponok & Sandspear

Convention appearances

• San Diego Comic-Con 2023

Trivia

• Yamada is perhaps the first post-Beast Wars designer, having come up on the Car Robots cartoon as a child.
• When he begged his parents for a toy of Car Robots headliner Fire Convoy, they came home with a reissue of the original Convoy instead. The Yamadas: ahead of their time.
• Yamada was awestruck when longtime veteran and noted Car Robots lead designer Hisashi Yuki took him under his wing as something of a "work dad."
• His dream project is to co-create an update of Super Fire Convoy alongside Yuki.

External links

Interviews

• Interview for Transformers Generations 2022 translated at Soundwave's Oblivion