Kimi wa Transformer

Uncle Jam wants you to funk with him.

"Kimi wa Transformer" (君はトランスフォーマー, translated as "You Are a Transformer") was the ending theme 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.

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 Kassou 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 kyohryuu Yami wo kirisaku Laser Gun Sora-yuku kuubo 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!

Trivia

• 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

• Original Japanese/Rōmaji transliteration - TFKenkon Lyrics.
• English translation - TV-Nihon.com sub of Transformers: The Headmasters.