Hidetsugu Yoshioka

So why isn't this guy drawing everything forever?

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.

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.

Works

Box art

Comics

Story pages

Misc.

Pioneer laserdisc cover art (super deformed group shots, fact booklet covers)
Transformers Generations back cover

Gallery

These two just love to fight, don't they? From the "Transformers PD Type" mini-comics.
Laser Optimus and Hero Megatron go at it, from the Japanese Generation 2 story pages.
Yesssssssssssss.
Mirage gets the drop on Octane, from the Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 1 mini-comic.