SÅji Yoshikawa
- Doctor Sōji Yoshikawa is a human from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Doctor Sōji Yoshikawa (吉川 惣司 Yoshikawa Sōji) works at Shibuya Manufacturing (渋谷電気工業製作所). He is very gifted in science and technology, able to brainstorm with the Autobots on a competent level.
Fiction
The Transformers cartoon
- Voice actor: Walker Edmiston (English), Kenyū Horiuchi (Japanese)
Responding to some commotion on the factory floor, Yoshikawa rushed in to find the Autobots standing around looking useless, and machinery exploding. At first thinking that the Autobots were responsible for the mess, he soon realized that it was Kremzeek, a small electrical life form unleashed by Megatron. His suggestion to try using radio waves to disrupted the critter was attempted by Blaster, however the Autobot then tried to fry Kremzeek, despite Yoshikawa's protests, and succeeded in creating a whole host more of the creatures.
He and Optimus Prime attempted a new plan to unite the horde of Kremzeeks and succeeded — unfortunately the resulting Kremzeek was giant-sized. After using Blaster's idea of beaming Kremzeek to Megatron's energy magnet, Yoshikawa modified some equipment to successfully disperse the creature harmlessly.
Yoshikawa and the Autobots returned to shore to start repairing Omega Supreme, however before they could get started, another Kremzeek jumped out of Blaster, and the chase was on again. Kremzeek!
Kiss Players
Dr. Yoshikawa went on to breed Kremzeeks in captivity and created the Yoshikawa Type 5 Auto-Kremzeek Launcher for the Earth Defense Command. The weapon was wielded by Autorooper units and fired a ceramic shell that shattered on impact, unleashing the Kremzeek inside to absorb the electrical energy of any mechanoid it struck. Kiss Players
Notes
- The character is named after the real-life animator Sōji Yoshikawa, a co-worker of writer David Wise when they were both working at DIC Entertainment.
- The Sunbow Productions cast list for "Kremzeek" describes Yoshikawa as being forty years old.
