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* Kagoshima-Chuo Station (formerly Nishi-Kagoshima Station) building
* Kumamoto Station building
* 787 series ''Tsubame'' electric multiple unit, 1993 Blue Ribbon Award winner
* 883 series ''Sonic'' electric multiple unit, 1996 Blue Ribbon Award winner
* '' Yufuin no Mori II'' KiHa 72 diesel multiple unit train, 1999
* 885 series ''Kamome'' electric multiple unit, 2001 Blue Ribbon Award winner
* '' Yufuin no Mori I'' KiHa 70 series diesel multiple unit train refurbishment, 2003
* '' Yufu DX'' KiHa 183 series diesel multiple unit train refurbishment, 2004
* '' Hayato no Kaze'' KiHa 47 series diesel multiple unit train refurbishment, 2004
* '' Trans-Kyushu Limited Express'' KiHa 185 series diesel multiple unit train refurbishment, 2004
* 800 Series Shinkansen, 2005 Laurel Prize winner
* KiHa 125-400 series ''Umisachi Yamasachi'' train (in service from 10 October 2009)
* '' Ibusuki no Tamatebako'' diesel multiple unit train (in service from 2011)
* KiHa 185 series '' A-Train'' (in service from 8 October 2011)
* '' Seven Stars in Kyushu'' luxury excursion train (in service from October 2013)
* 305 series EMU commuter trains for the Chikuhi Line (in service from February 2015)
* '' Aru Ressha'' luxury excursion train (in service from August 2015)
* BEC819 series battery EMU trains for the Fukuhoku Yutaka Line and Chikuhō Main Line (in service from October 2016)
* '' Kawasemi Yamasemi'' two-car diesel multiple unit tourist train conversion (in service from spring 2017)
* 811 series EMU refurbishment from 2017
File:Kyushu Railway - Series 787 - 01.JPG, A JR Kyushu 787 series EDMU in April 2011
File:883ao3sc.jpg, A JR Kyushu 883 series EMU in March 2010
File:JRKyushu DMU kiha72-4.jpg, ''Yufuin no Mori II'' DMU in August 2008
File:JR Kyushu 885 series SM9 20100822.jpg, 885 series EMU in August 2010
File:Yuhuinnomori.jpg, ''Yufuin no Mori I'' DMU in August 2006
File:Hayatonokaze 3B 09sum.jpg, ''Hayato no Kaze'' DMU
File:Kiha 185 for Trans-Kyushu Limited Express at Hitoyoshi Station.jpg, ''Trans-Kyushu Limited Express'' KiHa 185 series DMU in September 2010
File:JR Kyushu Kiha 125 Umisachi Yamasachi-in-Aoshima-20100626.jpg, KiHa 125-400 series ''Umisachi Yamasachi'' train in June 2010
File:JRK 47DC Ibusuki no Tamatebako.JPG, The KiHa 47 ''Ibusuki no Tamatebako'' train in August 2012
File:JR Kyushu A-TRAIN 03.png, KiHa 185 series ''A-Train'', October 2011
File:Seven Stars in Kyushu at Aso Station 20131103.jpg, ''Seven Stars in Kyushu'' in November 2013
File:JR Kyushu 305 series W1.jpg, A JR Kyushu 305 series EMU in January 2016
File:JRKyushu DMU ARU RESSHA.jpg, The JR Kyushu KiHa 40 ''Aru Ressha'' trainset in October 2015
File:JR Kyushu Dual ENergy CHArge train (DENCHA) Kuha818-1 + Kumoha 819-1.jpg, The JR Kyushu BEC819 series battery EMU train in June 2016
File:Fujikyu 1305 Fujitozan.jpg, Fujikyu 1200 series ''Fuji Tozan Densha'' EMU in October 2010
File:Shimoyoshida Sta 2009.jpg, Renovated Shimoyoshida Station on the Fujikyuko Line in August 2009
File:Fujikyu 6000 Fujisan Station 20120229 (trimmed).JPG, A Fujikyu 6000 series electric multiple unit
File:FUJISAN VIEW EXPRESS 1.jpg, The Fujikyu 8500 series electric multiple unit train in June 2016
File:Wakayama Electric Railway Ichigo EC.jpeg, "Ichigo Electric Car" on the Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line, 2006
File:Okayama Electric Tramway 9200.jpg, Okayama Tramway 9200 series "Momo" tramcar
File:HSOR-116A Orange Restaurant Express 20200314.jpg, The Hisatsu Orange Railway ''Orange Restaurant Express'' tourist train in July 2013
File:Kitakinki Tango Railway 708 AO-MATSU 20130414.jpg, Kitakinki Tango Railway diesel car 708, ''Aomatsu'', April 2013
File:KUMAGAWA-KT501.jpg, Kumagawa Railroad diesel cars KT501 to KT503 in December 2014
File:JR shikoku Shimantoroko kotora152462 takamatsu.jpg, JR Shikoku ''Shiman Torocco'', October 2013
File:Shinano Railway 115 rokumon ueda 20150222.jpg, Shinano Railway ''Rokumon'' 115 series EMU in February 2015
File:KTR 8000 series in Tango-no-umi design (at Amanohashidate station).jpg, Kyoto Tango Railway KTR8000 ''Tango no Umi'' DMU in October 2016
File:Heisei Chikuho 401-402 COTO COTO Train 20201009.jpg, Coto Coto Train of the Heisei Chikuhō Railway Company, 2019
"Traveling at Speed in High Style" Government of Japan Public Relations interview with Eiji Mitooka, August 2011
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitooka, Eiji Japanese industrial designers 1947 births Living people People from Okayama Prefecture
industrial design
Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical Product (business), products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in adva ...
er, illustrator, and managing director of the industrial design company . He also works as a design consultant for Kyushu Railway Company
The , also referred to as , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services within Kyushu, Japan. It formerly operated the Beetle (JR Kyushu), Beetle hydrofoil service across th ...
(JR Kyushu).
Biography
Mitooka graduated from Okayama Technical High School in 1965. After graduating from high school, Mitooka worked at Studio Silvo Coppola in Italy before founding Don Design Associates in 1972. The company oversees design projects for buildings, interiors, railway vehicles, graphics, and products. In October 2011, Mitooka was awarded the 59th Kikuchi Kan Prize, presented annually by '' Bungei Shunju'' literary magazine and the Society for the Advancement of Japanese Culture.Projects
JR Kyushu projects
* Kagoshima-Chuo Station (formerly Nishi-Kagoshima Station) building
* Kumamoto Station building
* 787 series ''Tsubame'' electric multiple unit, 1993 Blue Ribbon Award winner
* 883 series ''Sonic'' electric multiple unit, 1996 Blue Ribbon Award winner
* '' Yufuin no Mori II'' KiHa 72 diesel multiple unit train, 1999
* 885 series ''Kamome'' electric multiple unit, 2001 Blue Ribbon Award winner
* '' Yufuin no Mori I'' KiHa 70 series diesel multiple unit train refurbishment, 2003
* '' Yufu DX'' KiHa 183 series diesel multiple unit train refurbishment, 2004
* '' Hayato no Kaze'' KiHa 47 series diesel multiple unit train refurbishment, 2004
* '' Trans-Kyushu Limited Express'' KiHa 185 series diesel multiple unit train refurbishment, 2004
* 800 Series Shinkansen, 2005 Laurel Prize winner
* KiHa 125-400 series ''Umisachi Yamasachi'' train (in service from 10 October 2009)
* '' Ibusuki no Tamatebako'' diesel multiple unit train (in service from 2011)
* KiHa 185 series '' A-Train'' (in service from 8 October 2011)
* '' Seven Stars in Kyushu'' luxury excursion train (in service from October 2013)
* 305 series EMU commuter trains for the Chikuhi Line (in service from February 2015)
* '' Aru Ressha'' luxury excursion train (in service from August 2015)
* BEC819 series battery EMU trains for the Fukuhoku Yutaka Line and Chikuhō Main Line (in service from October 2016)
* '' Kawasemi Yamasemi'' two-car diesel multiple unit tourist train conversion (in service from spring 2017)
* 811 series EMU refurbishment from 2017
Fujikyu projects
* Fujikyu 1200 series ''Fuji Tozan Densha'' train refurbishment, 2009 * Fujikyuko Line Shimoyoshida Station renovation, 2009 * Fujikyuko Line Fujisan Station renovation, 2011 * Fujikyu 6000 series electric multiple unit (in service from February 2012) * Fujikyu 8500 series ''Fujisan View Express'' train refurbishment, entering service in April 2016Other railway projects
* Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line train refurbishment (from March 2006) * Okayama Electric Tramway ''Momo'' tramcar *Hisatsu Orange Railway
is a third-sector railway company which operates Hisatsu Orange Railway Line in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures. The line follows the former part of the JR Kyushu Kagoshima Main Line that connected Yatsushiro and Sendai in Kumamoto and K ...
''Orange Restaurant Express'' tourist train (in service from March 2013)
* Kitakinki Tango Railway: Refurbishment of two KTR700 diesel cars (''Akamatsu'' and ''Aomatsu'') re-entering service from March 2013, at a cost of approximately 40 million yen
* Kumagawa Railroad Yunomae Line: Five diesel cars to be delivered in fiscal 2013 and 2014
* JR Shikoku
The , commonly known as , is the smallest of the seven constituent companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates of intercity and local rail services in the four Prefectures of Japan, prefectures on the island of Shikoku in Jap ...
train refurbishment, returning to service from 5 October 2013
* Kitakinki Tango Railway: Refurbishment of KTR800 diesel car KTR803, re-entering service from 1 November 2013
* Shinano Railway: 115 series 115 may refer to:
*115 (number), the number
*AD 115, a year in the 2nd century AD
*115 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*115 (Hampshire Fortress) Corps Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, a unit in the UK Territorial Army
*115 (Leicestershire) Field ...
''Rokumon'' tourist train conversion
* Kyoto Tango Railway: Rebuilding two two-car KTR8000 ''Tango Discovery'' DMU sets to be renamed ''Tango no Umi'' during fiscal 2015
* Nagaragawa Railway: Rebuilding two Nagara 300 series diesel cars to become the ''Nagara'' sightseeing train, entering service in spring 2016
* Izukyu Corporation: Rebuilding of ''Alpha Resort 21'' train to become ''The Royal Express'' sightseeing train, entering service in summer 2017
* Coto Coto Train: touristic train service run by the Heisei Chikuhō Railway Company in the Fukuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders ...
, opened in 2019.
Exhibitions
* Axis Gallery, Tokyo, 8–23 October 2011 * Art Tower Mito Contemporary Gallery, 7 July - 30 September 2012Bibliography
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External links
"Traveling at Speed in High Style" Government of Japan Public Relations interview with Eiji Mitooka, August 2011
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitooka, Eiji Japanese industrial designers 1947 births Living people People from Okayama Prefecture