Eiji Mitooka
Eiji Mitooka is a Japanese industrial designer, illustrator, and managing director of the industrial design company Don Design Associates. He also works as a design consultant for Kyushu Railway Company.
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 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 winnerYufuin no Mori II KiHa 72 diesel multiple unit train, 1999
- 885 series Kamome electric multiple unit, 2001 Blue Ribbon Award winnerYufuin no Mori I KiHa 70 series diesel multiple unit train refurbishment, 2003Yufu DX KiHa 183 series diesel multiple unit train refurbishment, 2004Hayato no Kaze KiHa 47 series diesel multiple unit train refurbishment, 2004Trans-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 Ibusuki no Tamatebako diesel multiple unit train
- KiHa 185 series A-Train Seven Stars in Kyushu luxury excursion train
- 305 series EMU commuter trains for the Chikuhi Line Aru Ressha luxury excursion train
- BEC819 series battery EMU trains for the Fukuhoku Yutaka Line and Chikuhō Main Line Kawasemi Yamasemi two-car diesel multiple unit tourist train conversion
- 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
- Fujikyu 8500 series Fujisan View Express train refurbishment, entering service in April 2016
Other railway projects
- Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line train refurbishment
- Okayama Electric Tramway Momo tramcar
- Hisatsu Orange Railway Orange Restaurant Express tourist train
- Kitakinki Tango Railway: Refurbishment of two KTR700 diesel cars 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 Shiman Torocco 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 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, opened in 2019.