Eiji Mitooka

is a Japanese industrial designer, illustrator, and managing director of the industrial design company . He also works as a design consultant for Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu).

Biography Mitooka graduated from Okayama Technical High School in 1965.

Projects

JR Kyushu projects

Kagoshima-Chuo Station (formerly Nishi-Kagoshima Station) building 885 series Kamome electric multiple unit, 2001 Blue Ribbon Award winner Ibusuki no Tamatebako diesel multiple unit train (in service from 2011) KiHa 185 series A-Train (in service from 8 October 2011) 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 2016

Other railway projects Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line train refurbishment (from March 2006) Okayama Electric Tramway Momo tramcar 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 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.

Exhibitions Axis Gallery, Tokyo, 8–23 October 2011 Art Tower Mito Contemporary Gallery, 7 July - 30 September 2012