U.S. Air Force photo by Captain Katie Mueller, Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, 13FEB2021.
Kawasaki C-2 makes a humanitarian drop on Angaur, Palau. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Ryan Brooks, 10FEB2021.
The Kawasaki C-2 was designed to replace the older and intentionally limited (by Constitutional law, which has since been amended) C-1. 
It was also designed to exceed the abilities of the C-130J Super Hercules, which the Japanese Self Defense Forces determined to be too limited for what they had in mind.
C-2 over Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, 14FEB2020. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Curt Beach.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Melanie A. Hutto, Misawa Air Base, Japan, September 2019.
2019 Paris Air show video walk-around:
Kawasaki C-2, Iruma Air Base, Japan, 10JUL2019.
A U.S. Air Force C-130J Loadmaster gets to ride a C-2.
The C-2 can be equipped with an automated loading system.
The spacious loadmaster station (compared to C-130J).
USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe, 17SEP2018.
Size comparison to four engined Boeing C-17, Yokota Air Base, Japan, September 2018. USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe, 17SEP2018.
USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe, 17SEP2018.
EC-2 version.
Video, C-2 ELINT (EC-2) , Gifu Air Base, Japan, 2018:
General Electric CF6-80C2K1F turbofans are used.
XC-2 prototype, first flight 2010. Design project began in 2001.
Video, C-1 vs XC-2:
Video, XC-2 first flight:
Aoshima makes a 1:144 scale plastic model kit, retailing in Japan for about U.S.$43. However, I’ve seen U.S. sellers asking as much as U.S.$71 for it!
With interior.
VEHICLE I-D: MITSUBISHI F-2, SURE LOOKS LIKE AN F-16