Nobuyuki Okude
Nobuyuki Okude (奥出 信行 Okude Nobuyuki, born March 5, 1944) is a former Executive Vice President of Takara. During his over 40 years working for the company, he created Diaclone, as well as the concept of robots transforming into realistic cars.
He was briefly promoted to President of Takara overall after the retirement of [[wikipedia:{{#if:ja|ja:}}佐藤慶太|{{#if:Sato Keita|Sato Keita|佐藤慶太}}]] in 2005 before transferring to oversee various subsidiaries of former rival toy company Tomy after the merger of Takara and Tomy into TakaraTomy in 2006.
As of 2010 he is employed as the head of the IP management department at Japanese media conglomerate [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Kadokawa Corporation|{{#if:Kadokawa|Kadokawa|Kadokawa Corporation}}]].
Known media credits
[edit]- Transformers: Super God Masterforce, producer
- Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory, producer
- Transformers: Zone, producer
External links
[edit]- [[wikipedia:{{#if:ja|ja:}}奥出信行|{{#if:Nobuyuki Okude|Nobuyuki Okude|奥出信行}}]] at Japanese Wikipedia
- "The Man That Invented Transformers" interview in the June 2002 issue of Hobby Japan, translated at TFormers