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* Hira's earliest sign of working for Takara is a 1993 patent for a game that seemed to be a cross between [[w:Tiddlywinks|tiddlywinks]] and [[w:Pogs|pogs]].<ref>https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/c1800/PU/JP-H07-116291/2E46558689E545EF1934588E68B2723E2DDAF5CB6AB6F2AC36579F022F954A65/11/ja</ref> | * Hira's earliest sign of working for Takara is a 1993 patent for a game that seemed to be a cross between [[w:Tiddlywinks|tiddlywinks]] and [[w:Pogs|pogs]].<ref>https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/c1800/PU/JP-H07-116291/2E46558689E545EF1934588E68B2723E2DDAF5CB6AB6F2AC36579F022F954A65/11/ja</ref> | ||
* He may have been the lead on Takara's ''[[w:Dennō Bōkenki Webdiver|Webdiver]]'' series. He designed the main robot Gladion, worked on other toys in the line, and appears on 3 patents relating to Gladion's internal video game system. | * He may have been the lead on Takara's ''[[w:Dennō Bōkenki Webdiver|Webdiver]]'' series. He designed the main robot Gladion, worked on other toys in the line, and appears on 3 patents relating to Gladion's internal video game system. | ||
* His transition to management occurred around 2004, as he was given an Executive Producer credit on ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars Returns]]'' and an executive-level "planning" credit in the Japanese version of the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' anime. He would receive similar high-level credits on the Japanese version of ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'', as well as Takara's home-grown shows ''Ryukendo'', | * His transition to management occurred around 2004, as he was given an Executive Producer credit on ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars Returns]]'' and an executive-level "planning" credit in the Japanese version of the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' anime. He would receive similar high-level credits on the Japanese version of ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'', as well as Takara's home-grown shows ''Ryukendo'', ''Metal Fight [[Beyblade]]'', ''[[Rescue Fire]]'', and most recently ''Cap Kakumei Bottleman''. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 20:15, 14 May 2026
Yuichiro Hira (平 雄一郎 Hira Yūichirō) was a Transformers designer at Takara from the start of Beast Wars to the beginning of Energon. He eventually moved into upper-level TakaraTomy management.[1]
Known Transformers work
[edit]Toy design
[edit]Beast Wars
[edit]| Basic Class | Deluxe Class | Mega Class
|
Ultra Class |  |
Transmetals 2
[edit]| Basic Class | Deluxe Class | Mega Class | Ultra Class |  |
Beast Machines
[edit]| Basic Class | Deluxe Class | Mega Class | Ultra Class | Supreme Class |  |
Mutant Beast Wars
[edit]| Deluxe Class |
Car Robots/Robots in Disguise (2001)
[edit]| Predacons | Team Bullet Train | Supreme Class
|
 |
1-2-3 Transformers
[edit]| Ultra |  |
Armada
[edit]| Mini-Con Class | Super-Con Class | Roleplay Triple Changer |  |
Playskool Big Adventures
[edit]| Ultra |
Transformers Go-Bots
[edit]| Deluxe |  |
Energon
[edit]| Energon Class |  |
Cartoon production
[edit]- Beast Wars Returns (Executive Producer)
- Galaxy Force (planning)
- Transformers Animated
Notes
[edit]- Hira's earliest sign of working for Takara is a 1993 patent for a game that seemed to be a cross between tiddlywinks and pogs.[3]
- He may have been the lead on Takara's Webdiver series. He designed the main robot Gladion, worked on other toys in the line, and appears on 3 patents relating to Gladion's internal video game system.
- His transition to management occurred around 2004, as he was given an Executive Producer credit on Beast Wars Returns and an executive-level "planning" credit in the Japanese version of the Cybertron anime. He would receive similar high-level credits on the Japanese version of Transformers Animated, as well as Takara's home-grown shows Ryukendo, Metal Fight Beyblade, Rescue Fire, and most recently Cap Kakumei Bottleman.
References
[edit]- ↑ 2015 press release noting Hira moving from Deputy Head of Global Business Division to Head of Global Business Division. https://www.takaratomy.co.jp/english/ir/financial/pdf/150714p_en.pdf
- ↑ Yuichiro Hira's name is on Inferno's patent, but Ejima was credited as working on Inferno in a Figure Ō interview.
- ↑ https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/c1800/PU/JP-H07-116291/2E46558689E545EF1934588E68B2723E2DDAF5CB6AB6F2AC36579F022F954A65/11/ja
