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Shogo Hasui (蓮井章悟 Hasui Shōgo) is a designer at TakaraTomy, joining the company in 1999. Since Armada, he has called "dibs" to design every Starscream toy,^[1] and is thus referred to as "Mr. Starscream" within Takara's Transformers design team.

He's responsible for every 2010s Masterpiece you love and most Generations showstoppers since 2014.

Known design projects

Beast Machines

Skydive (his first Transformer design)
Bruticus

Armada

Starscream with Swindle

Energon

Starscream
Wing Saber (with Hirofumi Ichikawa)

Cybertron

Voyager Class

Starscream (based upon The War Within Starscream by Don Figueroa)

Supreme Class

Starscream (with Eric Siebenaler)

Classics

Deluxe Class

Starscream (with Don Figueroa and Eric Siebenaler)
Rodimus

Transformers (2007)

Deluxe Class

Voyager Class

Ratchet
Starscream (with Eric Siebenaler)

Animated

Deluxe Class

Voyager Class

Henkei! Henkei!

Starscream (presumably the deco)
Hot Rodimus (presumably the deco)

Revenge of the Fallen

Deluxe Class

Sideswipe

Voyager Class

Starscream

Human Alliance

Bumblebee / Sam Witwicky
Barricade / Frenzy

Combiner Class

Constructicon Devastator (initial concept only, final design by Takio Ejima)

Transformers (2010)

Leader Class

Starscream

Human Alliance

Jazz / Captain Lennox

Generations

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Autobot Drift

Combiner Wars

Legends Class

Decepticon Shockwave

Deluxe Class

Voyager Class

Onslaught

Box set

Victorion
(Pyra Magna, Jumpstream, Dust Up, Stormclash, Skyburst, Rust Dust)

Titan Class

Devastator
(Scrapper, Hook, Bonecrusher, Long Haul, Mixmaster, Scavenger)

Titans Return

Deluxe Class

Fracas & Scourge
Xort & Highbrow

Leader Class

Titan Class

Emissary & Cerebros & Fortress Maximus
Decepticon Necro & Decepticon Full-Tilt & Trypticon

Power of the Primes

Optimus Primal

Studio Series

Revenge of the Fallen Constructicons:

Studio Series 86

Core Class

File:Studio-Series-86-Grimlock.jpg

Wheelie^[2]
Rumble^[2]

Deluxe Class

Gnaw

Leader Class

War for Cybertron: Siege

Omega Supreme & Countdown

War for Cybertron: Earthrise

Deluxe Class

Voyager Class

Starscream

Titan Class

Scorponok (with Lord Zarak)

War for Cybertron: Kingdom

Core Class

Soundwave^[2]

Deluxe Class

Voyager Class

Titan Class

Autobot Ark with Teletraan-1/Autobot Mainframe^[6]

Legacy

Core Class

Bomb-burst^[2]

Deluxe Class

Leader Class

Blitzwing^[3]

Wreck 'N Rule Collection

Comic Universe Impactor and Spindle^[9]

Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection

Autobot Cosmos

Legacy: Evolution

Core Class

Deluxe Class

Breakdown

Devcon

Voyager Class

Metalhawk

Leader Class

Armada Universe Megatron

Commander Class

Armada Universe Optimus Prime

Power Core Combiners

Dark of the Moon

Prime

First Edition

Masterpiece

2003

MP-1 Convoy^[3]

2011

MP-10 Convoy

2012

MP-11 Starscream (with Hironori Kobayashi)
MP-12 Lambor
MP-14 Alert

2013

2014

MP-20 Wheeljack
MP-21 Bumble
MP-22 Ultra Magnus (initial design, final version by Hironori Kobayashi)
MP-12G Lambor G-2 Ver.
MP-13B Soundblaster (with Ratbat)

Masterpiece Movie Series

Go!

Go Prime (deco and bio)

Adventure

Battle Grimlock

Rise of the Beasts^[3]

"Core" figures

Deluxe Class

Airazor

Beast Alliance

Beast Battle Masters

Battle Changers

Beast Weaponizers

Smash Changers

Optimus Primal

Convention appearances (United States)

Hasbro Pulse livestream appearances

April 4, 2023's Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream on YouTube, with Ben MacCrae, Evan Brooks, Mark Maher, and Sam Smith.

Fiction

Legends World

Hasui was among the Transformer toy designers present at the Transformers Celebration 2014, where they handed out autographs. He impressed the beast-mode-loving Rattrap by telling him he once designed a three-headed beast toy called Bruticus. Legends Bonus Vol. At some point, Hasui was riding the train with Hisashi Yuki when the two were taken aback by Rattrap's new robot body. Bonus Edition Vol. 1

Notes

During pre-production of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Hasui created a combiner concept model (made from various Japanese robot and superhero toys) and storyboard-style concepts for a movie-styled "Devastator" combiner (involving a MH-53 Pave Low helicopter, such as Blackout and Grindor) for Hasbro to pass onto the movie production staff.^[10]
Hasui was the original TakaraTomy designer assigned to Revenge of the Fallen Combiner class Constructicon Devastator (and had completed some preliminary sketches for it), but due to scheduling conflicts, that project was handed over to fellow TakaraTomy designer Takio Ejima.^[10]
Due to the enormous workload the TakaraTomy designers were under, Hasui was by default the one assigned to present a proof-of-concept prototype for Revenge of the Fallen's Human Alliance subset of Alternators-styled larger vehicles partnered with human drivers. He rapidly created the proof-of-concept model using a Voyager class Ratchet toy with a new shoulder (that turned into a seat for the human passenger in either mode), a new left forearm (which turned into a motorcycle) and a new gigantic weapons array.^[10]

References

↑ TakaraTomy designer interview in Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 1
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 August 16, 2022's Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream on YouTube, with Ben MacCrae, Delaney Norris, Sam Smith, Evan Brooks, Isabella Weiss, and Mark Maher.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 Interview in Figure King No. 303 (April 2023 issue)
↑ Design notes on Wingfinger from Hasbro designer Mark Maher on Instagram
↑ Design notes on Kingdom Slammer from Hasbro designer Mark Maher on Instagram
↑ Design notes on Autobot Ark from concept artist Ken Christiansen on Instagram
↑ Design notes on Legacy Tarantulas from Hasbro designer Mark Maher on Instagram
↑ SDCC 2022 Hasbro Transformers Product Reveal Panel report at TFW2005
↑ Design notes on Comic Universe Impactor and Spindle from Hasbro designer Mark Maher on Instagram
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 TakaraTomy designer interview in Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 3

External links

Shogo Hasui's TF Twitter account

Interviews

[1] TakaraTomy designer interview in Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 1

[August22-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 August 16, 2022's Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream on YouTube, with Ben MacCrae, Delaney Norris, Sam Smith, Evan Brooks, Isabella Weiss, and Mark Maher.

[King303-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 Interview in Figure King No. 303 (April 2023 issue)

[4] Design notes on Wingfinger from Hasbro designer Mark Maher on Instagram

[5] Design notes on Kingdom Slammer from Hasbro designer Mark Maher on Instagram

[6] Design notes on Autobot Ark from concept artist Ken Christiansen on Instagram

[7] Design notes on Legacy Tarantulas from Hasbro designer Mark Maher on Instagram

[8] SDCC 2022 Hasbro Transformers Product Reveal Panel report at TFW2005

[9] Design notes on Comic Universe Impactor and Spindle from Hasbro designer Mark Maher on Instagram

[Generations_3-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 TakaraTomy designer interview in Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 3

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