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'''Yuichiro Hira''' ( | '''Yuichiro Hira''' (平 雄一郎 ''Hira Yūichirō'') was a ''Transformers'' designer at [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] from the end of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' to the beginning of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]''. He eventually moved into upper-level TakaraTomy management.<ref>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</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 05:38, 11 June 2023
Yuichiro Hira (平 雄一郎 Hira Yūichirō) was a Transformers designer at Takara from the end of Beast Wars to the beginning of Energon. He eventually moved into upper-level TakaraTomy management.[1]
Known Transformers work
Cartoon production
- Beast Wars Returns (Executive Producer)
- Galaxy Force (planning)
- Transformers Animated
Toy design
Beast Wars
| Basic Class | Deluxe Class
|
Mega Class
|
Ultra Class |  |
Beast Machines
| Basic Class | Deluxe Class | Mega Class | Ultra Class | Supreme Class |  |
Mutant Beast Wars
| Deluxe Class |
Car Robots/Robots in Disguise (2001)
| Team Bullet Train | Supreme Class
|
 |
1-2-3 Transformers
| Ultra |  |
Armada
| Mini-Con Class | Super-Con Class | Roleplay Triple Changer |  |
Playskool Big Adventures
| Ultra |
Transformers Go-Bots
| Deluxe |  |
Energon
| Energon Class |  |
Notes
- 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.[2]
- 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/c1800/PU/JP-H07-116291/2E46558689E545EF1934588E68B2723E2DDAF5CB6AB6F2AC36579F022F954A65/11/ja
