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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070307/http://www.reocities.com/planetsabretron/oonokoujin.html Translated Interview from Transformers Generations | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070307/http://www.reocities.com/planetsabretron/oonokoujin.html Translated Interview] from ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]'' (p.126) at Planet Sabretron (archived) | ||
*[https://www.soundwavesoblivion.com/techspecs/interviewkojinono.html Translated Interviews] from [[Figure Ō|Figure King]] Issue 278 and [[Transformers Generations 2021]] | *[https://www.soundwavesoblivion.com/techspecs/interviewkojinono.html Translated Interviews] from [[Figure Ō|Figure King]] Issue 278 and ''[[Transformers Generations 2021]]'' at Soundwaves Oblivion | ||
*[https://www.soundwavesoblivion.com/techspecs/interviewkojinono6.html Translated Interview] from ''[[Transformers Generations 2024]]'' at Soundwaves Oblivion | |||
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Revision as of 23:51, 4 January 2025
Kōjin Ōno (大野 光仁 Ōno Kōjin) is a TakaraTomy employee born on May 11, 1959 in Tokyo. He worked for Takara for several decades prior to the merger with Tomy. Ōno was one of the main designers for the Microman and Diaclone toylines, and designed many of the toys that were later licensed to Hasbro and repurposed as the first Transformers toys. His name is sometimes transliterated as "Koujin Ohno", "Kouzin Ohno"[1] or "Kohjin Ohno".
Among Ōno's designs were the first "car to robot transforming toy", the toy that later became the Autobot Sunstreaker, and the former largest Transformers toy ever, Fortress Maximus. Later Ōno played a key role in the introduction of the Beast Wars toy line to the Japanese market and designed toys for both the 2007 live-action movie line and its successor, Revenge of the Fallen.
He currently oversees the Masterpiece toyline and TakaraTomy's licensed crossover toys.[2]
Known design projects
Diaclone
- Pretty much every single real world vehicle, give or take a dinosaur.
Generation 1
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
2010/Scramble City
| Aerialbots[3] |
The Headmasters
| Trainbots |
Super-God Masterforce
Victory
|
| Multiforce[3] | Dinoforce[3] / Pretender Monsters | Crossformers[3] / Mega Pretenders |
Zone
|
Cybertron
| Scout Class |
Transformers (2007)
| Deluxe Class | Fast Action Battlers | Cyber Slammers
|
G-Shock × Transformers
Masterpiece
2021
|
2022
|
2023
|
2024
|
MPG
2022
|
2023
|
2024
|
2025
|
Canon/Transformers
Rise of the Beasts
Notes
- For whatever reason, the American patent that credits Ōno for Sunstreaker also includes Bumper, leading to the mistaken impression that Ōno created both toys. The Micro Change Familia 1500 XG that became Bumper was actually created by a Takara designer named Masaki Maruyama.
- Ōno cites the Steel Jeeg franchise as his original inspiration for the Headmaster gimmick.[6] Takara created a number of toys for the Jeeg series in the 1970s, including one that was retooled into the original form of Baron Karza.
- Ōno has something of a soft spot for Skids' alt mode the Honda City R, having owned a red one in his youth. This would inspire his creation of Reboost for the Masterpiece toyline.
References
- ↑ Several of the US patents for the early Generation 1 toys that originated from Diaclone transliterate his name as "Kouzin Ohno" when listing him as the designer.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Designer interview in Figure King No. 303 (April 2023 issue)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Interview with Ōno in the original 2001 edition of Transformers Generations by Kōji Igarashi, p.126
- ↑ Transformers Generations 2022 interview on the Masterpiece toyline.
- ↑ Figure King 285: Interview With MPG-01 Raiden Development Team – English Translation on TFW2005
- ↑ Interview in Diaclone Combat Chronicle Vol. 2
External links
Interviews
- Translated Interview from Transformers Generations (p.126) at Planet Sabretron (archived)
- Translated Interviews from Figure King Issue 278 and Transformers Generations 2021 at Soundwaves Oblivion
- Translated Interview from Transformers Generations 2024 at Soundwaves Oblivion
