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'''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>
'''Yuichiro Hira''' (平 雄一郎 ''Hira Yūichirō'') was a ''Transformers'' designer at [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] from the start 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>


==Known ''Transformers'' work==
==Known ''Transformers'' work==
===Cartoon production===
*''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)#Japanese release|Beast Wars Returns]]'' (Executive Producer)
*''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Galaxy Force]]'' (planning)
*''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)#Japanese release|Transformers Animated]]''
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===Toy design===
===Toy design===
====Beast Wars====
====Beast Wars====
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Basic Class'''</u>
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Basic Class'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Airazor (BW)#Toys|Airazor]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Rattrap]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Insecticon (BW)#Toys|Insecticon]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Razorclaw (BW)#Toys|Razorclaw]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Sonar (BW)#Toys|Sonar]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Sonar (BW)#Toys|Sonar]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Spittor (BW)#TM2|Spittor]] (Transmetals 2)}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Spittor (BW)#TM2|Spittor]] (Transmetals 2)}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Deluxe Class'''</u>
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Deluxe Class'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Bonecrusher (BW)#Toys|Bonecrusher]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#TM2|Cheetor]] (Transmetals 2)}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#TM2|Cheetor]] (Transmetals 2)}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Iguanus (BW)#TM2|Iguanus]] (Transmetals 2)}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Iguanus (BW)#TM2|Iguanus]] (Transmetals 2)}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Jawbreaker (BW)#Toys|Jawbreaker]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Jawbreaker (BW)#Toys|Jawbreaker]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Manterror#Toys|Manterror]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Prowl (TM2)#Toys|Prowl]] (Transmetals 2)}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Prowl (TM2)#Toys|Prowl]] (Transmetals 2)}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Ramulus#Toys|Ramulus]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Ramulus#Toys|Ramulus]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Wolfang (Maximal)#Toys|Wolfang]]}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Mega Class'''</u>
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Mega Class'''</u>
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{{Bp-m1|[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#TM2|Blackarachnia]] (Transmetals 2)}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#TM2|Blackarachnia]] (Transmetals 2)}}
{{bp-m1|[[Cybershark#TM2|Cybershark]] (Transmetals 2)}}
{{bp-m1|[[Cybershark#TM2|Cybershark]] (Transmetals 2)}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Inferno (BW)#Beast Wars|Inferno]]<br>(with [[Takio Ejima]])<ref>Yuichiro Hira's name is on Inferno's patent, but Ejima was credited as working on Inferno in a ''[[Figure King]]'' interview.</ref>}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Polar Claw#Toys|Polar Claw]]<br>(w/ [[Robo-Bat#Toys|Robo-Bat]])}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Ultra Class'''</u>
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Ultra Class'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#TM2|Megatron]] (Transmetals 2)}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#TM2|Megatron]] (Transmetals 2)}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#FirstUltra|Optimus Primal]]}}
{{bp-m1|[[Tigerhawk#Toys|Tigerhawk]]}}
{{bp-m1|[[Tigerhawk#Toys|Tigerhawk]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Tripredacus#Toys|Tripredacus]]<br>([[Cicadacon#Toys|Cicadacon]], [[Ram Horn#Toys|Ram Horn]], [[Sea Clamp#Toys|Sea&nbsp;Clamp]])}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:En-toy BattleRavage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|[[Battle Ravage#Toys|Battle Ravage]]]]
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:En-toy BattleRavage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|[[Battle Ravage#Toys|Battle Ravage]]]]
|}
|}
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===Cartoon production===
*''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)#Japanese release|Beast Wars Returns]]'' (Executive Producer)
*''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Galaxy Force]]'' (planning)
*''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)#Japanese release|Transformers Animated]]''


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 17:01, 5 January 2024

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

Toy design

Beast Wars

Basic Class Deluxe Class Mega Class Ultra Class
Mega Blackarachnia


Beast Machines

Basic Class Deluxe Class Mega Class Ultra Class Supreme Class
Deluxe Strika


Mutant Beast Wars

Deluxe Class


Car Robots/Robots in Disguise (2001)

Team Bullet Train Supreme Class
The combined Rail Racer


1-2-3 Transformers

Ultra
Ultra Rescue Roy


Armada

Mini-Con Class Super-Con Class Roleplay Triple Changer
Super-Con Hot Shot


Playskool Big Adventures

Ultra


Transformers Go-Bots

Deluxe
Deluxe Speed-Bot II


Energon

Energon Class
Battle Ravage


Cartoon production

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.[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

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ Yuichiro Hira's name is on Inferno's patent, but Ejima was credited as working on Inferno in a Figure King interview.
  3. ↑ https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/c1800/PU/JP-H07-116291/2E46558689E545EF1934588E68B2723E2DDAF5CB6AB6F2AC36579F022F954A65/11/ja
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