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Revision as of 23:40, 9 February 2025
Shuhei "Shu" Umezu (梅津 周平 Umezu Shuhei) is a TakaraTomy designer currently on the Generations mega-brand. He was previously on the Zoids team.
Known design projects
Generations
Studio Series
Gamer Edition
Legacy
Evolution
- Core Class
- Deluxe Class
- Voyager Class
Pre-Cybertronian War
- Deadeye Duel 2-Pack (Ascenticon Kaskade VS Senate Guard Autobot Javelin)
United
Star Raider Collection
Doom 'n Destruction Collection
Collaborative
- Megatron H.I.S.S. Tank and Baroness[4]
- Soundwave Dreadnok Thunder Machine with Zartan and Zarana (and Ravage)
Generations Selects
Age of the Primes
HasLab
- Liokaiser
(Leozak, Drillhorn, Gaihawk, Ellbat, Jaruga, Killbison and Deathcobra
with Lion, Rhino, Hawk, Bat, Jaguar, Bull and Cobra Chest Animals)
Masterpiece Movie Series
Convention appearances
Trivia
- Umezu was a professional sculptor before hopping tracks into toy design.
- Umezu is a Transformers fan himself and came up on Beast Wars. He cites Lio Convoy as a personal favorite.
- Umezu's first childhood Transformers toy was a G-2 Cyberjet that lives on his desk to this day.
- This revelation came much to the horror of his officemate Takio Ejima, who designed the Cyberjets.
- Umezu is fluent in English.
- His dream project would be a Masterpiece version of Galaxy Convoy.
External links
Interviews
- Interview for Transformers Generations 2022 translated at Soundwave's Oblivion
References
- ↑ Design notes on Bumblebee Arcee on Sam Smith's Instagram
- ↑ 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 June 20, 2023's Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream on YouTube, with Ben MacCrae, Mark Maher, Evan Brooks, and Rich Pellegrino
- ↑ Transformers Generations 2022 designer interviews
