Hisao Nishimoto

Hisao "Curly" Nishimoto (西本尚央) is the TakaraTomy designer responsible for much of the Cyberverse toyline and various other funny little guys. Before joining the Transformers team, he was part of TakaraTomy's Beyblade division. He has incredible hair.

Known design work

Transformers (2010)

Reveal the Shield Deluxe Class Optimus Prime (his first Transformers design)

Cyberverse

Legion Class

Commander Class

Action Set

Playsets

Autobot Ark with Autobot Roller

Bot Shots

Series 1

Series 2

Angry Birds Transformers

Unite Warriors

Superion (Air Rider, Firebolt, Silverbolt, Skydive, Sling)
Menasor (Breakdown, Dead End, Drag Stripe, Motormaster, Wildrider)

Robots in Disguise (2015)

Masterpiece Movie Series

Jazz

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Known convention appearances

Notes

Nishimoto personally wrote a congratulatory letter to ten victors of the Lucky Draw contest for Tritanium Bumblebee, each including an adorable portrait of his signature Cyberverse Legion Bumblebee figure.

External links

Report on the 2015 Transformers Expo Taipei with Nishimoto as a guest of honor at Seibertron.com
Report on Nishimoto's presentation at the 2015 Transformers Expo by the GJ Dream blog (Chinese)
Report on a 2019 Masterpiece Movie Series presentation in Shanghai with Takashi Kunihiro at chohenken.com, a Japanese fan blog

Interviews

November 16, 2011 "TRANSFORMERS: Interview with the Designers" feature on the TakaraTomy YouTube page, with Hironori Kobayashi and Hisashi Yuki (Japanese, subtitled)