YÅ«ya ÅŒnishi

Yūya Ōnishi (大西裕弥 Ōnishi Yūya) is the current Designer Team Leader of TakaraTomy's Transformers product team. He joined Takara in 2011.

Toys that Yūya Ōnishi is known to have had a hand in designing

Generations

Thrilling 30

• Starscream & Waspinator
• Tankor
• Brainstorm

Combiner Wars

• Groove (Legends Class)

Titans Return

• Firedrive & Autobot Hot Rod
• Flintlock & Sergeant Kup

Power of the Primes

• Punch-Counterpunch

Studio Series

• 32 Optimus Prime (Movie 1)
• 35 Jetfire
• 38 Optimus Prime (Bumblebee)
• 44 Optimus Prime (Dark of the Moon)
• 57 Offroad Bumblebee
• 86-04 Autobot Hot Rod

Cyber Series

• Optimus Prime (Cyber Commander)

War for Cybertron: Siege

• Optimus Prime
• Starscream

War for Cybertron: Earthrise

• Hoist
• Optimus Prime

War for Cybertron: Kingdom

• Rodimus Prime

Prime

Beast Hunters

Go!

• Kenzan

Age of Extinction

• Crosshairs (Deluxe Class)
• Drift (Deluxe Class)
• Bumblebee (Deluxe Class)

Robots in Disguise (2015)

• Bumblebee (Warrior Class)
• Megatronus (Mega 5-Step Changer)

Masterpiece

• MP-21 Bumble
• MP-28 Hot Rodimus (Vehicle styling)
• MP-53 Skids (with Kōjin Ōno)
• MP-54 Reboost (with Kōjin Ōno)

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Fiction

Legends World

Yūya Ōnishi was among the Transformer toy designers present at the Transformers Celebration 2014, where they handed out autographs. Legends Bonus Vol.

Notes

• Rather fittingly, Yūya Ōnishi was born in the year 1984, the same year the Transformers brand was first launched by Hasbro.
• When designing Transformers toys, Ōnishi makes a point to check out the real life equivalent of the figure's alternate mode for accurate reference, even visiting a zoo if the figure calls for a beast-based alternate mode.
• Ōnishi was personally responsible for the drawer in Kingdom Rodimus Prime's trailer, citing his commitment to accessory storage.

External links

• Translation of an interview with Yūya Ōnishi on TFW2005.com