Nobuyuki Okude
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Nobuyuki Okude (奥出 信行 Okude Nobuyuki, born March 5, 1944) is a former Executive Vice President of Takara. During his nearly 40 years working for the company, he created Diaclone, as well as the concept of robots transforming into realistic cars.
He was briefly promoted to President of Takara overall after the retirement of founder Sato Keita in 2005 before transferring to oversee various subsidiaries of former rival toy company Tomy after the merger of Takara and Tomy into TakaraTomy in 2006.
Known media credits
- Transformers: Super God Masterforce, producer
- Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory, producer
- Transformers: Zone, producer
External links
- Nobuyuki Okude at Japanese Wikipedia
- "The Man That Invented Transformers" interview in the June 2002 issue of Hobby Japan, translated at TFormers
