Takashi Kunihiro

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Takashi Kunihiro (國弘高史, sometimes 国広高史 or 国弘高史, Kunihiro Takashi) is a veteran designer in TakaraTomy's Transformers product team. He joined Takara in 1984 and joined the Transformers staff during the period when they were designing the toys introduced in the 1986 animated movie and Season 3 of the television series. In addition to Transformers, he was responsible for the main characters of Brave series figures from Exkaiser to GaoGaiGar, which have subsequently influenced the designs of modern Transformers.

Known design projects


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Generation 1

2010 / Scramble City


The Headmasters


Super-God Masterforce

Victory



Return of Convoy

The Transformers

TakaraTomy did not release the following items domestically:


Beast Wars

Beast Wars II


Beast Wars Neo


Beast Machines


Car Robots / Robots in Disguise


Armada


Transformers Go-Bots

Basics


Energon

Combat Class
Mega Class
Super Class
Supreme


Alternators


Cybertron

Basic Class
Deluxe Class
Voyager Class
Ultra Class
Leader Class
Supreme Class


Beast Wars 10th Anniversary


Classics

Basic Class
Deluxe Class
Voyager Class


Transformers (2007)

Real Gear Robots
Deluxe Class
Voyager Class
Leader Class


Animated

Deluxe Class
Voyager Class


Universe (2008)

Deluxe Class
Ultra Class


Revenge of the Fallen

Deluxe Class
Voyager Class
Leader Class


Power Core Combiners


Generations (2010)


Dark of the Moon

Robo Power Bash Bots


Prime

Robots in Disguise


Generations (2012-)

Fall of Cybertron

Deluxe Class
Voyager Class


Wreckers / Ruination


Thrilling 30


Combiner Wars


Titans Return


Power of the Primes


Studio Series


Studio Series 86


War for Cybertron: Siege


War for Cybertron: Kingdom


HasLab

Buzzworthy Bumblebee


Legacy

Legacy: Evolution

Pre-Cybertronian War

Legacy: United


Masterpiece Movie Series


Notes

  • Considering his pedigree with creating robots with super modes (from Transformers to the Brave series), he seems to be one of Takara's go-to talents when it comes to designing them
  • Fellow TakaraTomy designers Shogo Hasui and Hisashi Yuki jokingly commented on Kunihiro's difficulties in designing the Revenge of the Fallen Leader class Optimus Prime and Jetfire toys. Yuki revealed that Kunihiro had problems reserving space for the electronics whilst maintaining on-screen accuracy, while Hasui joked that Kunihiro was "looking paralyzed" when he saw he had to make the two toys combine as well.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 TakaraTomy designer interview in Transformers Generations 2021 Translated interview on TFW2005.com
  2. ↑ https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/c1800/DE/JP-0868430/CA8FB85EBA86B3B47C2C922C6240AAE9654644370B933B6D8EDCCBBC73738A2A/35/ja Grandus design patent
  3. ↑ https://patents.google.com/patent/CN202173779U/en?assignee=tomy&num=100&oq=tomy The patent lists Kunihiro as the designer for Bumblebee and Starscream. It's possible he designed Bash Bots Megatron and Optimus Prime as well.
  4. ↑ August 16, 2022's Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream on YouTube, with Ben MacCrae, Delaney Norris, Sam Smith, Evan Brooks, Isabella Weiss, and Mark Maher.
  5. ↑ TakaraTomy designer interview in Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 3 Translated interview on TFW2005.com
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