Dai Ono

Dai Ono (小野大 Ono Dai) is a designer at TOMIX, the train division of Tomytec, a TakaraTomy subsidiary specializing in scale models. He is the TOMIX-side design lead on the Masterpiece G Series Trainbots.

Known Transformers design work

Masterpiece G Series

Raiden/Trainbots

• MPG-01 Shouki
• MPG-02 Getsuei
• MPG-03 Yukikaze
• MPG-04 Suiken
• MPG-05 Seizan
• MPG-06 Kaen
• MPG-06S Raiden Box Set
• MPG-07 Ginou
• MPG-08 Yamabuki

Notes

• Ono's younger brother owned a Raiden set in his youth, which he had a habit of swiping to play with as trains.
• This anecdote led to him being known as "the guy who knows Transformers" around the office and his subsequent drafting into the development of G Series.

External links

Interviews

• Interview with the Masterpiece G Series design team in Figure King Issue 285 with Kōjin Ōno and Hideki Shimanuki, translated at Soundwaves Oblivion