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

• Bumblebee
• Crankcase

Commander Class

• Optimus Prime
• Sentinel Prime
• Megatron
• Ironhide
• Powerglide
• Decepticon Hatchet
• Autobot Guzzle

Action Set

• Bumblebee / Mobile Battle Bunker
• Starscream / Orbital Assault Carrier
• Shockwave / Fusion Tank

Playsets

• Autobot Ark with Autobot Roller

Series 1

• Bumblebee
• Barricade
• Optimus Prime
• Starscream
• "Super Bot" Sentinel Prime

Series 2

• Bumblebee
• Shockwave
• "Super Bot" Sunstorm
• Ironhide

Angry Birds Transformers

• Optimus Prime Bird (Energon Racers Pack)
• Bumblebee Bird
• Galvatron Pig
• Soundwave Pig (Energon Racers Pack)

Playsets

• Optimus Prime Bird Raceway
• Bumblebee Bird Blast

Unite Warriors

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

Robots in Disguise (2015)

• Sawback
• Jetstorm
• Divebomb
• Beastbox

Masterpiece Movie Series

• Jazz

Known convention appearances

• BotCon 2011
• Toy Fair 2012
• Toy Fair 2015
• Transformers Expo Taipei 2015

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

• Curly Nishimoto on Instagram
• 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)