YÅ«ya ÅŒnishi
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Yūya Ōnishi (大西裕弥 Ōnishi Yūya) is the current Designer Team Leader of TakaraTomy's Transformers product team.[1] He joined Takara in 2011.
Known design projects
Prime
Go!
Age of Extinction
Robots in Disguise (2015)
Generations
Thrilling 30
Combiner Wars
- Groove (Legends Class)
Titans Return
Power of the Primes
- 32 Optimus Prime (Transformers)[3]
- 35 Jetfire[3]
- 38 Optimus Prime (Bumblebee)[3]
- 44 Optimus Prime (Dark of the Moon)[3]
- 57 Offroad Bumblebee[3]
- 81 Wheeljack (Bumblebee)
- 90 Galvatron
- 97 Airazor
- 99 Battletrap[4]
- 102BB Optimus Prime (Rise of the Beasts)
- 109 Concept Art Megatron (Bumblebee)
- Concept Art Decepticon Rumble (Bumblebee)
- 116 Bumblebee (Bumblebee, Beetle Mk2)
Studio Series '86
- 86-04 Autobot Hot Rod[2]
Cyber Series
Legacy: Evolution
Buzzworthy Bumblebee
- Origin Autobot Jazz
- "Death scene 2-pack"
(86-20BB Prowl & 86-24BB Ironhide)
Legacy: United
Doom 'n Destruction Collection
Age of the Primes
Masterpiece Movie Series
- MPM-7 Bumblebee Bumblebee[11]
au x Transformers
Lunar Cruiser Prime
Rise of the Beasts
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.
- According to his Hasbro counterpart Mark Maher, Ōnishi originally came up in car design.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Translation of Generations 2021 interview
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Figure Ō No.274
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 the July 2020 issue of the Hobby Japan.
- ↑ Design notes on Studio Series Battletrap from Hasbro designer Sam Smith on Instagram
- ↑ Transformers panel at Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest 2021
- ↑ "Hi there, I can understand from a scale standpoint. But when we designed this thing Yuya and I decided to invest more in the transformation steps, and the trailer, and make sure he was in scale with Earthrise OP. Just so you know our logic"—John Warden, Twitter, 2021/03/11
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Design notes from Hasbro designer Mark Maher on Instagram
- ↑ Design notes on Legacy Leo Prime from Hasbro designer Mark Maher on Instagram
- ↑ Interview in Figure King No. 303 (April 2023 issue)
- ↑ Transformers panel at Hasbro Pulse Con 2021
- ↑ Interview with Koki Yamada for Transformers Generations 2022 translated at Soundwave's Oblivion
- ↑ Transformers panel with Ben MacCrae, Mark Maher, Evan Brooks, Takio Ejima and Thew Adams at Hasbro Pulse Con 2023.
