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
[edit]Prime
[edit]Go!
[edit]Age of Extinction
[edit]Robots in Disguise (2015)
[edit]Generations
[edit]
Thrilling 30
[edit]Combiner Wars
[edit]- Groove (Legends Class)
Titans Return
[edit]Power of the Primes
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 86-04 Autobot Hot Rod[2]
- Megatron
Cyber Series
[edit]Legacy: Evolution
[edit]Buzzworthy Bumblebee
[edit]- Origin Autobot Jazz
- "Death scene 2-pack"
(86-20BB Prowl & 86-24BB Ironhide)
Legacy: United
[edit]Doom 'n Destruction Collection
[edit]Age of the Primes
[edit]Masterpiece Movie Series
[edit]au x Transformers
[edit]Lunar Cruiser Prime
[edit]Rise of the Beasts
[edit]Wild King
[edit]- Optimus Prime
- Megatron
- Captain Volca
- Element Energy effect parts (all Energy Beasts)
Synergenex
[edit]Convention appearances
[edit]Fiction
[edit]Legends World
[edit]Yūya Ōnishi was among the Transformer toy designers present at the Transformers Celebration 2014, where they handed out autographs. Legends Bonus Vol.
Notes
[edit]- 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.[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ 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 Ō No. 303 (April 2023 issue)
- ↑ Transformers panel at Hasbro Pulse Con 2021
- ↑ Interview with designer Yuya Onishi, Chevrolet Japan News Letter, 2017/06/22 (archive link)
- ↑ 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.
