Kōjin Ōno

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Kōjin Ōno (大野 光仁 Ōno Kōjin) is a TakaraTomy employee born on May 11, 1959 in Tokyo. He has worked in Takara for several decades prior to the merger with Tomy. Kōjin was one of the main designers for the Microman and Diaclone toy lines has has designed many of the toys that were later licensed to Hasbro and repurposed as the first Transformers toys ever. An alternative spelling of his name includes "Koujin Ohno".

Among Kōjin's designs were the first "car to robot transforming toy", the toy that later became the Autobot Sunstreaker, and the largest Transformers toy ever, Fortress Maximus. Later Kōjin played a key role in the introduction of the Beast Wars toy line to the Japanese market and designed toys for both the 2007 Movie line and its successor, Revenge of the Fallen.

Toys designed by Kōjin Ōno

Generation 1

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