Nobuyuki Okude

Nobuyuki Okude (奥出 修之 Okude Nobuyuki), born on March 5th, 1944. Was the former Executive Vice President of Takara. During his nearly 40 years working for the company, he created the Diaclone, it is the concept of robots transforming into realistic cars. He appears to have retired from his role with the merger of Takara and rival Tomy into TakaraTomy.