[b]Ookawara Kunio[/b] (大河原 邦男, December 26, 1947—) is a veteran mechanical designer in the [[Japan]]ese anime industry. A mechanical designer is similar to a character designer, but the design is for robots, ships, and other mechanical items found in a particular [[science fiction]] show. 

Ookawara was the first in the industry to be specifically credited as a mechanical designer. He designed [[mecha]] for the [[Gundam]] and Brave Series franchises, as well as those of numerous [[Super Robot]] and [[mecha|Real Robot]] shows.

He was born and currently lives in Inagi, Tokyo, where he works out of a studio in his home.

h4. Famous Designs:

* [[RX-78-2]] ([[Mobile Suit Gundam]])
* [[Guntank]] ([[Mobile Suit Gundam]])
* [[Zaku II S Char Custom]] ([[Mobile Suit Gundam]])
* [[Gouf]] ([[Mobile Suit Gundam]])
* [[Big Zam]] ([[Mobile Suit Gundam]])
* [[Acguy]] ([[Mobile Suit Gundam]])
* [[Zeong]] ([[Mobile Suit Gundam]])
* [[Xabungle (Mecha)|]] ([[Sentou Mecha Xabungle]])
* [[Vifam]] ([[Ginga Hyouryuu Vifam]])
* [[Scopedog]] ([[Soukou Kihei Votoms]])
* [[Dougram]] ([[Taiyou no Kiba Dougram]])
* [[D-1]] ([[Kikou Senki Dragonar]])
* [[0 Gundam]] ([[Gundam 00]])

h4.See also

* "Official page":http://okawara-kunio.jp/
* "Wikipedia article":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunio_Okawara
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