Makoto Kobayashi
Following "Mobile Suit Gundam", Okawara would continue to design mecha for later entries in the emerging Gundam franchise as well as many later Real Robot shows emerging from Sunrise. Notable in the 1980s alone were his works on "Combat Mecha Xabungle", "Fang of the Sun Dougram", "Armored Trooper VOTOMS", "Galactic Drifter Vifam" and "Blue Comet SPT Layzner". The late 1980s and early 1990s would soon see him joined by other mechanical designers working on various entries in the "Gundam" franchise such as Kazumi Fujita, Yutaka Izubuchi, Mamoru Nagano, Mika Akitaka, Makoto Kobayashi and Hajime Katoki, all of whom would provide their own "take" on Okawara's original work. Okawara himself would take note, their designs in turn inspiring him to expand the scope of his own.