Jun Imai is a Japanese-American former Hot Wheels designer who worked at Mattel from 2004 to 2018. Although his designs include classic American muscle cars and fantasy cars, he is most known for his Japanese cars. He has made replicas of his own 1:1 vehicles; the '71 Datsun Bluebird 510 Wagon, the Nissan Fairlady Z and the Datsun 620.
He left Mattel in 2018; he currently acts as the creative director of Kaido House, a company he founded selling automotive enthusiast merchandise and later morphing into a line of highly-detailed diecast cars manufactured in collaboration with TrueScale Miniatures and marketed as a subline to their Mini GT product line. His Kaido House brand also appeared on various Hot Wheels cars and he maintains a good relationship with his ex-colleagues.
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