Ōtani, Otani or Ohtani may refer to: *

Ōtani (surname) Ōtani (), also romanized as Otani, Ohtani or Ootani, is a Japanese surname meaning "large valley". Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese general *, Japanes ...

, a Japanese surname *

Ōtani University is a private Buddhist university in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Ōtani University is a coeducation institution with an emphasis on Buddhist studies. A two-year private junior college is associated with the university. The university is associated wit ...

, a private Buddhist university in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan * Ōtani-ha, a branch of the Jōdo Shinshū school of Pure Land Buddhism * The House of Ōtani, family of the descendants of

Shinran ''Popular Buddhism in Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion & Culture'' by Esben Andreasen, pp. 13, 14, 15, 17. University of Hawaii Press 1998, was a Japanese Buddhist monk, who was born in Hino (now a part of Fushimi, Kyoto) at the turbulent close of ...

, founder of Jōdo Shinshū

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