Otomo or Ōtomo may refer to:

People

* Ōtomo Chikaie (1561–1641), daimyō * Ōtomo Chikasada (died 1570), samurai *

Ōtomo no Kuronushi was a Japanese poet, one of the ''Rokkasen'', the "Six Poetic Geniuses" described in the ''Kokin Wakashū The , commonly abbreviated as , is an early anthology of the '' waka'' form of Japanese poetry, dating from the Heian period. An impe ...

(9th century), poet *

Ōtomo no Otomaro was a Japanese general of the Nara period and of the early Heian period. He was the first to hold the title of '' sei-i taishōgun''. The title of Shōgun was bestowed by Emperor Kanmu in 794. Some believe he was born in 727. His father was Ōt ...

(731–809), samurai *

Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume , also known as Lady Ōtomo of Sakanoue, was a Japanese noblewoman and ''waka'' poet of the early-to-mid Nara period, best known for the inclusion of 84 of her poems in the '' Man'yōshū''. She was the aunt of Ōtomo no Yakamochi. Life Ōtomo no ...

(c. 700–750), poet *

Ōtomo Sōrin , also known as Fujiwara no Yoshishige (藤原義鎮) and Ōtomo Yoshishige (大友義鎮), was a Japanese feudal lord (''daimyō'') of the Ōtomo clan, one of the few to have converted to Roman Catholicism (Christianity). The eldest son of , he ...

(1530–1587), daimyō who converted to Christianity * Ōtomo no Tabito (662–731), poet *

Ōtomo no Yakamochi was a Japanese statesman and '' waka'' poet in the Nara period. He was one of the ''Man'yō no Go-taika,'' the five great poets of his time, and was part of Fujiwara no Kintō's . Ōtomo was a member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan. Like his g ...

(718–785), waka poet *

Ai Ōtomo was a Japanese volleyball player. Her name before her divorce was Ai Yamamoto (山本愛). Career She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #13 jersey. She took fifth place with the Japan women's natio ...

(born 1982), volleyball player * Katsuhiro Otomo (born 1954), manga artist and anime director, notable for ''Akira'' and other titles * Prince Ōtomo (Ōtomo no ōji, 648-672), 39th Emperor * Ryūtarō Ōtomo (1912–1985), actor *

Ryūzaburō Ōtomo is a freelance Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who was formerly affiliated with Aoni Production, 81 Produce and the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. Due to his deep voice, he often plays villainous characters like fellow ...

(born 1952), voice actor *

Satoshi Ōtomo is a Filipino-Japanese footballer who most recently played for Davao Aguilas in the Philippines Football League. He previously playing for United Football League team Global. and the Philippines national football team. International career Ot ...

(born 1981), Filipino-Japanese footballer * Shohei Otomo (born 1980), artist *, Japanese ice hockey player *

Otomo Yoshihide is a Japanese composer and multi-instrumentalist. He mainly plays guitar, turntables, and electronics. He first came to international prominence in the 1990s as the leader of the experimental rock group Ground Zero, and has since worked i ...

(born 1959), experimental musician

Other uses

* Otomo (automobile), automobile produced between 1924–1927 * Otomo (comics), character in the Marvel Comics universe * ''Otomo'' (film), a 1999 German film*

Ōtomo clan was a Japanese samurai family whose power stretched from the Kamakura period through the Sengoku period, spanning over 400 years. The clan's hereditary lands lay in Kyūshū. Origins The first family head, Ōtomo Yoshinao (1172–1223), took ...

, a samurai clan *

, a samurai clan * Otomo Station, train station in Iwate Prefecture, Japan * 3911 Otomo, Main-belt asteroid * Otomo, a fictional character in ''

RoboCop 3 ''RoboCop 3'' is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Fred Dekker and written by Dekker and Frank Miller. It is the sequel to the 1990 film '' RoboCop 2'' and the third entry in the ''RoboCop'' franchise. It stars Robert B ...

'' * Otomo, a song by Bonobo from the album '' Fragments'' {{Disambiguation, surname Japanese-language surnames