Gosaku Ota

Junichi Ota (Japanese: 桜多吾作, 16 March 1948 – 12 December 2022), best known under the pen name Gosaku Ota (Japanese: 桜多吾作) was a Japanese manga artist.

Gosaku Ota
桜多吾作
Born
Junichi Ota

16 March 1948 (1948-03-16)
Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture, Allied-occupied Japan
Died12 December 2022 (2022-12-13) (aged 74)
Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Other namesGosaku Outa, Gosaku Ōta
OccupationMangaka

Life and career

Born in Kaminoyama, Ota started his career as an assistant of Shotaro Ishinomori.[1] He made his official debut as a mangaka in 1969 with the shōjo manga Bōifurendo yai! ("Hey boyfriend!").[2]

Ota is best known for co-creating with Go Nagai the shōnen manga Groizer X, later adapted in an anime, and for the manga adaptations of other Nagai's works such as Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, Getter Robo, Grendizer, Steel Jeeg.[1][2][3] Other successful works include the fishing-themed manga Tsuri Baka Taishō ("Master of Fishing"), which spanned 10 tankōbon volumes, and the shōnen manga Mach SOS.[1] He was also a longtime collaborator of Sports Nippon, for which he produced fishing-themed comic strips from 1981 to 2019.[4]

Ota died of COVID-induced pneumonia on 12 December 2022, at the age of 74.[1][2][3]

References
  1. Suzuki, Miki (2 January 2023). "Gosaku Ota, Mazinger Z Artist, Dies at Age 74". CBR. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. Sharma, Mukul (4 January 2023). "Japanese manga artist Gosaku Outa cause of death, age, family, mangas". The SportsGrail. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. Redazione Cultura (3 January 2023). "È morto Gosaku Ota, disegnatore di Goldrake e Mazinga Z". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  4. "桜多吾作さん死去 74歳 「釣りバカ大将」などの代表作 業界では"大物釣り師"として知られる - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能". Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). 2 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
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