Oh! great

Mangaka, Visual Artist

1972 –

90

Who is Oh! great?

Oh! great, whose real name is Ito Ōgure, is a Japanese manga artist most recognized for the manga series Tenjho Tenge and Air Gear. In 2006, he received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for Air Gear. Oh! great also created the pornographic series Silky Whip. Apart from working with manga, he designed some of the alternate character outfits in the PlayStation 2 version of Namco's 3D fighting game Tekken 5, and a guest character in Soul Calibur IV named Ashlotte.

His pseudonym "Oh! great" is a play on words. His pen name, written in Japanese order, is "Ōgure Ito", which is pronounced similarly to and can be romanized the same as the Japanese rendering of the English words "Oh great," ōgurēto. Furthermore, "Oh" can mean "king" in Japanese, making it possible to read the name as "the great king".

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Born
Feb 22, 1972
Hyuga
Also known as
  • Ito Oogure
  • Oh!Great
Nationality
  • Japan
Profession

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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