Talk:Tsugumi Ohba

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Blood type[edit]

why do we need his blood type?? ((unsignedIP|24.207.29.58}}

It's a japanese horoscope type of thing. Blood type determines personality and stuff. Why wouldn't we need his blood type?? Ismo Kalkku (talk) 08:02, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

well, if you think about it, yes blood types in japan are widely used. most otaku (anime fan; plural) would want to know for some reasons maybe your theory of japanese horoscope. I think it just depends on the person. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.83.210.151 (talk) 02:09, 5 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sources?[edit]

According to the style of the Death Note manga, I wouldn't be surprised if the writer hid his true name... but where are the references? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.36.245.143 (talk)

Gender[edit]

Isn't Tsugumi Ohba a woman? Why is she referred to as "he" in this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Parrotpixels (talk • contribs)

What makes you think that Ohba is a woman? I don't think there's a source either way, but (sexism aside) considering the genre of Death Note, etc., Ohba seems more likely to be a man than a woman. Nique talk 01:11, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

plus, when not knowing the sex of someone in a context like this, you traditionally would refer to them in the masculine form of language.71.145.138.136 (talk) 06:40, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ohba is a woman.[edit]

In the How To Read volume Ohba is always referred to as "she" or "her". She's female. Nescover 20:16, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes -- also, I'm pretty sure "Tsugumi" is in hiragana, which is never done for male names. It could be a man's pseudonym, but I'm not sure why it would be, given that she wrote a famous shonen manga... it seems like it would be more likely in that case for a woman to take on a male name than vice-versa. (Men writing shojo have been known to take female pen names in the past.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.223.151.194 (talk) 01:59, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hiragana are frequently used in manga pen names, male or female. There is no official evidence suggesting either gender; assumptions made by fans based on misinformation are a poor basis for changing things. I agree that it should be clarified that Ohba's gender is as much a mystery as everything else about him; but in cases where the gender is unknown, the standard practice with English is to use male pronouns. Doceirias (talk) 04:32, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Japanese Wikipedia Page has a LOT of evidence pointing towards Gamou Hiroshi as the "true" identity of Ohba. I have heard this theory for a long time and I believe it to be true.69.242.164.219 (talk) 07:28, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SORRY to pull this up... Ooba is a she? (Ooba is how it's really spelled) In the Shueisha Interview Ooba is referred as a female? I got this info from this website...

http://main.deathgod.org/interviews/ THEY POINT OUT THAT: It has come to my attention that the interview refers to Ohba-sensei as female, but in reality it doesn't say if Ohba is female or male SOME of the times, so please excuse the wrong information we gave to people. Thank you Nico for pointing out this mistake ^_^! Please note that in The Shueisha interviews Ohba is referred to as female usually though.

http://main.deathgod.org/interviews/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.198.73.177 (talk) 17:50, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's not actually spelled "Ooba" it's spelled "Ouba" without the Macrons, that's some weird way to Romanize Japanese... A few of my books use "Oo" for "Ō", but the majority of mine use "Ou" for "Ō", and, although I don't have any books that utilize this one, some use "Oh" for "Ō" (which I think should only be used for Stylistic purposes, and not for romanizing, but it is used in this article, and something similar here, and Satoshi Ohno, etc.) Moocowsrule (talk) 20:53, 11 November 2008 (UTC)moocowsrule[reply]

The JSL system (I think) is pretty incorrect. In actual Japanese "oo" would be pronounced as "o-o", not "ō". But of course it is consistent with all the other double sounds (aa, ee, ii, uu, and ou seems a bit asymmetrical, rather than aa, ee, ii, uu, and ou which seems symmetrical). Still I don't like it very much, and it just drives me CRAZY whenever "おう" is romanized as "oo" like in JSL. I mean that literally says "ou", while JSL intentionally romanizes it as "oo". Moocowsrule (talk) 20:59, 11 November 2008 (UTC)moocowsrule[reply]

Except 大 is actually read おお and not pronounced as a split sound at all. Doceirias (talk) 01:21, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My italian copy of Death Note sais it's a woman. Then, I'm not english, but I thought when the gender was unknown you should use "they", "them" and so on. Chlorophilia at Chlorophilia's Palace 10:56, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So why wasn't anything ever decided on this? Is a source needed to say she's referred to as a woman, regardless of true identity, or what?184.5.166.215 (talk) 05:36, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mysterious Author / Psuedonym[edit]

Is it very common for Japanese mangaka to write under fake names, and conceal their true names? If not, shouldn't a large portion of the opening be dedicated to the fact that his/her true identity is kept a well guarded secret, and why?

What's the reason for this? --64.149.36.43 (talk) 01:28, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is actually a bit different from using a penname exclusively; Ohba's identity is a secret, and he was presented as if he was a new writer. But there have been a couple of quotes (does that Japanese Wikipedia source these? I forget) that claimed he was actually a veteran author writing in a new genre and style, who didn't want his reputation to color people's perceptions. Definitely worth talking about here if we can source it. Doceirias (talk) 06:41, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proof that Tsugumi Ohba = Hiroshi Gamou. I found a scan from the BAKUMAN 1st tankoubon. Ohba's art style (the top name) is indeed similar to Gamou's from "Luckyman". Hence, I believe that Ohba IS Gamou. [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.190.61.2 (talk) 08:54, 15 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ohba isn't drawing anything... The French Death Note Editor says he (or she) might be a police novel writer. And Mangaka use commonly fake names, just thinking about the huuuuge lot of hentai's authors, none of them give their true name :)