Ōtori

For other uses, see Otori (disambiguation).

Otori (おおとり, Ōtori), also transliterated Ootori and Ohtori is a Japanese word meaning "large bird," "a key performer," or a Japanese name.

Possible writings

Ōtori can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 大鳥, "large bird" or "big bird"
• 鴻, "Taiga bean goose" or "large bird" ("Oriental stork", "Whooper swan", etc...)
• 鳳, "Feng" (a male Fenghuang)
• 鳳凰, "Fenghuang" (Chinese phoenix)
• 大鳳, "Big Feng"
• 鵬, "Peng"
• 大鵬, "Big Peng" (Dapeng)
• 鷲, "Eagle"
• 大鷲, "Big Eagle" (Steller's sea eagle)
• 大取 ·大取り, "a key performer; last performer of the day"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Surname

• Ōtori Keisuke, a Japanese military commander
• Ran Ohtori, a member of Takarazuka Revue
• Yoshino Ohtori, a Japanese voice actor
• Ōtori Tanigorō, a sumo wrestler

Fictional characters

• Akio Ohtori, Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Amane Ohtori, Strawberry Panic!
• Choutarou Ohtori, The Prince of Tennis
• Gen Ohtori, Ultraman Leo
• Kaede Otori, Komi Can't Communicate
• Keiichiro and Utako Ohtori, Happy!
• Kirino Ootori, Ai Kora
• Kohaku Ōtori or Unity-chan, mascot of Unity
• Kyoya Ootori, Ouran High School Host Club
• Naru Ootori, Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai
• Reika Ootori, Digimon Tamers
• Tsubasa Ōtori, W Wish
• Madoka Ōtori, "Fushigi Yuugi"
• Raging Ōtori, "Uta no Prince-sama"
• Eiichi Ōtori, "Uta no Prince-sama"
• Eiji Ōtori, "Uta no Prince-sama"
• Takeo Otori, Tales of the Otori
• Emu Otori, character in Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!

See also

• Ōtori taisha (Ōtori Grand Shrine), a Shinto shrine in Osaka, Japan.
• Ōtori-class torpedo boat, a class of fast torpedo boats of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
• Hō, an EP by Maximum the Hormone
• Ho (disambiguation)
• Taiho (disambiguation)
• Washi (disambiguation)