In Japan, a more consistent lineup of the group, using the name Ōtomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet, has released ONJQ LIVE ( 2002 ), a collaboration with Tatsuya Oe ( Captain Funk ) entitled ONJQ + OE ( 2003 ), and Tails Out ( 2003 ).

Ōtomo has also released duo albums with early experimental turntablist Christian Marclay ( Moving Parts, 2000 ) and another Japanese electronic musician, Nobukazu Takemura ( Turntables + Computers, 2003 ).

Ōtomo also has a quartet with three other musicians from different parts of Asia.

* Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as: The first demon to be defeated, he is an incredibly large man who has the ability to turn his skin as hard as rock and fights with a staff with large sword blades on each end.

In 2003, Ōtomo worked with Bill Laswell and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki to record a four song LP Soup.

Since Ōtomo had weak political support from his maternal relatives, the general wisdom of the time held that it was not a good idea for him to ascend to the throne, yet Tenji was obsessed with the idea.

When Emperor Buretsu died with no apparent heir, it was Ōtomo no Kanamura who recommended Emperor Keitai, a very distant imperial relative who resided in Koshi Province, as the new monarch.

At the end of the 1990s he founded Ōtomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Ensemble, a group that played more traditional jazz ( albeit with added sine waves from Sachiko M and noisy passages ), which released Flutter and Dreams on the Tzadik label.

In 2006, Ōtomo and Laswell again teamed up this time with Tatsuya Yoshida to release Episome.

The earliest renga recorded is in the Man ' yōshū, where Ōtomo no Yakamochi and a made and exchanged poems with sound unit counts (" on ") of 5-7-5 and 7-7.

Years later at 23 years old, he is working for a second rate newspaper and with permission leaves to go back to Ōtomo City to search for the legendary figure, Skull Man who by rumors had recently killed an actress.

As the Ōtomo were one of the major clans of Kyūshū, along with the Shōni and the Shimazu, they had a central role in organizing efforts against the Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281.

A powerful clan throughout the Sengoku period ( 1467-1573 ), the Ōtomo are especially notable as one of the first clans to make contact with Europeans, and to establish a trade relationship with them.

The Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier arrived in Japan in 1549, and soon afterwards met with Ōtomo Sōrin, shugo of Bungo and Buzen provinces, who would later be described by Xavier as a " king " and convert to Roman Catholicism in 1578.

Ōtomo was eager to secure for his clan further trade and contact with the Portuguese, seeing the technological and, more importantly perhaps, economic benefits that could be derived.

In 1552, emissaries from the Ōtomo clan traveled to Goa with Xavier, to meet with the Portuguese Governor of India.

* Imperial Princess Koshi ( 高志内親王 ) ( 789 – 809 ), married to Prince Ōtomo ( Emperor Junna later )

* Udaijin, Ōtomo no Nagatoko ( 大伴長徳 ) (?– 651 ), 649 – 651.

As a 17-year-old teenager, he discovered comic books, and became a fan of creators such as John Byrne, Jack Kirby, Frank Miller and George Pérez ( as well as the writing of Alan Moore ), but was especially drawn to the more atypical art of Michael Golden and Katsuhiro Ōtomo, creator of the manga Akira.

Several seiyū ( Japanese voice actors ) played roles in the TV Tokyo edition of the Japanese dub, such as Kōichi Yamadera ( Cyclops ), Shinobu Adachi ( Jean Grey ), Rihoko Yoshida ( Storm ), Akiko Hiramatsu ( Jubilee ), Masashi Ebara ( Wolverine ), Norio Wakamoto ( Mr. Sinister ), Yūko Kobayashi ( Rogue ), Yoshito Yasuhara ( Gambit ), Ayako Shirashi ( Mystique ), Ryūzaburō Ōtomo ( Magneto ), Rokurō Naya ( Professor X ), and Mitsuru Ogata ( Morph ).

In 1981, Ōtomo began improvising in the first Japanese house club in Tokyo ( Jazu Kissa ), performing on guitar and also using tapes and synthesizer devices, like Roland drum machines.

2005 saw a release credited to the Ōtomo Yoshihide New Jazz Orchestra ( ONJO ), featuring top European improvisors Axel Dörner, Cor Fuhler, Mats Gustafsson, Alfred Harth.

Called FEN ( Far East Network ), the quartet comprises Ōtomo, Yuen Chee Wai ( Singapore ), Ryu Hankil ( South Korea ) and Yan Jun ( China ).

Also included were heirs to lords whose domains were confiscated ( for example, Asano Daigaku, the brother of Asano Naganori ), local power figures in remote parts of the country who never became daimyo ; and the families of Kamakura Period and Muromachi Period Shugo ( Governors ): some of these include the Akamatsu, Besshō ( branch of the Akamatsu ), Hōjō, Hatakeyama, Kanamori, Imagawa, Mogami, Nagai, Oda, Ōtomo, Takeda, Toki, Takenaka ( branch of the Toki ), Takigawa, Tsutsui, and Yamana families.

* Ryūzaburō Ōtomo: Noppera-bō ( Voice ; 39 )

Through the merger, they gained the combined talents and experience of actors Chiezō Kataoka, Utaemon Ichikawa, Ryunosuke Tsukigata, Ryūtarō Ōtomo, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Shirunosuke Toshin, Hashizo Okawa and Satomi Oka.

* Ōmuraji ( Great Deity chieftain ): Ōtomo Kanamura Maro, also known as Nakatomi no Kanamura.

In the end, he was succeeded by his son, Prince Ōtomo, also known as Emperor Kōbun, then by Tenji's brother Prince Ōama, also known as Emperor Temmu.

Prince Ōtomo ( Ōtomo-shinnō ) was the favorite son of Emperor Tenji ; and he was also the first to be accorded the title of Daijō-daijin.

Prince Ōtomo was only given his posthumous title and name in 1870.

For centuries, the hapless Prince Ōtomo was not considered to have been a part of the traditional order of succession.

In his old age, Tenji had a son, Prince Ōtomo, by a low-ranking consort.

A year later, ( in 672 ) Tenji died and Prince Ōtomo ascended to the throne as Emperor Kōbun.

The compiler, or the last in a series of compilers, is today widely believed to be Ōtomo no Yakamochi, although numerous other theories have been proposed.

The third period spans 700 – c. 730 and covers the works of such poets as Yamabe no Akahito, Ōtomo no Tabito and Yamanoue no Okura.

The fourth period spans 730 – 760 and includes the work of the last great poet of this collection, the compiler Ōtomo no Yakamochi himself, who not only wrote many original poems but also edited, updated and refashioned an unknown number of ancient poems.

Ōtomo no Otomaro became the first Sei-i Taishōgun in history.

The editor of the Man ' yōshū is anonymous, but it is believed that the final editor was Ōtomo no Yakamochi.

Nukata no Ōkimi, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Yamabe no Akahito, Yamanoue no Okura, Ōtomo no Tabito and his son Yakamochi were the greatest poets in this anthology.

The first to receive this title was Ōtomo no Otomaro.

* Ōtomo no Yakamochi ( c. 717 – 785 ): Man ' yōshū

The Ōtomo and Mononobe clans were the military leaders, and the Nakatomi and Inbe clans handled rituals.

The Soga clan provided the highest minister in the government, while the Ōtomo and Mononobe clans provided the second highest ministers.

After Kazuraki declined in the late 5th century, the Ōtomo clan temporarily took its place.

The success of this album brought them to the attention of Katsuhiro Ōtomo, who commissioned them to create the soundtrack of Akira.

At that time, many prominent gokenin, including the Mori clan ( 1221 ) and the Ōtomo clan, moved from the east to the west.