* Ōtomo Sōrin

* Ōtomo clan ( 大友氏 )-descended from Fujiwara Hokke ; no direct relation to the ancient Ōtomo clan ( 大友氏 ) or Ōtomo clan ( 大伴氏 ); famous for Ōtomo Sōrin.

The garden was built by the daimyo Ōtomo Sōrin, who was a convert to Christianity.

The Tenshō embassy ( Japanese: 天正の使節, named after the Tenshō Era in which the embassy took place ) was an embassy sent by the Japanese Christian Lord Ōtomo Sōrin to the Pope and the kings of Europe in 1582.

The idea of sending a Japanese embassy to Europe was originally conceived by the Jesuit Alessandro Valignano, and sponsored by the three Kirishitan daimyos Ōmura Sumitada ( 1532 – 1587 ), Ōtomo Sōrin ( 1530 – 1587 ) and Arima Harunobu ( 1567 – 1612 ).

Mancio Itō was chosen to act as a spokesman for the group dispatched by Ōtomo Sōrin, who was daimyō of the Bungo Province on Kyūshū and a close relative of Mancio's father ; Shurinosuke Itō.

The next year Harukata secured the control of the Ōuchi clan by making the adopted son of Yoshitaka, Ōuchi Yoshinaga ( who was Ōtomo Haruhide, the half-brother of Ōtomo Sōrin ), the head of the clan.

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 Sōrin ( 1530-1587 ), Constable of Bungo and Buzen provinces

* Ōtomo Yoshimune ( 大友 義統 ）, Constantino

* Ōtomo Chikaie ( 大友 親家 ）, Dom Sebastin

* Ōtomo Chikamori ( 大友 親盛 ）

* 1959 – Yoshihide Ōtomo, Japanese musician and composer ( Ground Zero and Filament )

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

* Imperial Prince Ōtomo ( 大伴親王 ) ( Emperor Junna ) ( 786 – 840 )

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

* Prince Ōtomo ( 大友皇子 ) ( Emperor Kōbun ) ( 648 – 672 )

:::::: – Ōtomo Miyuki

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.

* June 14 – Ōtomo no Otomaro

* October 5 – Ōtomo no Yakamochi, Japanese statesman and waka poet

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

* 1433 – Ōtomo rebells ; Hieizan monks rebel.

* 746, April – Ōtomo no Koshibi ( dismissed )

* 790, April – Ōtomo no Otomaro

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.

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 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 ).

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.

Ōtomo has worked with Jon Rose, Yamatsuka Eye of Boredoms ( as MC Hellshit & DJ Carhouse ), Butch Morris, Alfred Harth, Voice Crack, Keith Rowe, Peter Rehberg, Toshimaru Nakamura, Bill Laswell, David Sylvian, Fennesz, Derek Bailey, Sachiko M, Hoppy Kamiyama, Mats Gustafsson, The Thing, John Zorn, Hikashu, Philip Jeck, Martin Tétreault, Sabuhiro Toyozumi, Thermo and poire z.

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.

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

* Empress: Ōtomo no Koteko, also known as Otehime

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.

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 was also part of an Australian / Japanese industrial outfit called Peril.

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

In the late 6th century, Ōtomo no Koteko, also known as Otehime, came to this area.