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, pen name
Pen name

A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her writings, or for any of a number of...
 Oh! great, is a Japanese
Japanese people

The are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan....
 manga artist
Mangaka

is the Japanese language word for a comic book creator or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese person....
 most recognized for the manga
Manga

, , are comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century. In their modern form, manga date from shortly after World War II, but they have a long, complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art....
 series Tenjho Tenge
Tenjho Tenge

is an ongoing Japanese manga Mangaka by Oh! great. The story primarily focuses on the members of the Juken Club and their opposition, the Executive Council, which is the ruling Students' union of a high school that educates its students in the art of combat....
 and recently Air Gear
Air Gear

is a shonen manga and anime by the mangaka Oh! great. Air Gear is about the life of Itsuki Minami, also known as "Baby face" and "Lil Crow", and his friends....
. In 2006, he received the Kodansha Manga Award
Kodansha Manga Award

is an annual award for Serial manga published in the previous year, sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in four categories: Kodomo's, shonen, shojo, and general....
 for shonen
Shonen

is a genre of manga with a demographic of young boys generally between the ages of about 10 and 18. Examples include Dragon Ball , Naruto, Bleach , Case Closed, One Piece, Rurouni Kenshin, InuYasha, Death Note, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Yu-Gi-Oh....
 for Air Gear.

Characteristics of Ito's style include violent plots, the use of English words amidst kanji
Kanji

are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese language logogram along with hiragana , katakana , Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet....
 and the constant use of beautiful female characters. Ito also created the adult
Adult

The term adult has at least three distinct meanings. It can indicate a biologically grown or mature person. It may also mean a plant, animal, or person who has reached full growth or alternatively is capable of reproduction, or a person who has attained the legally fixed age of majority; as opposed to a minor....
 series Silky Whip. Apart from working with manga, he designed some of the alternate character outfits in the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a History of video game consoles video game console manufactured by Sony. The successor to the PlayStation, and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 forms part of the PlayStation of video game consoles....
 version of Namco
Namco

, from NAkamura Manufacturing COmpany, is an amusement company based in Japan, best known overseas for video games development. On September 29 2005, Namco officially merged with Japanese toymaker Bandai to form Namco Bandai, one of the largest entertainment companies in Japan.Namco became a wholly owned subsidiary of the holdin...
's 3D fighting game
Fighting game

File:Street Fighter II.pngFighting game is a type of action orientated video game and one of the major video game Video game genres. In a fighting game, players face off against each other or against computer-controlled characters in close combat....
 Tekken 5
Tekken 5

is the fifth installment in the popular Tekken series....
, and a guest character in Soulcalibur IV
Soulcalibur IV

is the fifth and latest installment in Namco's Soul series of fighting games, and was released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on July 29, 2008, in North America, on July 31, 2008, in Japan, Europe, and Australia, and on August 1, 2008, in the United Kingdom and New Zealand....
 named Ashlotte.

His pseudonym "Oh! great" is a play on words.






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, pen name
Pen name

A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her writings, or for any of a number of...
 Oh! great, is a Japanese
Japanese people

The are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan....
 manga artist
Mangaka

is the Japanese language word for a comic book creator or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese person....
 most recognized for the manga
Manga

, , are comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century. In their modern form, manga date from shortly after World War II, but they have a long, complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art....
 series Tenjho Tenge
Tenjho Tenge

is an ongoing Japanese manga Mangaka by Oh! great. The story primarily focuses on the members of the Juken Club and their opposition, the Executive Council, which is the ruling Students' union of a high school that educates its students in the art of combat....
 and recently Air Gear
Air Gear

is a shonen manga and anime by the mangaka Oh! great. Air Gear is about the life of Itsuki Minami, also known as "Baby face" and "Lil Crow", and his friends....
. In 2006, he received the Kodansha Manga Award
Kodansha Manga Award

is an annual award for Serial manga published in the previous year, sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in four categories: Kodomo's, shonen, shojo, and general....
 for shonen
Shonen

is a genre of manga with a demographic of young boys generally between the ages of about 10 and 18. Examples include Dragon Ball , Naruto, Bleach , Case Closed, One Piece, Rurouni Kenshin, InuYasha, Death Note, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Yu-Gi-Oh....
 for Air Gear.

Characteristics of Ito's style include violent plots, the use of English words amidst kanji
Kanji

are the Chinese characters that are used in the modern Japanese language logogram along with hiragana , katakana , Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet....
 and the constant use of beautiful female characters. Ito also created the adult
Adult

The term adult has at least three distinct meanings. It can indicate a biologically grown or mature person. It may also mean a plant, animal, or person who has reached full growth or alternatively is capable of reproduction, or a person who has attained the legally fixed age of majority; as opposed to a minor....
 series Silky Whip. Apart from working with manga, he designed some of the alternate character outfits in the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a History of video game consoles video game console manufactured by Sony. The successor to the PlayStation, and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 forms part of the PlayStation of video game consoles....
 version of Namco
Namco

, from NAkamura Manufacturing COmpany, is an amusement company based in Japan, best known overseas for video games development. On September 29 2005, Namco officially merged with Japanese toymaker Bandai to form Namco Bandai, one of the largest entertainment companies in Japan.Namco became a wholly owned subsidiary of the holdin...
's 3D fighting game
Fighting game

File:Street Fighter II.pngFighting game is a type of action orientated video game and one of the major video game Video game genres. In a fighting game, players face off against each other or against computer-controlled characters in close combat....
 Tekken 5
Tekken 5

is the fifth installment in the popular Tekken series....
, and a guest character in Soulcalibur IV
Soulcalibur IV

is the fifth and latest installment in Namco's Soul series of fighting games, and was released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on July 29, 2008, in North America, on July 31, 2008, in Japan, Europe, and Australia, and on August 1, 2008, in the United Kingdom and New Zealand....
 named Ashlotte.

His pseudonym "Oh! great" is a play on words. His name written in Japanese order (family name
Family name

A family name or last name is a type of surname and part of a personal name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world....
 before given name
Given name

A given name is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name ....
) is "Ogure Ito", which is pronounced similarly to the Japanese rendering of the English words "Oh great" . Furthermore, "Oh" can mean "king" in Japanese, making it possible to read the name as "the great king".

Works

  • Tenjho Tenge
    Tenjho Tenge

    is an ongoing Japanese manga Mangaka by Oh! great. The story primarily focuses on the members of the Juken Club and their opposition, the Executive Council, which is the ruling Students' union of a high school that educates its students in the art of combat....
  • Air Gear
    Air Gear

    is a shonen manga and anime by the mangaka Oh! great. Air Gear is about the life of Itsuki Minami, also known as "Baby face" and "Lil Crow", and his friends....
  • Silky Whip
  • Himikoden
  • Majin Devil


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