{{Short description|Japanese manga artist (1948–2022)}} {{Expand Japanese|topic=bio}} {{Infobox person | name = Gosaku Ota | image = | native_name = 桜多吾作 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = Junichi Ota | birth_date = {{Birth-date|16 March 1948}} | birth_place = Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture, Allied-occupied Japan | death_date = {{Death-date and age|12 December 2022|16 March 1948}} | death_place = Gunma Prefecture, Japan | other_names = Gosaku Outa, Gosaku Ōta | occupation = Mangaka }}
'''Junichi Ota''' ({{Langx|ja|太田順一}}, 16 March 1948 – 12 December 2022), best known under the pen name '''Gosaku Ota''' ({{Langx|ja|桜多吾作}}) was a Japanese manga artist.
== Life and career == Born in Kaminoyama, Ota started his career as an assistant of Shotaro Ishinomori.<ref name="bio">{{cite news |last1=Suzuki |first1=Miki |title=Gosaku Ota, Mazinger Z Artist, Dies at Age 74 |url=https://www.cbr.com/gosaku-ota-mazinger-z-artist-dies-74/ |access-date=11 January 2023 |work=CBR |date=2 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref> He made his official debut as a mangaka in 1969 with the shōjo manga ''Bōifurendo yai!'' ("Hey boyfriend!").<ref name="sg">{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Mukul |title=Japanese manga artist Gosaku Outa cause of death, age, family, mangas |url=https://thesportsgrail.com/japanese-manga-artist-gosaku-outa-cause-of-death-age-family-mangas/ |access-date=11 January 2023 |work=The SportsGrail |date=4 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
Ota is best known for co-creating with Go Nagai the shōnen manga ''Groizer X'', later adapted in an anime, and for the manga adaptations of other Nagai's works such as ''Mazinger Z'', ''Great Mazinger'', ''Getter Robo'', ''Grendizer'', ''Steel Jeeg''.<ref name="bio" /><ref name="sg" /><ref name="rep">{{cite news |last1=Redazione Cultura |title=È morto Gosaku Ota, disegnatore di Goldrake e Mazinga Z |url=https://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2023/01/03/news/gosaku_ota_morto_goldrake_mazinga_z_giappone_anime_cartoni_animati-381908508/ |access-date=11 January 2023 |work=La Repubblica |date=3 January 2023 |language=it}}</ref> Other successful works include the fishing-themed manga ''Tsuri Baka Taishō'' ("Master of Fishing"), which spanned 10 tankōbon volumes, and the shōnen manga ''Mach SOS''.<ref name="bio" /> He was also a longtime collaborator of Sports Nippon, for which he produced fishing-themed comic strips from 1981 to 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=桜多吾作さん死去 74歳 「釣りバカ大将」などの代表作 業界では"大物釣り師"として知られる - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能 |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2023/01/02/kiji/20230102s000413H4133000c.html |access-date=11 January 2023 |work=Sponichi Annex |date=2 January 2023 |language=ja}}</ref>
Ota died of COVID-induced pneumonia on 12 December 2022, at the age of 74.<ref name="bio" /><ref name="sg" /><ref name="rep" />
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==External links== * {{Anime News Network|type=person|id=15619}}
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