# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yasuo-otsuka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:40:03.859Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yasuo-otsuka"
name: "Yasuo Ōtsuka"
slug: "yasuo-otsuka"
description: "Yasuo Ōtsuka  was a Japanese animator who worked with Toei Animation, Nippon Animation, TMS Entertainment, and Studio Ghibli. He was considered to be one of Japan's foremost animators, and he was an important mentor to both Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata."
tagline: "Japanese animator and character designer (1931-2021)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/Otsukayasuo.jpg/330px-Otsukayasuo.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1931-07-11"
deathDate: "2021-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.053177333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0652997/"
    handle:    "nm0652997"
sources:
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    title: "大塚康生"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ياسو اوتسوكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yasuo Ōtsuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuo_%C5%8Ctsuka"
    title: "Yasuo Ōtsuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "یاسو اوتسوکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuo_%C5%8Ctsuka"
    title: "Yasuo Ōtsuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuo_%C5%8Ctsuka"
    title: "Yasuo Ōtsuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%A1%9A%E5%BA%B7%E7%94%9F"
    title: "大塚康生"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BE_%D0%9E%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Ясуо Оцука"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2320151"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/929972"
    title: "Yasuo Otsuka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump