Manga artist
Katsuhiro Otomo
Japanese artist and director of Akira.
Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator, and film director. He first rose to prominence as a pioneer founder of the New Wave in the 1970s. He is best known as the creator of Akira, both the original 1982 manga series and the 1988 animated film adaptation. In 2005, Otomo was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, promoted to Officier of the order in 2014, and became the fourth manga artist ever inducted into the American Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2012. Celebrated in Japan, he was also awarded the Purple Medal of Honor from the national government in 2013.
- Born
- 1954-04-14, Tome, JapanA Wednesday
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Virgo
- Nationality
- Japan
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1954-04-14, Tome, Japan · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Tokyothe zone used then
Asia/TokyoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 23°38′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 8°33′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 0°59′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 11°52′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 0°31′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 22°13′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 6°59′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Cancer | 19°08′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 24°43′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 22°38′ | Retrograde |
Katsuhiro Otomo is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Katsuhiro Otomo was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.