Ōhtagaki Yasuo
Japanese manga artist who created Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt. Jenxi Seow Published 4 Nov 2025
Updated 4 Nov 2025
Ōhtagaki Yasuo (太田垣康男, Ōhtagaki Yasuo, born 14 March 1966) is a Japanese manga artist who created and illustrated Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt, an alternate One Year War story featuring Io Fleming and Daryl Lorenz. His distinctive, detailed art style and jazz-influenced storytelling created unique entry in the Universal Century timeline.
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt
Ōhtagaki’s Thunderbolt manga, serialized from 2012, presented alternate One Year War events:
- Io Fleming piloting Full Armor Gundam
- Daryl Lorenz piloting Psycho Zaku
- Moore Brotherhood vs Living Dead Division
- Thunderbolt Sector battles
- Jazz music as character motif
His detailed mechanical art and character designs created distinctive visual identity.
Appearances
- Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt – Manga artist/author
See also
- Io Fleming – Protagonist he created
- Daryl Lorenz – Antagonist he created
- FA-78 Full Armor Gundam – Featured mobile suit
- MS-06R Psycho Zaku – Featured mobile suit
External links
- Yasuo Ohtagaki on Anime News Network
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