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Ōhtagaki Yasuo

Japanese manga artist who created Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt.
Jenxi Seow Published 4 Nov 2025 Updated 4 Nov 2025
Ōhtagaki Yasuo

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:

His detailed mechanical art and character designs created distinctive visual identity.

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