Keiji Ota
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Keiji Ota (大田 圭二 Ōta Keiji) is a Japanese producer and businessman who manages the Godzilla brand at Toho Co., Ltd.
Joining Toho in 1989,[1] Ota has since become a managing executive officer of the company and presides over the Animation, Video, Digital Content, and Business Management Divisions of its Entertainment Unit.[2] In 2017, he was also given the unique title of "Chief Godzilla Officer" (CGO) and placed in charge of overseeing the future expansion of the Godzilla franchise through the Godzilla Strategic Conference;[3] he has produced nearly every major entry in the franchise since then, including all three films of the GODZILLA anime trilogy and the animated television series Godzilla Singular Point. Ota is the fourth executive producer of the Japanese Godzilla films, succeeding Tomoyuki Tanaka of the Showa and Heisei series, Shogo Tomiyama of the Heisei and Millennium series, and Minami Ichikawa of Shin Godzilla.
Selected filmography
Executive producer
- GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017)
- GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)
- My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018)[a]
- GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)[b]
- Godziban (web 2019-)
- Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji (2020)
- Godzilla Singular Point (TV 2021)
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (2021)
- Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex (2022)
- Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks (2022)
Miscellaneous
- My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018) - My Hero Academia conference[c]
Video games
- Godzilla Battle Line (2021) - Chief Godzilla Officer
Selected bibliography
Publisher
- Godzilla theater program (2014)
- Shin Godzilla theater program (2016)
- GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters theater program (2017)
- GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle theater program (2018)
- GODZILLA: The Planet Eater theater program (2018)
- Monster Hunter theater program (2020)
- Godzilla vs. Kong theater program (2021)
- Shin Ultraman theater program (2022)
Trivia
- A recorded message from Ota was played before Fathom Events' November 3, 2022 screenings of Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla in the United States.[4]
Notes
- ↑ With Minami Ichikawa.
- ↑ With Zach Shields, Barry Waldman, Hiro Matsuoka, Dan Lin, Roy Lee, Yoshimitsu Banno, and Kenji Okuhira.
- ↑ With Minami Ichikawa, Hiroyasu Matsuoka, Yoshihiro Yoshizawa, Wakana Okamura, Kazuaki Kishida, Ryo Shimoyama, Tomoko Shiraishi, Atsushi Takeshige, Akihiro Takeda, Ryoji Tanaka, Chiaki Baba, Shoichi Hayashibara, Kazushige Hishinuma, and Yasuhiro Yamaguchi.
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