Hirotada Ototake, a.k.a. AmazingOTO, tucks in everything from escaped zebras to a chaotic pool party in the just-released video for his debut single “10Q.”
The video, directed by Taisei Nagasawa and shared to YouTube with the tongue-in-cheek title “Japanese Rapper With No Limbs Released a New Single,” opens with a TV reporter recounting the confusion spurred by those aforementioned escaped zebras in Seattle, only for the story to be meta-ishly interrupted by word of AmazingOTO’s latest drop.
“March to the rhythm of my own damn drum,” OTO, who was born without limbs and whose No One’s Perfect memoir has sold millions of copies, raps at one point in the track.
“Fall down often, but I rise with the mic,” he raps in another.
Repeated throughout the new song, fittingly, is OTO’s “Thank you” catchphrase, which also serves as the inspiration behind the track’s title. Production was handled by Hitch HikerZ, a music unit helmed by none other than Takashi Murakami. The group formally launched last year with the release of “Booger Booger Brothers.”
For those unfamiliar, OTO became a household name in Japan with the success of his No One’s Perfect memoir. He later worked as a sportswriter and a teacher, all while continuing to expand his media presence. OTO also took his real-life story to the big screen in 2013, as well as ran for office in Tokyo.
Now, he’s going global.
