Hirotada Ototake

• Name — Hirotada Ototake • Born — 6 April 1976 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Known for — No One's Perfect (Memoir) • Occupation — writer, teacher

Ototake was born without arms and legs due to tetra-amelia syndrome, a genetic disorder. Ototake is most notable for his 1998 memoir No One's Perfect. Within a year of publication, the book became the third-best-selling book in Japan since World War II. It has since been translated into English. After publishing his autobiography, Ototake became a successful sports journalist. In 2007, he took a job as a primary school (first through sixth grades) teacher at Suginami Dai-Yon Elementary School in Tokyo. He starred in Daijōbu 3-Gumi (だいじょうぶ3組; English title: Nobody's Perfect), a 2013 film based on the events of his own life as a teacher. The Liberal Democratic Party considered recruiting Ototake to run in the summer 2016 upper house elections. In 2015, Ototake entered National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies as a Masters student. However, in March 2016, shortly before he was due to complete his graduate studies, the tabloid magazine Shukan Shincho reported that Ototake had affairs with five women since the birth of his eldest son in 2008. He is said to have accompanied a woman in her late 20s on a trip to Tunisia and Paris in late 2015. Ototake acknowledged and apologized for his actions, and did not continue his studies. On April 8, 2024, Ototake announced that he would run as an independent candidate in the April 28 House of Representatives by-election in the Tokyo No. 15 constituency. The election results showed that he finished in fifth place.