Oji
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kobe Oiji Zoo in Japan

Biography

☨ ♂ Oji

Alternative name:	Ouji

Identification

JAZA nr nr	?

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 5 years old
Origin
Born:	* 2007-10-21 captive-born
Birth place:	in Kobe Oiji Zoo

Parents:	♂ Mac x ♀ Zuzanna
Death
Dead:	†2012-04-07
Death reason:	accident: right foreleg fracture
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kobe Oiji Zoo, in Japan

Date of arrival

2007-10-21	Kobe Oiji Zoo
Record history
History of updates	2021-01-12

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Oji is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2012-04-07 at Kobe Oiji Zoo, in Japan, . Official death reason described as right foreleg fracture.

Origin

Oji was born captive-born 2007-10-21 at Kobe Oiji Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Oji are: ♂ Mac (father) and ♀ Zuzanna (mother).

Siblings through the father Mac:

2002-01-11 -- † 2002-01-11 (F) stillborn
2004-03-02 -- † 2005-04-25 (F) Momo
2014-06-12(M) Yuuki

Siblings through the mother Zuzanna:

2002-01-11 - † 2002-01-11 (F) stillborn
2004-03-02 - † 2005-04-25 (F) Momo
2014-06-12(M) Yuuki

Pedigree

**Ojis ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Oji	Sire (f): Mac Born: 1992-06-13	Sire ff: Maxi Born: 1969	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Maxi Born: 1969	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Claudy (Claudia) Born: 1963-06-00	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Claudy (Claudia) Born: 1963-06-00	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Zuzanna Born: 1990-04-05	Sire mf: Radsch Born: 1967	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Radsch Born: 1967	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Zita Born: 1969	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Zita Born: 1969	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Was bottle fed, but the zoo was trying to back him to the mother Zuze.

2008: At one year old Oji fractured his right foreleg, and could not stand since then.

He died on 7.Apr.2012. His age was 4 year 5 month.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Oji, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kobe Oiji Zoo in Japan. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3303. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Imke Lüders
Katsunori Sotani, Tokyo, Japan
Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Ouji (Google Translated version)

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Oji at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
Link to translated version with Google Translate

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