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Ōoka, Ooka or Oooka (大岡(おおおか), Ōoka, "large hill") may refer to:

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  • Ōoka Tadasuke (大岡忠相, Ōoka Tadasuke) (1677–1752), Japanese judge, known in English juvenile literature as "Ooka the Wise" or "Solomon in Kimono"
  • Shōhei Ōoka (大岡昇平, Ōoka Shōhei) (1909–1988), an author
  • Makoto Ōoka (大岡信, Ōoka Makoto) (1931–2017), a poet

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