Otama is a supporting character in the animated film Pom Poko, which depicts a community of magical tanuki, or Japanese raccoon dogs, facing the destruction of their forest home through suburban development. She is a female tanuki and the wife of Gonta, the aggressive and combative leader of the Falcon Forest clan who later heads a militant faction known as the Red Tanukis.

Her personality is described as docile and doting. She is devoted to her husband and worries about him constantly, particularly given his hotheaded and confrontational nature. Despite her gentle and anxious demeanor, she is also strong enough to fend off Gonta's attempts to woo her, which reveals a resilient and spirited side beneath her quiet exterior. Her constant concern for Gonta makes her one of the more domestic and emotionally grounded figures in the tanuki community, standing in contrast to his impulsiveness and love of confrontation.

Her motivation centers on loyalty and care: she supports her husband and, through him, the broader struggle to preserve the tanuki way of life. Her role in the story is limited but meaningful. She appears within the community scenes and serves as a humanizing counterpart to Gonta, underscoring the personal bonds and quiet attachments that the development project threatens to erase. The film provides little information about her individual history, any personal development, or whether she possesses abilities beyond the shapeshifting powers common to tanuki. Instead, she functions as a supportive presence whose devotion and worry deepen the understanding of Gonta and of the emotional cost of the tanuki's losing battle against human expansion.