Ohta Production
Japanese talent agency
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Ohta Production Inc. (株式会社太田プロダクション), sometimes shortened to Ohta Pro, is a Japanese talent agency headquartered in Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo. It was founded in 1963 and focuses on talent management for actors, athletes, comedians and tarento.[1][2] The agency have produced numerous television personalities in the entertainment industry.[3]
Native name
株式会社太田プロダクションCompany typeKabushiki gaisha
(Joint-stock company)
(Joint-stock company)
Unlisted
IndustryService industry (entertainment)
Native name | 株式会社太田プロダクション |
|---|---|
| Company type | Kabushiki gaisha (Joint-stock company) |
| Unlisted | |
| Industry | Service industry (entertainment) |
| Genre | Tarento, actor, comedian, athlete entertainment industry management and production etc. |
| Founded | July 8, 1963 |
| Founder | Tsutomu Isono |
| Headquarters | Frontier Yotsuya 2nd Floor, Yotsuya 3-12, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; ZIP 160-0004 |
Area served | Japan |
Key people | Dai Isono (Representative director and president) Yasuko Isono (vice-president) |
Number of employees | 50 |
| Subsidiaries | Ohta Publishing |
| Website | www |
Notable talents
Comedians
- Aka Plu
- Alco and Peace (Kenta Sakai, Yuki Hirako)
- Hiroiki Ariyoshi[4]
- Dacho Club (Katsuhiro Higo, Jimon Terakado, Ryuhei Ueshima)
- Gekidan Hitori
- Kannazuki
- Kunihiro Matsumura
- Miyashita Kusanagi (Koki Kusanagi, Kensho Miyashita)[5]
- Time Machine 3go (Koji Yamamoto, Futoshi Seki)
- Teruyuki Tsuchida
- Kanako Yanagihara
Actors
Idols
- Anna Iriyama (former AKB48)
- Erika Ikuta (former Nogizaka46)[6][7]
- Rie Kitahara (former NGT48 + AKB48)
- Rika Nakai (former NGT48)
- Kayo Noro (former AKB48 + SDN48)
- Yuko Oshima (former AKB48)
- Rino Sashihara (former HKT48 + AKB48)
- Yui Yokoyama (former AKB48)
Athletes
- Yoko Gushiken (former boxer)
- Takanori Hatakeyama (former boxer)
- Toshiaki Kawada (former wrestler)
- Shinji Takehara (former boxer)
- Katsuo Tokashiki (former boxer)
Other tarento
- Shinnosuke Furumoto (voice actor)
- Kansai Yamamoto (fashion designer)
Notable former talents
- Bakushō Mondai (Yuji Tanaka, Hikari Ōta) (comedy duo)
- Egashira 2:50 (comedian)
- Kenji Haga (actor, businessman)
- Toshihito Ito (actor)
- Carolyn Kawasaki (model)
- Naomi Kawashima (actress)
- Hiroko Kurumizawa (singer)
- Neptune (Taizo Harada, Ken Horiuchi, Jun Nagura) (comedy trio)
- Mari Okamoto (comedian)
- Bibiru Ōki (comedian)
- Erena Ono (former AKB48)
- Shun Sugata (actor)
- Beat Takeshi (comedian, actor, director) – and all others from Office Kitano
- Atsuko Maeda (former AKB48)
- Saya Kamitani (professional wrestler)[8]