| Native name | 株式会社太田プロダクション |
|---|---|
| Company type | Kabushiki gaisha (Joint-stock company) |
| Traded as | 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 |
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. The agency have produced numerous television personalities in the entertainment industry.
Notable talents
Comedians
- Aka Plu
- Alco and Peace (Kenta Sakai, Yuki Hirako)
- Hiroiki Ariyoshi
- Dacho Club (Katsuhiro Higo, Jimon Terakado, Ryuhei Ueshima)
- Gekidan Hitori
- Kannazuki
- Kunihiro Matsumura
- Miyashita Kusanagi (Koki Kusanagi, Kensho Miyashita)
- Time Machine 3go (Koji Yamamoto, Futoshi Seki)
- Teruyuki Tsuchida
- Kanako Yanagihara
Actors
- Emiri Henmi
- Tsurutaro Kataoka
- Naoki Kunishima
- Tatsuya Nōmi
- Keiko Saito
- Mai Sekiguchi
- Gaku Shindo
- Reiko Takashima
- Takeshi Tsuruno
- Kohei Yamamoto
Idols
- Anna Iriyama (former AKB48)
- Erika Ikuta (former Nogizaka46)
- 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)
References
- "太田プロダクション | 芸能タレント、音楽家、スポーツ選手、文化人等の育成ならびにマネージメント 音楽、映画、演劇、演芸、公演の企画・制作並びにその請負又は委託とその興業他" [Ota Production - Training and management of performing arts talents, musicians, athletes, cultural figures, etc.]. www.ohtapro.co.jp (in Japanese).
- ザテレビジョン. "アイデンティティ田島、物まねで月収爆上げ「給料袋の厚みが毎月変わる」 （1/2） | 芸能ニュースならザテレビジョン". ザテレビジョン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- "太田プロダクションが日本テレビに提案か 有吉弘行に代え劇団ひとり新番組交渉?｜ニフティニュース". ニフティニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ザテレビジョン. "太田プロの若手が有吉弘行を恐れる理由「目立つな」「ボケちゃ駄目」 （1/2） | 芸能ニュースならザテレビジョン". ザテレビジョン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-07-23.
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- "生田絵梨花 所属のお知らせ". 太田プロ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- "生田絵梨花、大島優子らが在籍する太田プロ入り 女優活動を中心に「新たな場所で、新たな夢に向かって」". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 6 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-06.