Ohta Production
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 |
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]
Notable talents[edit]
Comedians[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Emiri Henmi
- Tsurutaro Kataoka
- Naoki Kunishima
- Tatsuya Nōmi
- Keiko Saito
- Mai Sekiguchi
- Gaku Shindo
- Reiko Takashima
- Takeshi Tsuruno
- Kohei Yamamoto
Idols[edit]
- Anna Iriyama (former AKB48)
- Erika Ikuta (former Nogizaka46)[6][7]
- Rie Kitahara (former NGT48 + AKB48)
- Rika Nakai (NGT48)
- Kayo Noro (former AKB48 + SDN48)
- Yuko Oshima (former AKB48)
- Rino Sashihara (former HKT48 + AKB48)
- Yui Yokoyama (former AKB48)
Athletes[edit]
- Yoko Gushiken (former boxer)
- Takanori Hatakeyama (former boxer)
- Toshiaki Kawada (former wrestler)
- Shinji Takehara (former boxer)
- Katsuo Tokashiki (former boxer)
Other tarento[edit]
- Shinnosuke Furumoto (voice actor)
- Kansai Yamamoto (fashion designer)
Notable former talents[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "宮下草薙、人気で草薙の体に異変が起こる | Lmaga.jp". Lmaga.jp | 関西を遊ぶニュースサイト. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ^ "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). Retrieved 2022-01-06.