Keisuke Ota

Ota was born in Hamamatsu on July 23, 1981. He joined J1 League club Shimizu S-Pulse from youth team in 2000. However he could not play at all in the match. In 2001, he moved to J2 League club Ventforet Kofu on loan. He became a regular player as forward and scored 11 goals which is top scorer in the club. In 2002, he returned to Shimizu S-Pulse. He debuted in J1 League in 2002 and his opportunity to play increased in 2003. In 2004, he became a regular player as right midfielder. However he could hardly play in the match from 2006. In July 2007, he moved to Kashiwa Reysol. He became a regular player as right midfielder immediately and he played in all 34 matches in 2008. However his opportunity to play decreased in 2009. In July 2009, he moved to JEF United Chiba. Although he played many matches in 2009, the club was relegated to J2 first time in the club history from 2010. Although he became a regular player, he played many matches until 2011. In 2012, he moved to J2 club Tokushima Vortis. He played many matches in two seasons and the club was promoted to J1 first time in the club history from 2014. However he moved to J2 club FC Gifu in 2014 without playing J1. Although he played many matches in 2014, his opportunity to play decreased in 2015 and he retired end of 2015 season.

Ota was educated at and played for Shimizu Commercial High School and Fukuoka University. After graduating from the university in 2002, Ota joined J2 League side Avispa Fukuoka. His first appearance in J2 League came on September 11, 2002, against Mito HollyHock. He scored his first professional goal on July 26, 2003, against Albirex Niigata. In April 2004, he crashed into the goal post and damaged his spleen as he scored against Omiya Ardija. Because of this injury, he was sidelined for more than three months. Although he was instrumental in Avispa's promotion in the 2005 season by playing 22 games and scoring 2 goals, he was released from the club. He played the 2006 season with fellow J2 side Thespa Kusatsu. The Minnesota Thunder signed him in February 2007, but he returned to Japan with V-Varen Nagasaki in 2008. He retired from the game at the end of the 2008 season.

Ota represented Japan for the 2001 Summer Universiade held in Beijing where the team won the title beating Ukraine in the final. He played 5 matches in the tournament.