Ohta, Ōta, or Ota may refer to the following:

People[link]

• Fusae Ohta, Japanese politician
• Herb Ohta, Hawaiian ukulele player
• Hikari Ōta, manzai comedian
• Hiromi Ōta, Japanese female singer who was considered an idol in Japan during the 1970s
• Keibun Ōta, Japanese painter and illustrator
• Michihiko Ohta, Japanese singer, composer and arranger
• Minoru Ōta, Japanese admiral in World War II
• Mizuho Ōta, poet and scholar
• Nanami Ohta, Japanese actress
• Princess Ōta (7th century AD), the eldest daughter of emperor Tenji
• Ryu Ota, Japanese New Left activist, author, and ecologist
• Shinichiro Ohta, Japanese voice actor and television announcer known for the Iron Chef series
• Ōta Sukemoto, daimyo of Edo period
• Tomoko Ohta, Japanese molecular evolution scientist
• Toshio Ōta (1919 – 1942), Japanese fighter pilot
• Yukina Ota, Japanese figure skater
• Yuki Ota, Olympic fencer

Geography[link]

Japan[link]

• Ōta, Tokyo, a Special Ward of the Japanese capital city
• Ōta, Gunma, a city northwest of Tokyo in the Gunma prefecture
• Ōta River, the major river in the Hiroshima prefecture

Other places[link]

• Ota, Nigeria, a city in Nigeria
• Ota (Alenquer), a town and a parish in the municipality of Alenquer, near Lisbon, Portugal
• Ota, Corse-du-Sud, a municipality in south Corsica, France

Companies[link]

• Ohta Jidosha, one of the largest Japanese automotive manufacturing companies in the 1930s

Fictional characters[link]

• Akihiko Ohta, the owner of a grocery store in the Muteki Kanban Musume manga series
• Isao Ohta, a police pilot in the Patlabor anime and manga franchise

Other uses[link]

• 5868 Ohta, a main-belt asteroid
• OHTA, short for Organ Historical Trust of Australia

See also[link]

• OTA (disambiguation)
• Okhta

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Yukina Ota
Ota at the 2004 Four Continents Championships.
Personal information
Country represented	Japan
Born	(1986-11-26) November 26, 1986 (age 25)
Residence	Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Former coach	Mie Hamada
Former choreographer	Tom Dickson
Skating club	Kyoto Daigo FSC
Retired	November 26, 2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	162.59 2003 Skate Canada
Short program	63.90 2003 Skate Canada
Free skate	98.69 2003 Skate Canada
Medal record Competitor for  Japan Ladies' singles Figure skating Four Continents Championships Gold 2004 Gangneung Ladies' singles World Junior Championships Gold 2004 The Hague Ladies' singles ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Gold 2002-2003 The Hague Ladies' singles

Yukina Ōta (太田 由希奈, Ōta Yukina^?, born November 26, 1986) in Kyoto is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2003 World Junior Champion and the 2004 Four Continents Champion. She announced her retirement from competitive skating on November 26, 2008, retiring due to injury.

Career[link]

Ota won the bronze medal at the 2000-2001 Japan Junior Championships.

In the 2001-2002 season, Ota made her Junior Grand Prix debut. She won her event in Bulgaria and placed 4th at the event in Sweden to qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final, where she placed 6th. She won a second bronze medal at the 2001-2002 Japan Junior Championships, which qualified her for the 2002 Junior Worlds. She placed 9th at that competition.

In the 2002-2003 season, Ota competed on the 2002-2003 Junior Grand Prix circuit. She won both her events to qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final, which she won. She placed fourth at the Japan Championships and qualified for Junior Worlds. She won the 2003 World Junior title.

In the 2003-2004 season, Ota made her senior international debut. She competed on the Grand Prix of Figure Skating. She placed 4th at the 2003 Skate Canada International and 6th at the 2003 NHK Trophy. At the Japan Championships, Ota placed fifth. She competed at the 2004 Four Continents and won the event after placing third in the short program and second in the free skate.^[1]

In the 2004-2005 season, Ota competed again on the senior international circuit. She placed 7th at the 2004 Skate America.

Ota missed the 2005-2006 season due to injury.

In the 2006-2007 season, Ota began competing again. She placed 12th at the Japan Championships.

In the 2007-2008 season, Ota competed at the 2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb international competition and placed 7th. At the Japan Championship, she placed 7th.

Ota withdrew from events to qualify for the 2008-2009 Japan Championships before they began. She announced her retirement from competitive skating on November 26, 2008, her 22nd birthday, retiring due to injury.^{[citation needed]} Following her retirement, she has skated professionally in ice shows.

Programs[link]

Results[link]

See also[link]

• Media related to Yukina Ota at Wikimedia Commons

References[link]

External links[link]

• Yukina Ota at the International Skating Union

Tetsuya Ota

Nationality	Japanese
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	1993-1996
Teams	Simpson Engineering, Ennea SRL/Ferrari Club Italia
Best finish	None (DNF)
Class wins	0

Tetsuya Ota (太田 哲也, Ōta Tetsuya^?, born 6 November 1959) is a racecar driver from Maebashi in the Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is notable for surviving a fiery multi-car pileup he was involved in during a JGTC race at Fuji Speedway on May 3, 1998, caused by a safety car which was driven at twice the recommended speed in torrential rain during a parade lap. Ota was seriously injured and, as a result, he subsequently brought a lawsuit against the race organizers.

Life[link]

Following his education at Musashi University, Ota turned to racing cars in 1982. He drove in the junior formula FJ1600 (Formula Japan) series before moving on to All-Japan F3 Championship in 1986 and then graduated to race in the domestic Formula 3000 series between 1987 to 1991, excepting 1989. Ota also competed in numerous domestic series such as (JTCC) Japanese Touring Car Championship, (JSPC) All Japan Sports Prototype Championship and Fuji Grand Champion Series as well as in Super Taikyu.^[1] While competing in JSPC, Ota was a factory driver for Mazda between 1989 to 1991.

Ota's first foray in racing outside Japan was when he competed in four straight 24 Hours of Le Mans races between 1993 to 1996, all with a DNF and one DNS.^[2]

In 1990 Ota married Atsuko. In 1993 he became a regular contributor to Neko Publishing's Tipo magazine. This gave him the privilege of being on the selection committee of the Car of the Year Japan (COTY).

Since his inaugural season Ota has competed in the All-Japan GT Championship. His speciality was racing Ferraris, especially in other series. Ota became the most highly regarded driver of the marque in Japan.^[2]

1998 JGTC Fuji incident[link]

On May 3, 1998, during round 2 of the JGTC at Fuji Speedway, Ota was badly injured. There were 47,000 spectators in attendance for the 67 lap race.^[3] At the time of race there was torrential rain and visibility was limited. Following the parade lap, the safety car drove through the starting line at 150 km/h (93 mph) then suddenly slowed down.^[2] This caused 910 Racing's Porsche 911 RSR driven by Tomohiko Sunako to aquaplane and strike the rear of Kaoru Hoshino's 911 GT2. Of the GT300 cars, the third car in front of the Porsches (and 22nd on the grid),^[4] the BMW M3 of Yasushi Hitotsuyama, behind, managed to avoid the Porsche by driving onto the grass and then back to the circuit, while the Porsche struck a barrier and rested on the grass.^[2] A caution flag was waved out.

Seconds later, the Team Ferrari Club of Japan's Ferrari F355 Challenge driven by Ota, slowed down, causing it to aquaplane and swerve left directly onto the Porsche. Both exploded into a fireball on impact.^[2] The Ferrari, after hitting the wall, slid across to the other side of the track and rested at the pit stop exit. Another Porsche swerved to avoid Ota.

Luckily, the driver of the blazing Porsche managed to stumble out of his car with a fractured right leg and was quickly attended to by rescue officials.^[3]

The RE Amemiya RX-7 driven by Shinichi Yamaji stopped in front of the Ferrari while the other cars drove on. Yamaji used a fire extinguisher from his own car to extinguish the fire and then helped to release Ota's safety harness. He did this before race marshals arrived.^[3][5]

Ota was trapped in his car for almost 90 seconds while exposed to 800-degree temperatures and had to be dragged out of the car by a safety marshal.^[2] The marshal lay him on the ground which caused his semi-melted visor to sag onto his face. Ota attempted to get up, but fell. During his another attempt, another marshal spotted Ota, picked him up, and bundled him into the circuit's minivan, rather than the ambulance.

Ota was taken to a hospital in Gotemba^[3] where he was treated for third-degree burns to his face and neck area and minor burns to the rest of the body. He was fortunate to survive. He required plastic surgery to the nasal area as a result of the visor melting on his face. He also suffered from intoxication from the fumes he inhaled from the fire.

As a result of his injuries, Ota was unable thereafter to move his right arm, right shoulder and fingers properly, causing an end to his professional race career.^[2]

Race Canceled[link]

The race was to be rescheduled to a shortened 51 lap race, but thick fog rolled in over the circuit causing the race to be delayed. Organizers waited, hoping that the weather would improve, but by 17:00 the organizers announced that the race was officially called off and all results were voided.^[3]

Subsequent court case[link]

Reports on the incident were filed by the JAF and race organizers. One of the reports stated that Ota did not wear a fire resistant balaclava as required; which he denied.^[5] Also, the report stated that the safety team started fighting fire 20 seconds after the accident, but the reality was the flames of Ota's car were first fought by fellow drivers 50 seconds after the crash while Ota was still trapped inside.^[5]

As a result, Ota filed a damages suit for about ¥290 million ($2,500,000 US) against seven organizers for their failure to implement proper safety measures in Tokyo District Court in November 1999.^[5][6] Those held liable included circuit operator, Fuji Speedway, series organizer, Japan Automobile Federation (JAF); the race operator, VICIC (Victory Circle Club)^[5] and broadcaster TV Tokyo.

On 29 October 2003 six race sponsors and promoters including TV Tokyo, VICIC and Fuji Speedway were found guilty of gross negligence. The success of the lawsuit was due to the recorded TV coverage of the incident which was shown in court.^[5] The responsible parties were ordered to pay ¥90 million ($800,000 US) compensation for pain and suffering, on the grounds that their first aid response was poorly prepared and their race marshals were poorly trained.^[5][6] The judge, Tsuyoshi Ono, decided that organizers neglected their responsibility, as Ota was left in his burning vehicle for longer than the 30 seconds in which he should have been out of the car. The organizers had failed to take sufficient precautionary measures, such as having fire engines on standby as is required to extinguish fires and rescue drivers in 30 seconds or less.^[5]

The judge determined the pre-race agreement between Ota and the organizers not to pursue legal action in the event of an accident was unacceptable.^[2] Despite his written pledge to organizers not to seek compensation in the event of an accident, which all drivers were required to sign, the judge ruled it unfair and said it runs counter to public order and morals. Ono added that the pledge, branded by him as a "death pledge," aims to exempt organizers from responsibility, allowing them to benefit economically from races.^[5]

The judge ruled that the safety car was driving at an excessive pace of 150 km/h rather than at the safety pace of 60 km/h, causing the accident when it suddenly slowed down and determined the "fire fighting and rescue preparations were also not up to scratch."^[2]

The judge ruled that Ota was partially responsible as he did not decelerate early enough.^[5] Ota was satisfied with the outcome.^[2]

TV Tokyo denied any responsibility themselves throughout the case, as they did not regard themselves as one of the race organizers. The court found TV Tokyo guilty of gross negligence for attempting to avoid responsibility for its part in the incident.^[2]

The claim against JAF was rejected as they could not be held responsible.^[5]

Post court case[link]

Shortly after, there has been a documentary film about the incident titled Crash (クラッシュ), released in 2003 as well as the book titled Re•Birth, documenting his struggle to rebuild his life and his body.

A number of improved safety measures were introduced following the accident, including the introduction of a "doctor car" that contained medical and rescue specialists.^[5]

Ota has since continued to be involved in motorsport, but no longer on a professional scale. He runs a car tuning and race preparation garage, named Tezzo, specializing in Italian cars.

References[link]

• JGTC incident video on YouTube
• TV coverage of the incident on YouTube

External links[link]

• (Japanese) Official site
• (Japanese) WEB KEEP ON RACING
• (Japanese) 太田哲也さんインタビュー「全ての人にチャンスを ～Keep on Racing」
• (Japanese) 太田哲也オフィシャルブログ
• (Japanese) Crash official page
• (Japanese) Tezzo

Ebenezer Obey (born 3 April 1942), nicknamed the "Chief Commander", is a Nigerian jùjú musician.^[1]

Early life[link]

Obey, whose full name is Ebenezer Remilekun Aremu Olasupo Obey-Fabiyi, was born in Idogo, Ogun State, Nigeria of Egba–Yoruba ethnic background. He is of the Owu subgroup of the Egba.

Career[link]

He began his professional career in the mid-1950s after moving to Lagos. After tutelage under Fatai Rolling-Dollar's band, he formed a band called The International Brothers in 1964, playing highlife–jùjú fusion. The band later metamorphosed into Inter-Reformers in the early-1970s, with a long list of Juju album hits on the West African Decca musical label.

Obey began experimenting with Yoruba percussion style and expanding on the band by adding more drum kits, guitars and talking drums. Obey's musical strengths lie in weaving intricate Yoruba axioms into dance-floor compositions. As is characteristic of Nigerian Yoruba social-circle music, the Inter-Reformers band excel in praise-singing for rich Nigerian socialites and business tycoons. Obey, however, is also renowned for Christian spiritual themes in his music and has since the early-1990s retired into Nigerian gospel music ministry.

Personal life[link]

Obey married Juliana Olaide Olufade in 1963.^[2] His wife, known as Lady Evangelist Juliana Obey-Fabiyi, died at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital on 23 August 2011, aged 67. They have several children and grand children.^[3]

Partial discography[link]

• 1964 Ewa Wo Ohun Ojuri
• 1965 Aiye Gba Jeje b/w Ifelodun*Gari Ti Won b/w Orin Adura
• 1966 Awolowo Babawa Tide b/w Oluwa Niagbara Emi Mi*Palongo b/w Teti Ko Gboro Kan*Oro Miko Lenso b/w Orin Ajinde*Late Justice Olumide Omololu b/w Iyawo Ti Mo Ko Fe
• 1967 Olomi Gbo Temi b/w Maria Odeku*To Keep Nigeria One b/w Awa Sope Odun Titun*Edumare Lon Pese b/w Omo Olomo*Ope Fun Oluwa b/w Paulina
• 1968 Ore Mi E Si Pelepele b/w Ajo Ni Mo wa*Ijebu L'ade b/w Lati Owolabi*Col. Ben Adekunle b/w Ori Bayemi*Lolade Wilkey b/w Adetunji Adeyi*Gbe Bemi Oluwa b/w Olowo Laiye Mo
• 1969 Ode To Nso Eledumare b/w Pegan Pegan*Sanu-olu b/w K'Oluwa So Pade Wa*London Lawa Yi b/w Oro Seniwo*Isokan Nigeria / etc.*Eni Mayo Ayo / etc1969/1970*Emi Yio Gbe Oluwa Ga b/w Ise Teni
• 1970 Lawyer Adewuyi*Ala Taja Bala b/w Ohun Toluwa Ose*Ogun Pari / etc.*In London*On The Town
• 1971 Ija Pari (Part One) b/w Ija Pari (Part Two)*Esa Ma Miliki b/w Awon Alhaji*Face to Face b/w Late Rex Lawson*Oro Nipa Lace b/w Yaro Malaika
• 1972 Late Oba Gbadelo II*Board Members*Vol.4: Aiye Wa A Toro*In London Vol. 3*Odun Keresimesi
• 1973 And His Miliki Sound*The Horse, The Man and His Son*E Je Ka Gbo T'Oluwa*Adeventure of Mr. Music*Mo Tun Gbe De
• 1974 Inter-Reformers A Tunde*Eko Ila*Around the World*Iwalka Ko Pe
• 1975 Mukulu Muke Maa Jo*Ota Mi Dehin Lehin Mi*Alo Mi Alo*Edumare Dari Jiwon
• 1976 Late Great Murtara Murtala Ramat Muhammed*Operation Feed The Nation
• 1977 Eda To Mose Okunkun*Immortal Sings for Travellers*Adam and Eve
• 1978 Igba Owuro Lawa*Oluwa Ni Olusa Aguntan Mi*No Place Be Like My Country Nigeria
• 1979 In the Sixties Vol.1*In the Sixties Vol.2*Igba Laiye*Sky*E Wa Kiye Soro Mi*Omo Mi Gbo Temi
• 1980 Leave Everything to God*Current Affairs*Sound of the Moment*Eyi Yato
• 1981 Joy of Salvation*What God Has Joined Together
• 1982 Celebration*Austerity*Precious Gift
• 1983 Ambition*Singing for the People*Greatest Hits Vol. 3*Je Ka Jo*Thank You (Ose)
• 1984 The Only Condition to Save Nigeria*Solution*Peace1985*Security*My Vision
• 1986 Gbeja Mi Eledumare*Satisfaction*Providence
• 1987 Aimasiko*Immortality*Victory*Patience
• 1988 Determination*Vanity
• 1989 Formula 0-1-0*Get Yer Jujus Out
• 1990 Count Your Blessing*On the Rock
• 1991 Womanhood
• 1993 Good News
• 1994 I Am a Winner*Walking Over (1994 ?)
• 1995 The Legend
• 1999 Millennial Blessings
• 2000 Promised Land
• 2002 Ase Oluwa

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Christopher Alan Waterman (1990). Jùjú: A Social History and Ethnography of an African Popular Music. University Of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-87465-4. 

Further reading[link]

• Mike Awoyinfa; Ebenezer Obey (1992). Ebenezer Obey: the legend's own story. Egret Books. ISBN 978-978-2432-89-6. 
• Adebayo Mosobalaje (2011). Ebenezer Obey and the Aesthetics of the Yoruba World. Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN 978-3-8443-9193-0. 
• Ebenezer Obey (September/October 1981). "Need to put God first...". Africa Music 5: 17–19. 

External links[link]

• Definitive Compilation of Ebenezer Obey's Discography by Toshiya Endo
• Listen to Aimasiko Lo Ndamu Eda