is a Japanese professional

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player. He currently plays for the

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club of the B.League in Japan. He represented

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at the

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. He did

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at the

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. There was no judo club in his

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and switched to basketball. He received entrance offers from 73 high schools and chose the Kashiwa High School in

Chiba Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama ...

, following the Nakamura's advice. Atsuya Ohta

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External links

Asia-basket.com profile

Real GM profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ota, Atsuya 1984 births Living people Centers (basketball) Japanese men's basketball players San-en NeoPhoenix players People from Toyokawa, Aichi Basketball players from Aichi Prefecture Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games Basketball players at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games