Background
Ōta was born in Haboro, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan on 10 November 1951.
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Ōta was born in Haboro, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan on 10 November 1951.
He graduated from Hokkaido Bifuka High School.
He currently lives in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture. After moving to Tokyo to work as a freelance interior designer, he taught himself to paint and began doing work as an illustrator. In 1992, Ōta held his first series of exhibitions at department stores in every major city in Japan.
This has become a regular event since then
He held a nationwide exhibit tour at five locations throughout Japan in 1995. Due to over 600,000 people attending the exhibits, the exhibit had to be extended to accommodate the additional attendees.
Ōta established his home page in 2000 for the 20th anniversary of his professional debut. In 2001, he held an exhibit at the Yokohama Sogō Fine Arts Gallery, and in 2002, exhibits were held at the Sakai Takashimaya and Matsuyama Takashimaya department stores.