title: Shota Oba
text: # Shota Oba
  
  Shota Oba (大場 翔太, Ōba Shōta, born June 27, 1985 in Adachi, Tokyo) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks from 2008 to 2014.
  
  On 1 October 2016, Oba was released by the Chunichi Dragons only one year after signing via a cash deal with the Hawks.
  
  