What is Yoshiaki Ota?
{{Infobox football biography |name=Yoshiaki Ota |image= |image_size= |caption= |fullname=Yoshiaki Ota |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1983|6|11}} |birth_place=[[Hamamatsu, Shizuoka|Hamamatsu]], [[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]], [[Japan]] |death_date= |death_place= |height={{Height|m=1.76}} |position=[[Midfielder]] |currentclub= |clubnumber= |youthyears1=1999–2001|youthclubs1=[[Júbilo Iwata]] |years1=2002–2009|clubs1=[[Júbilo Iwata]]|caps1=115|goals1=21 |years2=2010–2014|clubs2=[[Vegalta Sendai]]|caps2=153|goals2=12 |years3=2015–2019|clubs3=[[Júbilo Iwata]]|caps3=81|goals3=7 |totalcaps=349|totalgoals=40 |nationalyears1=|nationalteam1=|nationalcaps1=|nationalgoals1= |manageryears1=|managerclubs1= |medaltemplates= {{Medal|Team|[[Júbilo Iwata]]}} {{Medal|W|[[J1 League]]|2002}} {{Medal|RU|[[J1 League]]|2003}} {{Medal|W|[[Emperor's Cup]]|2003}} {{Medal|RU|[[Emperor's Cup]]|2004}} {{Medal|Team|[[Vegalta Sendai]]}} {{Medal|RU|[[J1 League]]|2012}} }} {{Nihongo|'''Yoshiaki Ota'''|太田 吉彰|Ota Yoshiaki|born June 11, 1983}} is a former [[Japan]]ese [[Association football|football]] player. His brother [[Keisuke Ota]] is also a former footballer. ==Biography== Ota was born in [[Hamamatsu, Shizuoka|Hamamatsu]] on June 11, 1983. He joined [[J1 League]] club [[Júbilo Iwata]] for their youth team in 2002. He became a regular player as right side midfielder in 2005. However his opportunity to play decreased behind new player [[Yuichi Komano]] from 2008. In July 2009, Ota left the club aims to transfer to Europe. However he could not transfer to Europe. After half year blank, he joined [[Vegalta Sendai]] in 2010. Although he could not play many matches in 2010, he played many matches as forward in 2011. In 2012, he became a regular player as right side midfielder and Vegalta finished at the 2nd place which is best results in the club history. He played all 34 matches for 3 years in a row (2012-2014). In 2015, he re-joined [[Júbilo Iwata]] for the first time in 6 years. Although Júbilo was relegated to [[J2 League]] from 2014, he pla