Ota Yamamoto

Ota Yamamoto
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-06-04) 4 June 2004
Place of birth Hiroshima, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 RB Omiya Ardija
(on loan from RB Leipzig)
Youth career
–2022 Kashiwa Reysol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2026 Kashiwa Reysol 16 (0)
2024 → Tochigi SC (loan) 9 (1)
2025 → Renofa Yamaguchi FC (loan) 33 (10)
2026 → RB Omiya Ardija (loan) 19 (10)
2026– RB Leipzig 0 (0)
2026– → RB Omiya Ardija (loan) 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 May 2026

Ota Yamamoto (山本 桜大, Yamamoto Ota; born 4 June 2004), is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for J2 League club RB Omiya Ardija, on loan from RB Leipzig.

Early life

Yamamoto was born on 4 June 2004 in Hiroshima.[1]

Career

As a youth player, Yamamoto joined the youth academy of Japanese side Kashiwa Reysol and was promoted to the club's senior team in 2023, where he made sixteen league appearances and scored zero goals. Ahead of the 2025 season, he was sent on loan to Japanese side Renofa Yamaguchi FC, where he made thirty-three league appearances and scored ten goals.

Following his stint there, he was sent on loan to Japanese side RB Omiya Ardija in 2026, where he made nineteen league appearances and scored ten goals. Japanese news website Gekisaka wrote in 2026 that he "quickly adapted to Omiya's basic tactic of aggressive pressing" while playing for the club.[2] During the summer of 2026, he signed for German Bundesliga side RB Leipzig, before returning to Japanese side RB Omiya Ardija on loan.[3]

Style of play

Yamamoto plays as a midfielder. Right-footed, he has received comparisons to Japan international Daichi Kamada.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ota Yamamoto: Who is RB Leipzig's Japanese midfielder?". Bundesliga. 28 June 2026. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "ついに開花の時…柏育ちの点取り屋FW山本桜大がRB大宮で開幕3戦連発「意識はしすぎず」" [The time has finally come for him to blossom... Kashiwa-raised goalscorer striker Sakura Yamamoto scores in three consecutive opening matches for RB Omiya: "I'm not trying to think about it too much"] (in Japanese). Gekisaka. 21 February 2026. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Ota Yamamoto at WorldFootball.net
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