Kinoko Nasu
Ōta was born in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture and graduated from the department of Japanese literature in the faculty of education at Waseda University. He joined Kodansha in 1995 and was assigned to the editorial department of "Bessatsu Friend", and in 1998 was transferred to the Literary Book Publishing Department No. 3 of the Literary Bureau. He was mainly in charge of Kodansha Novels and young novelists such as Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Ryūsui Seiryōin, Kouhei Kadono, Ōtarō Maijō, Yuya Sato, Nisio Isin, Kinoko Nasu, and Ryukishi07. He also worked as an editor of the literary magazine "Mephisto". His nickname is "J".