{{short description|Japanese singer, composer and arranger}} {{More footnotes|BLP=yes|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Michihiko Ohta | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | background = non_performing_personnel | native_name = 太田 美知彦 | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB --> | birth_place = | origin = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = | occupation = Composer, arranger | instrument = | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | associated_acts = Kouji Wada, Ai Maeda | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
| module = | module2 = | module3 = }} {{Nihongo|'''Michihiko Ohta'''|太田 美知彦|Ōta Michihiko|November 23, 1964}} is a Japanese singer, composer, and arranger who has worked for several anime series such as ''Bubblegum Crash'', ''Captain Tsubasa J,'' and ''Digimon''.
==Career== In the Digimon series, Ohta wrote three of the four opening themes: "Target ~Akai Shougeki~",<ref name="Dória">{{cite web|url=http://www2.uol.com.br/ohayo/v2.0/eventos/materias/maio18_wada.shtml|title=Principal cantor de Digimon no Brasil|last=Dória|first=Flávio|author2=Dória, Silvio|date=18 May 2007|publisher=Universo Online|language=Portuguese|accessdate=5 August 2010}}</ref> "The Biggest Dreamer" and "FIRE!!" (all sung by Kouji Wada) - almost every Evolution theme - "brave heart", "Break Up!" (sung by Ayumi Miyazaki), "SLASH!!" (sung by himself) and others - several Image themes and other Digimon related songs. He also wrote and arranged some of the tracks on Kouji Wada's album ''All of My Mind''.
Ohta wrote an insert song for the fifth Digimon series, ''Digimon Savers''. The track, titled "Believer" and sung by Ikuo of ''Prince of Tennis'' fame, is used as the series evolution theme, and was released on June 28, 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ikuo "Believer" |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/goods/detail/79651 |website=Billboard Japan |publisher=Hanshin Contents Link Corporation |access-date=9 September 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.geocities.jp/wetsnumber11/}} {{in lang|ja}} * [http://mediaarts-db.jp/an/anime_series?utf8=✓&asf%5Bkeyword%5D=太田美知彦&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=tv_a&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=tv_sp&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=movie&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=ova&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=event&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=personal&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=etc&asf%5Bmedia%5D%5B%5D=blank Michihiko Ohta anime] at Media Arts Database {{in lang|ja}} * [http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/231422/ Michihiko Ohta] at Oricon {{in lang|ja}} * {{ANN|people|8563}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ohta, Michihiko}} Category:Japanese male singer-songwriters Category:Living people Category:Singers from Nagano Prefecture Category:Year of birth missing (living people)