Shota Oba

{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}

{{Infobox NPB player

| name = Shota Oba

| image = SH-Syota-Oba.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Oba with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

| position = Pitcher

| team =

| number =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|6|27}}

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = NPB

| debutdate = March 23

| debutyear = 2008

| debutteam = Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

| statyear = 2014

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 15–21

| stat2label = ERA

| stat2value = 4.39

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 286

| teams =

• Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ({{baseball year|2008}}–{{baseball year|2014}})

}}

{{Nihongo|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.{{cite web | url=http://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/news/1718219.html | title=中日大場翔太が戦力外「予想していた、申し訳ない」 | publisher=Nikkan Sports | date=1 October 2016 | accessdate=5 October 2016 | language=Japanese}}