Tetsuya Ota

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tetsuya Ota
Occupation	Racing Driver
Date Of Birth	Nov 6, 1959(1959-11-06)
Age	65
Birthplace	Maebashi
Country	Japan
Birth City	Gunma Prefecture
Horoscope	Scorpio

Tetsuya Ota Biography

Tetsuya Ota is one of the most popular and richest Racing Driver who was born on November 6, 1959 in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Tetsuya Ota (Tai Tian Zhe Ye, Ota Tetsuya born on 6 November, 1959) is a race driver born in Maebashi located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He escaped the blaze of a multi-car pileup which at the time of an JGTC event at Fuji Speedway on May 3 1998. It was caused by a safety vehicle that was driven twice the speed recommended by the race officials in torrential rain during the parade lap. Ota suffered serious injuries which, in consequence the race, he filed a lawsuit against the race’s organizers.

On the 3rd of May 1998, at the time of Round 2 of JGTC held at Fuji Speedway, Ota was severely injured. There was a crowd of 47,000 at the JGTC race, which ran for 300 km (67 laps). The day of the race there was heavy rain and visibility was low. After the parade lap, the safety car made its way across the line of starting with a speed of 150 kilometers per hour (93 miles per hour) but then suddenly slowed. 910 Racing’s Porsche 911 RSR driven by Tomohiko Sunako , to go through an aquaplane and crash into on the back of Kaoru Hoshino’s 911 GT2. The other GT300 cars the third one in the front of Porsches (and 22nd on the grid) was The BMW M3 of Yasushi Hitotsuyama was able to stay clear of the Porsche by turning onto the grass and returning to the circuit. However, the Porsche hit a barrier and sat on grass. The caution flag was thrown out.

A documentary film about the incident titled Crash (クラッシュ ) was released in 2003, as well as the book titled Re•Birth, documenting Ota’s struggle to rebuild his life and his body.

On 29 October 2003 six race sponsors and promoters including TV Tokyo, VICIC and Fuji Speedway were found guilty of gross negligence. The success of the lawsuit was due to the recorded TV coverage of the incident which was shown in court. The responsible parties were ordered to pay ¥90 million ($800,000 US) compensation for pain and suffering, on the grounds that their first aid response was poorly prepared and their race marshals were poorly trained. The judge, Tsuyoshi Ono, decided that organizers neglected their responsibility, as Ota was left in his burning vehicle for longer than the 30 seconds in which he should have been out of the car. The organizers had failed to take sufficient precautionary measures, such as having fire engines on standby as is required to extinguish fires and rescue drivers in 30 seconds or less.

The first time Ota raced outside of Japan occurred when he participated in four consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans races from 1993 to 1996, each with the result of a DNF in addition to one DNS.

Tetsuya Ota Net Worth

Tetsuya Ota is one of the richest Racing Driver from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tetsuya Ota 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After completing his studies through Musashi University, Ota turned to racing cars in 1982. He raced for the Junior Formula FJ1600 (Formula Japan) series prior to moving to the All-Japan Formula Three Championship in 1986. He then went on to compete within the national Formula 3000 series between 1987 until 1991, with the exception of 1989. Ota was also a part of numerous domestic series, including the Japanese Touring Car Championship (JTCC), All Japan Sports Prototype Championship (JSPC) and Fuji Grand Champion Series as also for Super Taikyu. While racing in the JSPC, Ota was a factory driver for Mazda between 1989 and 1991.

In 1990 Ota married Atsuko. In 1993, he began to be frequent contributors to the Neko publishing’s Tipo magazine. This earned him the honour of serving part of the selection committee for COTY. Car of the Year Japan (COTY).

As a result, Ota filed a damages suit for about ¥290 million ($2,500,000 US) against seven organizers for their failure to implement proper safety measures in Tokyo District Court in November 1999. Those held liable included circuit operator, Fuji Speedway, series organizer, Japan Automobile Federation (JAF); the race operator, VICIC (Victory Circle Club) and broadcaster TV Tokyo.

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Tetsuya Ranked on the list of most popular Racing Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Tetsuya Ota celebrates birthday on November 6 of every year.