 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Ota akahwina menduru yebronze pa20002001 Japan Junior Championships. Mumwaka wa2001-2002, Ota akaita yake Junior Grand Prix kutanga. Akakunda chiitiko chake muBulgaria uye akaisa 4th pachiitiko muSweden kuti akwanise kuJunior Grand Prix Final, kwaakaisa 6th. Akakunda menduru yechipiri yebronze pa20012002 Japan Junior Championships, iyo yakamukodzera ku2002 Junior Worlds. Akawana nzvimbo yechipfumbamwe pamakwikwi iwayo. Mumwaka wa2002-2003, Ota akakwikwidza mumakwikwi e2002-2003 ISU Junior Grand Prix. Akakunda zviitiko zvake zvose kuti akwanise kuJunior Grand Prix Final, iyo yakakunda. Akawana nzvimbo yechina paJapan Championships uye akakodzera kuJunior Worlds. Akakunda mukombe weWorld Junior muna 2003. Mumwaka wa2003-2004, Ota akaita nhabvu yake yepasi rose. Akakwikwidza paGrand Prix yeFigure Skating. Akaisa 4th pa2003 Skate Canada International uye 6th pa2003 NHK Trophy. PaJapan Championships, Ota akaiswa pachinzvimbo chechishanu. Akakwikwidza pa 2004 Four Continents uye akakunda chiitiko ichi mushure mekuisa chechitatu muchirongwa chipfupi uye chechipiri mu skate yemahara. Mumwaka wa2004-2005, Ota akakwikwidza zvakare padunhu repamusoro repasi rose. Akaisa 7th pa 2004 Skate America. 