To provide an on-table exciter and an on-table excitation method, in which the reproduction accuracy of the actual road surface traveling state is improved.

In the on-table exciter for exciting a vehicle for to which a tire is mounted on a mount table 11, the mount table 11 is divided into a plurality of sections which can be displaced under the circumstances independently of each other, and is provided with a load transmission mechanism 12 for transmitting the independent load for each of the plurality of sections.