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Shohei Ohtani (Japanese: 大谷 翔平, Hepburn: Ōtani Shōhei, pronounced [oːtaɲi ɕoːheː]; born July 5, 1994) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and designated hitter (DH) for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
A total of 81 Japanese-born [1] [2] players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, eleven are on existing MLB rosters.The first instance of a Japanese player playing in MLB occurred in 1964, when the Nankai Hawks, a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team, sent three exchange prospects to the United States to gain experience in MLB's minor league system.
Ōtani (大谷), also romanized as Otani, Ootani or Ohtani, is a Japanese surname meaning "large valley". Notable people with the surname include: Shohei Ohtani (大谷 翔平, born 1994), Japanese baseball player Decoy Ohtani, his dog; Masutaro Otani (大谷 益太郎, born 1896), Japanese judo master
Before Shohei Ohtani became Japan’s most popular athlete, that designation belonged to figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu.. Like Ohtani, Hanyu is 29. Like Ohtani, Hanyu was born and raised in the Tohoku ...
Signs around Shohei Ohtani’s hometown in northern Japan proclaim him “The Pride of Oshu City.” Hundreds of fans filed into a public viewing center in Ohtani's hometown on Tuesday morning ...
What is Shohei Ohtani's contract? Coming off his second MVP award with the Angels in 2023, Ohtani signed a 10-year, $700 million deal (largest contract in North American sports history) to join ...
Decoy Ohtani (born June 18, 2023), [1] known in Japanese as Dekopin (デコピン), is a Kooikerhondje owned by Japanese baseball player Shohei Ohtani. He is a fixture in the Los Angeles Dodgers fandom, and has been described as the team's " Most Valuable Pet ". [ 2 ]
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani became the sixth player in MLB history to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases in a season by hitting a walk-off grand slam.