Dodgers Star Shohei Ohtani Says He Is Married And His Bride Is Japanese – News18

TOKYO: Baseball star Shohei Ohtani has stunningly revealed he’s married.

Ohtani wrote on Thursday on Instagram in Japanese: “The season is approaching but I would like to announce to everyone that I have gotten married.”

He mentioned his new spouse was a “Japanese woman” with out figuring out her. He mentioned he would reveal extra in an interview; presumably on the Los Angeles Dodgers spring coaching venue.

The 29-12 months-outdated Ohtani is Japan’s greatest movie star, and there has all the time been curiosity round his private life, which he has all the time saved very non-public. His focus, and his picture, has all the time been 100%-baseball targeted — freed from scandals or tabloid information.

Ohtani moved from the Los Angeles Angels to the Dodgers in December on a file-breaking contract price $700 million over 10 years.

“I began a new chapter in my career with the Dodgers, but I also have started a new life with someone from my native country of Japan who is very special to me,” he wrote.

He requested the media chorus from “conducting unauthorized interviews.”

The put up on Instagram included a photograph of his canine “Dekopin,” which can be referred to as “Decoy.”

He wrote: “We hope the two of us — and one animal — will work together.”

The information broke in the course of the night time in North America, and late afternoon in Japan the place it was instantly the highest information merchandise on native tv.

Local tv stories each day on his coaching within the United States and, due to his unprecedented success in North America, he has develop into the delight of Japan, and the Dodgers have develop into Japan’s de facto crew.

Ohtani is coaching in Arizona for the Major League Baseball season, getting ready for the Dodgers to open in Seoul, South Korea, on March 20-21 in a two-sport collection towards the San Diego Padres.

Ohtani simply underwent surgical procedure on his proper elbow and won’t pitch this season. He might be used as a delegated hitter, and the likelihood exists he may play within the discipline.

In his spring coaching debut this week, he hit a two-run house run towards the Chicago White Sox.

Ohtani has hit 171 house runs — 44 final season — and has a profession batting common of .274. His file as a pitcher is 38-19 in 5 seasons. He missed the 2019 season as a result of elbow surgical procedure and has a profession ERA of three.01.

He was the American League rookie of the 12 months in 2018, and the American League MVP in 2021 and 2023, and has usually been in comparison with Babe Ruth for his ability as a two-approach participant.

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