Ohtani reveals his wife for the first time in front of the plane to Korea I was hit by a former basketball player.
Japanese baseball player Shohei Otani (left), pictured with a person presumed to be his wife.
‘700 Million Dollar Man’ Shohei Ohtani (30, LA Dodgers) posted a photo taken with a person believed to be his wife.
Otani posted a photo on his SNS on the 15th (Korean time). It appears that he was taken before going to Korea to participate in the World Tour Seoul Series, the opening game of the Major League Baseball (MLB).
There were six people in the photo, including Otani. To Otani’s left stood his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, and to his right stood a woman.
After making a surprise marriage announcement on the 29th of last month, Ohtani said, ‘I will reveal my wife in Korea,’ and given the circumstances, it is highly likely that this woman is Ohtani’s wife. Afterwards, a photo of Ohtani and a person presumed to be his wife together in front of an airplane was reposted on the Dodgers team’s official SNS.
The Dodgers club required one family member to accompany each player and club employee during their visit to Korea. It appears that Otani took the photo with his wife before boarding the plane.
When this photo was released, American and Japanese media reported that Otani’s wife was Mamiko Tanaka, a former Japanese women’s professional basketball player. She Tanaka is a center who played for the Japanese women’s professional basketball Fujitsu Red Wave from 2019 to 2023. Her height is 180 cm.
Japanese baseball fans previously predicted Tanaka to be Ohtani’s wife, but the photo Otani released this time proved that rumor to be true.
Otani (third from the left) posted a photo taken with Yamamoto (second from the left) and others before boarding the plane to Korea.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers team will enter the country through Incheon International Airport this afternoon and complete the Seoul Series schedule, starting with an official press conference on the 16th.
Afterwards, they will play a special match against the Korean National Baseball Team on the 17th and the Kiwoom Heroes on the 18th, followed by a two-game series against the San Diego Padres on the 20th and 21st, the official opening of the 2024 Major League season.
Major League superstar Ohtani wore a Dodgers uniform ahead of this season, receiving the highest treatment in North American professional sports with a 10-year contract and a total of $700 million (about 926.5 billion won). This Seoul Series is the regular season debut of ‘Dodgersman’ Ohtani. 토토
