Shohei Otani’s marriage partner revealed, photo released with wife
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Japanese baseball star Shohei Otani (29) released a photo of himself and his wife, who announced their marriage last month, early on the 15th (Japan time). The speculation over who the other woman is has finally come to an end.
On this day, Otani, who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers of the American Major League Baseball (MLB), posted his first photo with his wife on his Instagram . The two are pictured lining up in front of a plane heading to Seoul, South Korea for the MLB World Tour Seoul Series.
Pictured alongside Otani is Mamiko Tanaka (27), a Japanese basketball player who will retire in 2023.
CBS News reported that Tanaka played for the Fujitsu Red Wave in the Women’s Japan Basketball League (W-League) for four seasons before retiring last year.
When Otani announced his marriage at the end of February, he did not reveal the identity of his wife or the details of the marriage. He introduced his wife by saying, “My partner is a Japanese woman.” In an English post on his Instagram, he simply described him as “someone very special to me.”
The marriage announcement shocked many people and caused a stir on social media, with fans speculating the real identity of the couple, but now the mystery has finally been solved.
Accompanying the opening match
A photo of Ohtani with his wife posted on his Instagram story also features Dodgers teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
The Dodgers later posted a photo of the Ohtani couple on their official social media account, “X,” along with a photo of Mookie Betts and his wife . The ALT tag that describes the photo reads, “Photo of Shohei Otani and his wife before their flight to South Korea.”
The team’s video of the players boarding a plane bound for Seoul also shows the Otani couple taking photos.
Dodgers players will play a back-to-back game against the San Diego Padres next week.
A photo posted by Otani on his Instagram story had the words “I can’t wait” written in Korean.
Many people online in Japan welcomed the publication of the photo of Otani’s wife. For weeks, many people have been speculating about the person she will marry, and Tanaka’s name has also been thrown around.
Many comments on social media included, “It’s finally been released,” “Nice couple,” and “Lovely.”
Last December, Ohtani signed a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Dodgers , making him one of the highest-paid athletes in the world.
In baseball, many players excel as either a batter or a pitcher, but Otani excels in both, and has been compared to American baseball legend Babe Ruth.
He is affectionately known as “Sho Time” and is considered one of the best players in the world.
Baseball is extremely popular in Japan, and many Japanese players, including Otani, are active in MLB’s American League.
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