Imagine Shohei Ohtani leading Team Japan against his Dodgers teammates Mookie Betts (Team USA) and Freddie Freeman (Team ...

Japan. (AP Photo/Stephen Wade) TOKYO (AP) -- Shin Uebori coaches the Fukagawa Hawks youth baseball team in Tokyo, and he is very aware how Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani inspires his ...

Shohei Ohtani awas born and grew up in Oshu, Japan. He attended Hanamaki Higashi High School in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, and played baseball for his school team. He was also into swimming and ...

Some in Shohei Ohtani’s hometown remember a time when he was just the skinny freshman who joined the high school baseball team. Now Oshu, Japan, is awash in Dodger blue. But they see their ...

TOKYO (Island News) -- As Dodgers fans continue to celebrate the team's World Series win, ratings soared in Japan as millions tuned in to watch baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani. In Tokyo ...

"I do feel like the celebration I've had in the past in Japan in WBC was a little bit toned down," he said.  "I was able to ...

Shohei Ohtani has a knack for the spotlight ... Ohtani claimed the 2023 World Baseball Classic title with Team Japan. In one of the most iconic moments of his career and in WBC history, Ohtani ...

When Shohei Ohtani signed the biggest free agent contract in baseball history for $700 million with the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

Shohei Ohtani is "a treasure" and "above the clouds" in his hometown in Japan where fans met Wednesday ... The celebrations were on when his team went ahead early in Game 4 but the Yankees fought ...

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Ohtani is a national hero in all of Japan, his image plastered over billboards, green tea advertisements and newspaper pages.