The thriller surrounding the id of Japanese baseball famous person Shohei Ohtani‘s new spouse has lastly been solved.
After weeks of hypothesis, the 29-year-old Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher and designated hitter took to Instagram with a photograph of himself and his thriller companion for the primary time.
We now know, two weeks after their shock wedding ceremony, that Ohtani’s bride is former basketball participant Mamiko Tanaka.
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Within the photograph, Ohtani and Tanaka, 27, may be seen posing in entrance of an airplane because the workforce travels to South Korea for the Main League Baseball (MLB) World Tour.
It was in February that Ohtani stunned his 7.7 million Instagram followers with a wedding announcement, merely writing: “I wished everybody to know I’m now married.”
On the time, he described his new bride as somebody “who could be very particular to me” however didn’t reveal her id.
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”Two individuals (plus one canine), we’ll develop collectively,” he stated.
At some point after the Instagram announcement, he stated at a press convention: “She is Japanese. I do not assume I must announce the date we acquired married. She is a typical, peculiar individual.”
”After I’m together with her, I’ve enjoyable. So I will envision a future together with her,” he added, noting there wasn’t a “explicit motive” they determined to get married.
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He additionally famous that the then-unknown Tanaka has “completely no affect on [his] resolution” of the place to play.
”She stated she is going to go wherever I’m going. So my resolution was primarily based on the place I wish to play baseball,” he stated on the press convention.
In 2023, Ohtani made historical past with a record-breaking 10-year $US700 million (approx. $1.06 billion) contract signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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His signature made him one of many world’s highest-earning athletes.
The truth that he’s equally expert in batting and pitching, a rarity in a recreation the place gamers often concentrate on one space, has seen comparisons between Ohtani and American baseball legend Babe Ruth drawn over time.
Tanaka, in the meantime, performed for 4 seasons for the Fujitsu Crimson Wave in Girls’s Japanese Basketball League. She retired final yr.