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Ohtani is the youngest of three children. He has one older sister, Yuka, and one older brother, Ryuta , who is also an amateur baseball player in the Japanese Industrial League. [13] In Japan, Ohtani was known as a "yakyū shōnen" (野球少年; "baseball boy")—a kid who lives, eats and breathes baseball. [14]
A total of 81 Japanese-born [1] [2] players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, eleven are on existing MLB rosters.The first instance of a Japanese player playing in MLB occurred in 1964, when the Nankai Hawks, a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team, sent three exchange prospects to the United States to gain experience in MLB's minor league system.
Tomohisa Ōtani (大谷 智久, born February 14, 1985, in Hyōgo Prefecture) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who is currently a coach for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in his entire career with the NPB for the Marines.
Rank Player Hits 1 Isao Harimoto * : 3,085 2 Katsuya Nomura * : 2,901 3 Sadaharu Oh * : 2,786 4 Hiromitsu Kadota * : 2,566 5 Yutaka Fukumoto * : 2,543 5 Sachio Kinugasa
Ōtani (大谷), also romanized as Otani, Ootani or Ohtani, is a Japanese surname meaning "large valley". Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Shohei Ohtani ( 大谷 翔平 , born 1994) , Japanese baseball player
Most MLB homers by Japanese-born players. 1. Shohei Ohtani, 176 2. Hideki Matsui, 175 ... Ohtani and the Dodgers have said they wish to move on and focus on baseball. Show comments. Advertisement ...
Shohei Ohtani's 175th home run in the majors was not only a milestone, it was record-tying. Ohtani equaled Hideki Matsui for the most homers by a Japanese-born player with a solo shot during the ...
Shohei Ohtani is now four home runs and four stolen bases away from becoming Major League Baseball's first 50-50 player. The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar hit his 46th homer of the season in ...