Earlier than the Los Angeles Dodgers launched into their journey to South Korea for subsequent week’s Seoul Sequence video games towards the San Diego Padres, Shohei Ohtani posted a photograph on Instagram that includes his spouse, Mamiko Tanaka.
Shohei Ohtani (his spouse Mamiko Tanaka) and Yoshinobu Yamamoto are on their strategy to Korea for the Seoul Sequence subsequent week 🇰🇷⚾️ pic.twitter.com/Uo8scJed8Y
— Yakyu Cosmopolitan (@yakyucosmo) March 14, 2024
The Dodgers posted a photograph of their very own with the alt textual content noting that Tanaka is certainly Ohtani’s spouse.
In late February, simply after the beginning of spring coaching, Ohtani introduced — to the shock of most — that he had not too long ago gotten married to an individual he later described as “a traditional Japanese lady” whom he had identified for 3 or 4 years.
Ohtani, who’s famously personal about his private life, disclosed no particulars about his marriage ceremony or his spouse. He reportedly declined to say after they bought married however mentioned the connection had no bearing on his choice to signal with the Dodgers, which his spouse supported. He additionally instructed Japanese media that he bought engaged final yr and that his spouse was with him at spring coaching.
Tanaka is not only a personal Japanese citizen. She was additionally a basketball participant for the Fujitsu Crimson Wave within the Ladies’s Japan Basketball League.
Ohtani is getting within the behavior of dropping huge information through abrupt Instagram posts, as he additionally introduced he was signing with the Dodgers by way of his account earlier this offseason. His deal was then reported to be price a report $700 million, with $680 million deferred.
Whereas he will not pitch this season, Ohtani is anticipated to make his Dodgers debut subsequent week as designated hitter for the workforce’s two video games towards the Padres on March 20 and 21 at Gocheok Sky Dome.