Japanese baseball famous person Shoehi Ohtani has unveiled the id of his new spouse after weeks of hypothesis.
The Los Angeles Dodgers star shared a photograph with Mamiko Tanaka for the primary time on his Instagram on Thursday.
The newlyweds are seen in entrance of an airplane because the workforce makes its approach to South Korea as a part of the Main League Baseball (MLB) World Tour.
The 29-year-old additionally gave no particulars about their marriage ceremony, solely describing his new Japanese bride as somebody “who could be very particular to me”.
The announcement got here as a shock to many and brought on a stir on social media, leaving a lot of his followers guessing who she could be.
That thriller has now been solved.
Tanaka, 27, can also be a sportsperson, having performed for Girls’s Japanese Basketball League facet Fujitsu Crimson Wave for 4 seasons earlier than retiring final yr, in response to CBS Information.
Additionally that includes within the image of the pair on Ohtani’s Instagram story is his fellow Japanese teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Ohtani and his LA Dodgers workforce tackle the San Diego Padres in a two-game sequence there subsequent week.
Writing in Korean on his Instagram tales, Ohtani stated he “cannot wait”.
He made historical past in December when he signed a record-breaking 10-year, $700m (£552m) contract – making him one of many world’s highest-earning athletes.
Not like most gamers who concentrate on batting or pitching, Ohtani is equally expert at each disciplines, drawing comparisons with American baseball legend Babe Ruth.
He has been given the nickname “Shotime” and has been described as among the many world’s greatest gamers.
Baseball is massively well-liked in Japan and Ohtani is a part of an extended line of Japanese gamers to see motion within the American league.