Shohei Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani is aJapanese-born baseball pitcher and hitter. He gained internationalpopularity after he had played for the Los Angeles Angels in MajorLeague Baseball.

Early Accomplishments

Shohei’s talent forbaseball was noticeable since his first years at school when hestarted playing for the local team. In his teens, he set a record of17 outs during the regional game. He debuted as a professional in2012 after he was drafted by a Japanese team “Hokkaido Nippon-HamFighters”.

Best Known For

Ohtani is known forhis ability to be productive on the baseball field, both as a hitterand as a pitcher. He also received huge recognition in the 2021season when he first entered the field after injury and set a numberof records, such as 20+ stolen bases as a hitter, 10+ appearances asa pitcher, etc. His performance is the best in the history of MajorLeague Baseball.

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Family

He comes from afamily of athletes. His father, Kayoko Ohtani, was an amateurbaseball player and coached his son since childhood. Kayoko earnedhis living as an automobile manufacturing plant worker. His mother,Toru Ohtani, was a professional badminton player. He has a brotherRyuta and a sister Yuka, both older.

Religion

Christian

Worth To Know

At the beginning ofhis career, he wanted to play for American baseball teams, such asNew York Yankees and Texas Rangers. But then he chose his home team“Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters” as they offered him two chancessimultaneously: of a pitcher and a position player.

He has never been marriedofficially. But he was rumored to date an American rapper Ice Spice.

He slightly speaks Spanishand English.

For his high speed on thefield, Shohei was nicknamed “Stormy”. He also got the moniker“yakyū shōnen”, which means “a kid, who breathes baseball”.