Shohei Ohtani-mania ebbs and flows in Japan, and the next peak is building slowly with the Dodgers in the NLCS vs. the Mets.

Shohei Ohtani was born to Toru Otani and Kayoko Otani, both of whom are Japanese nationals re­siding in Oshu, Japan. As per People, he grew up with two siblings, an older siste­r named Yuka and ...

To sweeten his contract, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters allowed Shohei Otani to play the field on some nonpitching days, a concession in an age of specialization. Shohei Otani, an 18-year-old ...

Shohei Ohtani is a professional baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Known as Shotime, he excels as both a pitcher ...

Shohei Ohtani's historic accomplishment was met with extra editions of newspapers for fans to read on their way to work in ...

Come to Dodger Stadium for a ballgame, stay for a ballpark tour in Japanese or a bite of Takoyaki -- a fritter described by ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers' massive contract with superstar free agent Shohei Ohtani offers a wonderful ... yen and used to buy goods and services in Japan? Between the lines: Ohtani is implicitly ...

On Sunday in Sapporo, Japan, in front of 41,000-plus fans, Shohei Otani, the best starting pitcher in Japanese baseball, did something that would have broken the baseball internet had it happened ...

Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto have been friends going back to their days playing in Japan’s top baseball league.

Five of the 12 managers in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball ... What stands between Shohei Otani and a star turn in the major leagues? Besides differences in training and culture, there ...