A special Iwate produce store in Tokyo’s Ginza area, picture albums of the player, and printed advertisements with the words” Thanks Ohtani”! were on screen.
” He is wonderful. Only incredible. I’m in awe, according to Keisuke Takahashi, the shop’s owner, adding that some consumers had visited the store, especially on Friday.
Outside on the city roads, expert Tamio Watabiki, 76, said Ohtani was “like a warrior for Japan”.
His efficiency is the only thing that brightens my time and cheers all away, according to the dreary news these days. I’m anticipating what he does each day.
The 30-year-old Ohtani finished the game with 51 hitters and 51 steals so far this year by adding another apartment work in the seventh round.
In Tokyo, 23-year-old Yume Hareyama, herself from Iwate, called Ohtani the country’s” supply of pride”.
She said,” He has made our region renowned and helped revitalize it, aside from apparently its huge expanse of land,” adding that there was nothing noticeable about Iwate.
Social media users were also awe-struck.
” He is also incredible… really superhuman”, one wrote on X.
Ohtani, who was nicknamed” Sho-Time,” was a high school football star who signed with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in 2013 and played it for five times before making his Los Angeles debut.
He won two American League MVP awards that over the course of six months before leaving last year for free company.
Following months of intense debate, he joined the Dodgers in December.
His 10-year, US$ 700-million package was the richest contract in the history of North American game.