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Shohei Ohtani

Can we be just like Shohei Ohtani on a budget with a Hello Kitty cap?

• Master Blaster
  Feb 28, 2026
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Hello Ohtani.

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• (100-yen stores • baseball • cosplay • Daiso • DIY • fashion • Go Hatori • Shimamura • Shohei Ohtani • shopping • sports • WBC)

Visiting Shohei Ohtani’s official manhole lid in his hometown and more

• Master Blaster
  Jul 29, 2025

Always judge a manhole by its cover.

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• Japan
• (baseball • iwate prefecture • Kirika Kosuzu • manhole covers • MLB • Mori Masaru • Morioka • Oshu • Shohei Ohtani • sports • Yusei Kikuchi)

Shohei Ohtani’s hometown creates rice paddy art and manhole cover in his honour

• Oona McGee
  Jul 27, 2025

World-famous baseball player gets a big accolade in Japan… with his beloved dog.

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• Japan
• (agriculture • art • baseball • cool • farming • Iwate • manga • rice • rice field art • rice paddy art • Shohei Ohtani • SNJO • travel)

Father and son arrested for impersonating Shohei Ohtani to commit fraud

• Master Blaster
  Jun 24, 2025

With only $100 million in endorsements, it can be hard to make ends meet.

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• Japan
• (baseball • crime • fraud • Nepal • Shohei Ohtani • special fraud • sports • Tokyo)

Test your might in forehead flicking with Decopin Buster

• Master Blaster
  Jun 21, 2025

No need to use your head anymore for this simple game.

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• Japan
• (dekopin • Dekopin Buster • Deocy • flicking • games • Hac • punching machines • Shohei Ohtani • sports • toys)

12 Japanese MLB players to be honored with manhole lids across the country

• Master Blaster
  Jun 17, 2025

These are some manhole league baseball players.

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• Japan
• (baseball • Kodai Senga • Lars Nootbaar • Major League Baseball • manhole covers • manhole lids • Masataka Yoshida • MLB • Roki Sasaki • Seiya Suzuki • Shohei Ohtani • Shota Imanaga • sports • Tomoyuki Sugano • Yoshinobu Yamamoto • Yu Darvish • Yuki Matsui • Yusei Kikuchi)

Sailor Moon theme song plays at Dodgers Stadium. Shohei Ohtani instantly hits home run【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 1, 2025

Miracle romance at the plate.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • anime music • anisong • baseball • Major League Baseball • manga • MBL • music • Sailor Moon • Shohei Ohtani • sports • video)

Ghibli, One Punch, Fullmetal Alchemist artists create hand-drawn Major Leage Baseball anime video

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 27, 2025

First video viewable now with more to come.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • baseball • Major League Baseball • manga • MLB • Shohei Ohtani • sports • video)

Pikachu steals show at MLB opener, baseball stars introduced at Tokyo Dome with Pokémon music【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 18, 2025

Even with Shohei Ohtani in the house, Pikachu still knows how to electrify a crowd.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • baseball • cool • cute • Dodgers • manga • MLB • Pikachu • Pokemon • Shohei Ohtani • sports • Tokyo Dome • video • video game music • video games)

Ohtani can’t lose, so how about the Ohtani premium capsule machine?

• Master Blaster
  Mar 10, 2025

It’s Shotime at the game corner…

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• Japan
• (baseball • capsule machines • Dodgers • gacha machines • Masanuki Sunakoma • Shohei Ohtani • sports)

Demon Slayer anime studio creates crossover video with Major League Baseball【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2025

Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts granted Hashira-like powers by Ufotable.

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• Japan
• (anime • baseball • cool • Demon Slayer • Kimetsu no Yaiba • Los Angeles Dodgers • Major League Baseball • manga • Shohei Ohtani • sports • Ufotable)

Family Mart releases new rice balls with Bongo, Japan’s most famous onigiri restaurant

• Oona McGee
  Mar 3, 2025

Shohei Ohtani is the ambassador for this new collaboration, and we’ve got the scoop on whether it’s worth spending money on.

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• Japan
• (Bongo • COK • combini • convenience stores • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • marketing • onigiri • P.K. Sanjun • rice balls • Seiji Nakazawa • Shohei Ohtani • SNJO • taste test)

Dodger Stadium’s exclusive Cheese & Guacamole Takoyaki coming to Japan for a very limited time

• Master Blaster
  Jul 1, 2024

American Japanese food coming to Japan!

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• Japan, USA
• (baseball • cheddar cheese • Dodger Stadium • food • Gindaco • guacamole • Shohei Ohtani • takoyaki)

Japanese randoseru backpacks for dogs are back【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 30, 2024

And it’s thanks to, of all people, Shohei Ohtani.

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• Japan
• (animals • backpacks • bags • cool • cute • dogs • fashion • pets • randoseru • Shohei Ohtani • Tsuchiya Kaban)

Shohei Ohtani called liar after saying he met fan who caught home run ball, but it might be a Japanese translation error

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2024

Video shows Japanese language quirk and translation snafu might be hurting the baseball star’s image.

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• Japan, USA
• (baseball • interpretation • Japanese language • liar • linguistics • Los Angeles Dodgers • Shohei Ohtani • sports • translation • video)

One of Shohei Ohtani’s endorsement deals looks pretty awkward right now【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2024

MUFG downplays part of its partnership with the baseball star following his interpreter’s gambling scandal.

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• Japan
• (baseball • crime • MUFG Bank • scandal • Shohei Ohtani • sports • video • weird)

Shohei Ohtani’s personal interpreter fired, accused of “massive theft” to pay off gambling debts

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2024

It’s a wild ending for one of the highest-profile pairings in the translation/interpretation world.

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• Japan, USA
• (baseball • crazy • crime • fraud • interpreter • Ippei Mizuhara • Shohei Ohtani • sports)

How Japan helped Ben Verlander meet his favorite player Shohei Ohtani [Interview]

• Master Blaster
  Nov 3, 2022

Ohtani’s pull is so huge that even his most outspoken fan in the U.S. finds fame in Japan.

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• Japan, USA
• (baseball • Ben Verlander • interview • Religion of Sports • Searching for Shohei • Shohei Ohtani • sports)

Baseball star Shohei Ohtani turns down People’s Honor Award from Japanese prime minister

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 24, 2021

Unanimous MVP would have been first recipient of award since 2019.

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• Japan, USA
• (baseball • L.A. Angels • People's Honor Award • Shohei Ohtani • society • sports)

Shohei Ohtani amazes Major League Baseball with his impeccable Japanese manners

• Casey Baseel
  May 17, 2018

After making jaws drop both on the mound and at the plate, the Los Angeles Angels’ two-way star is winning fans with his performance in the dugout.

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• Japan, USA
• (baseball • COK • cool • culture • Los Angeles Angels • Major League Baseball • manners • Shohei Ohtani • sports)

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  1. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  2. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  3. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  4. Japan’s mini Shikoku Pilgrimage walking tour left us feeling immensely satisfied
  5. This hot spring near Osaka’s Kansai Airport resolves the pick-two-out-of-three bathhouse dilemma
  6. Starbucks Japan invites us to par-tea with its new Earl Gray Frappuccino [Taste test]
  7. Tokyo Skytree set to offer breathtaking Diamond Fuji natural phenomenon view this month
  8. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  9. This semi-secret, totally free footbath in downtown Tokyo is completely awesome
  10. Shoplifting prevention guard arrested for shoplifting boot from store he was guarding

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  1. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  3. Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
  4. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  5. Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
  6. Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
  7. Modern exosuits are opening up ancient Japanese castle climbs to everyone
  8. Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
  9. Starbucks Japan releases “Let’s Par-TEA!” Frappuccino and drinks for the holiday season
  10. Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing

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  1. Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
  2. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  3. What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?
  4. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  5. Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
  6. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
  7. Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
  8. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
  9. Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
  10. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect

  Yearly

  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
  3. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
  4. Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
  5. Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
  6. Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  8. Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
  9. Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
  10. Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa

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