(AP) — Shohei Ohtani could ... as a high school junior in Ohtani’s native Japan and followed him closely as Ohtani’s pro career began with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Some in Shohei Ohtani’s hometown ... of Oshu City Hall is an iron replica of Ohtani’s hand, cast while he was playing for the Japanese league’s Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, his team before ...

Shohei Ohtani gave the people ... Wednesday's home run was hardly Ohtani's first at the Tokyo Dome. He went deep there during his time with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters from 2013-17, again ...

The 2024 MLB postseason could be a coronation of sorts for one of the league's most impressive talents, Shohei ... Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh chronicled some of ...

Shohei Ohtani was selected by the Nippon-Ham ... the Summer Koshien. Upon his arrival in Hokkaido, Ohtani was tasked in taking up the mantle of recently departed pitching star Yu Darvish who ...

Baseball star Shohei Ohtani wants his former interpreter to hand over hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of baseball cards he says were fraudulently bought using his money. The Los Angeles ...

It was perhaps fitting that Shohei Ohtani should achieve one of baseball’s most remarkable feats with an out-of-this-world performance. In a game that featured a career-high three home runs and ...

Shohei Ohtani ... is the heart of the game in Japan. Ohtani, who began his professional career with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in the NPB, has become the bridge that has brought together ...

Shohei Ohtani arrived in America heralded as baseball’s savior. Here was a player unlike any in history, a modern-day Babe Ruth who would hit, pitch and single-handedly revive a sport that had ...