Shohei Ohtani Reveals He and Mamiko Tanaka Are Expecting a Baby: ‘Can’t Wait for the Little Rookie to Join Our Family’

Mar. 15, 2025

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Shohei Ohtaniis going to be a dad!

The Los Angeles Dodgers player, 30, revealed onInstagramthat his family roster with wifeMamiko Tanaka, 28, will soon be expanding — with a “little rookie” joining their lineup sometime in 2025.

The post comes after Ohtani announced that hetied the knot in FebruaryonInstagram, though he did not name his wife at the time. He eventually shared a photo with the former pro Japanese basketball player two weeks after the announcement, confirming the rumors that she was his wife.

“Not only have I began a new chapter in my career with the Dodgers but I also have began a new life with someone from my Native country of Japan who is very special to me and I wanted everyone to know I am now married,” Ohtani wrote.

In Japanese, he added, per CNN, “We are still young and [there are] many things we don’t know yet, but we hope you will warmly watch over us,” he continued. “We hope that the two of us (and one dog) will work together to support each other and move forward alongside with our fans.”

Shohei Ohtani and wife Mamiko Ohtani in May 2024.Jerritt Clark/WireImage

Jerritt Clark/WireImage

Just two weeks after he announced they had married, Ohtani posed with Tanaka and their translators as they boarded a plane to Seoul, South Korea, where the Dodgers were set to play.

The team posted a photo of the two of them onX(formerly Twitter) alongside another photo of Ohtani’s teammateMookie Bettsand his wife,Brianna Hammonds.

“Wheels up to Seoul,” they captioned the post, labeling Tanaka as Ohtani’s wife in the alt text of the photo.

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They have occasionally attended events together outside of the baseball diamond and even made a rare appearance together at the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation Blue Diamond Gala in May 2024, where theyposed for a photowithEd Sheeran.

source: people.com