Overview
- Ohtani announced in April 2025 on Instagram that his wife, Mamiko Tanaka, had given birth to their daughter, sharing thanks to his wife and a photo featuring their dog, Decoy.
- He briefly stepped away from the Dodgers in April before rejoining the lineup, with manager Dave Roberts praising his ability to balance baseball and fatherhood.
- Los Angeles clinched a World Series berth on October 17 by defeating the Brewers and opened the series against the Blue Jays on October 24.
- Tanaka is a former elite basketball player who starred at Waseda University and with the Fujitsu Red Wave in Japan’s Women’s Basketball League before retiring in 2023.
- The couple kept their relationship largely private, making a joint public debut during the March 2024 Seoul trip and their first formal appearance as a married pair at the Dodgers’ Blue Diamond Gala in May 2024.