Shohei Ohtani visited the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, the place Ambassador Rahm Emanuel introduced the brand new Los Angeles Dodgers star with a supersize visa for his canine.
Emanuel posted pictures of the go to on social media Thursday, with the embassy saying it occurred lately when Ohtani was again in Japan.
Emanuel and Ohtani posed with a duplicate visa for the participant’s canine, Decoy. It exhibits a photograph of the canine, whose Japanese identify is Dekopin, and offers his delivery date as “canine years” and exhibits the canine has twin American and Japanese citizenry.
Is it showtime or is it Sho-time!? Thrilled to satisfy trailblazing two-time @MLB MVP Ohtani-san once more – my fortunate day. Perhaps subsequent time I will be lucky sufficient to satisfy his MVPup, Decoy – this “visa” ought to assist? I promise my bark is worse than my chunk! ⚾️🐾@Dodgers @DodgersNation pic.twitter.com/hzPZRPYnSn
— ラーム・エマニュエル駐日米国大使 (@USAmbJapan) January 11, 2024
“Thrilled to satisfy trailblazing two-time MLB MVP Ohtani-san once more,” Emanuel posted on X, previously Twitter. “Perhaps subsequent time I will be lucky sufficient to satisfy his MVPup, Decoy.”
Emanuel beforehand met Ohtani on the U.S. Embassy in March 2023, when the two-way participant was with the Los Angeles Angels. Ohtani signed a $700 million, 10-year deal to affix the Dodgers in December.