Shohei Ohtani is from Japan. He was born in Oshu, Japan, on July 5, 1994. By the time Shohei entered high school, he had become one of the hardest-throwing teen pitchers in his country, and, by the time he was 17 years old, his top speed had reached a remarkable 99 miles (159 km) per hour. Standing 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 meters) tall, Ohtani was drawing the attention of scouts from all over the world by the time he graduated high school, and he was labeled one of the most exciting Japanese prospects in decades. He began playing professional baseball in Japan in 2013 before moving to Major League Baseball in the United States in 2018.
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