In November 2022, Otani leaves the practice facility that became his “place of encounter” (Photo by Yutaka Yoshida)
Shohei Otani’s momentum is unstoppable. His results in exhibition games are .583 with a batting average of .583, 1 home run, and 6 RBIs in 5 games, and he is already showing his role as a mainstay.
The reason why my main job is doing so well is because I am fully unleashing my newlywed powers. In that case, what I’m curious about is the new wife’s true face. Otani did not speak in detail at the press conference on March 1, calling him an “ordinary person,” but based on the coverage of this magazine, Niizuma started playing basketball in junior high school, was active in high school, university, and on a business team, and is a candidate for the Japan national team. There is no doubt that it is A-ko, the sportswoman who was selected as the winner. A basketball writer talks about his elite “resume.”
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“During her university days, Ms. A played an active role as the team’s main center, winning the Kanto University Women’s League three times.Also, she was not only tall at 180cm, but her beauty also made her a fan of not only men but also women. There were so many.”
In addition, this magazine was able to speak to a woman who lives in Ako’s hometown and is a childhood friend of hers. However, a surprising truth came out of her mouth…
“A-ko and I have been good friends ever since we were in elementary school, and we still communicate regularly on LINE. I don’t think there’s a single person in my class who has a bad word to say about A-ko. She’s beautiful, and we’re friends. She’s my girl. However, after news of Otani’s marriage was announced, I was surprised to see her name being spread on the internet as his partner. To begin with, I had never heard anything about her marriage, and now she is in Japan. I don’t even know if she’s here or in America. If she tells me that she’s getting married, I’d like to give her my congratulations…”
A “secret marriage” that even her childhood friend and best friend didn’t know about. If that happens, I’m even more curious about what lies behind the veil of the new wife… Another friend says:
“A-ko loved former Australian rugby team player James O’Connor. The uniform number she wore was derived from O’Connor. In her junior high school arts and crafts class, she took a picture of O’Connor. I was making mugs lined up in rows (lol).”
As the interview progressed further, it became clear that A-ko was a “dual-player”, with residents saying, “Even back then, there were hopes that she would become a basketball player in the future.What’s more, she was also very intelligent.”
In fact, this magazine has previously reported on the two’s “meeting place” and “love nest.”
First of all, it’s a place to meet. Otani has a favorite training facility that he uses every time he returns to Japan, and it turns out that the same facility that Ako belonged to at the time also had a contract with.
In an interview with Number, he said, “I met A-ko in the hallway of the practice facility.A-ko said to me, “We passed each other and said hello,” but I can’t remember.Three times in a little over two weeks. “We met. I remember clearly the second and third times we met.”
Otani also purchased a tower apartment in the bay area in 2018 as his second home. The purchase price at the time was 250 million yen (currently 300 million yen, an increase of 50 million yen). There is a jet bath on the terrace and you can see the whole city. It was the perfect property for two people to grow their love.
Ako herself revealed her private life in an interview for the university’s sports newspaper during her university days.
“My hobbies are going to hot springs and other places.” “I want to be a player who gives dreams to the team, and when I say my dream in English, I want to make it rare. However, there was a player who was called Mare, so I changed it a little and called it Ria.”
Also, because of her serious personality, she even takes care of her friends’ classes, which led her teammates to characterize her as a “worrier sister.”
Now that she is Otani’s wife, Ria’s next dream is to become the world’s best with her husband.
*Date and time are Japan time, results are as of March 9th.
(Weekly FLASH March 26, April 2, 2024 combined issue)
2024-03-12 05:33:16
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