Japanese baseball is not only at the top of the world rankings,Major League Baseball (MLB)It is also a golden age for Japanese players, with not only Shohei Ohtani hailed as the most talented player in the world, but Ichiro Suzuki will also become the first Japanese player to be inducted into the Major League Hall of Fame. On the 18th, Tokyo Dome will host two overseas opening games between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs, and these two games will be the perfect stage to show the undeniable influence of Japanese players on the major leagues.

Shohei Otani, Yushin Yamamoto, Hiroshi Sasaki

Shohei Ohtani will make his home country debut this time, and it will be his first major league game in his hometown. Meanwhile, Yushin Yamamoto and Sebuta Imonaga will be the first Japanese pitchers to face each other on the opening day in major league history. "Reiwa Monster" Ronshi Sasaki will also make his major league debut in front of a global audience, showing the rise of a new generation of Japanese baseball.

According to The Athletic, the number of talent in Japanese baseball is not only at an all-time high, but it is also far more influential than ever before. Shohei Ohtani is not only the biggest star of the samurai Japan team in the World Baseball Classic, but also known as the "unicorn" of baseball, and his head coach Robles and Dodgers general manager Freeman have both described him as "the most talented player of all time". Dodgers coach Robles mentioned that "this is the golden age of Japanese in the major leagues" and believes that there will now be more fans eager to see more Japanese players join the major leagues.

Imaknaga Shengta, Suzuki Seiya

"It's hard to say if this is the golden age of Japanese players in the United States, because I know that there are a lot of Japanese players who came to the United States before me, but it's a big deal to see five Japanese players competing in the same game, it's really a big deal," Shohei Ohtani said on the topic of the golden generation. ”