Shohei Ohtani of the Major League Baseball Angels has been appointed as the cover of the latest issue of the American magazine "Time".
It is unusual for a baseball player to decorate the cover of "Time".
On the 7th, "Time" magazine announced the latest issue at the start of the major league baseball, and appointed Otani, who has a glove in a suit on the cover.
On the cover page, along with the words "It's Sho-Time", "Baseball requires Shohei Otani."
According to Time magazine, baseball has been on the cover since the Red Sox, which won the world championship for the first time in 86 years in 2004, when the championship was decided and the photo of the battery hugging was on the cover.
"Time" is a historic magazine known for choosing "the 100 most influential people in the world", and it is unusual for an individual to decorate the cover of baseball.
In addition, Forbes, an American economic magazine, estimated that Otani's income from sponsors, etc., in addition to his annual salary, would be more than tripled from last year to 20 million dollars, or about 2.48 billion yen in Japanese yen.
According to the magazine, Otani's forehead is the top in the major leagues, more than three times that of Phillies' Harper, who is the second most popular player. It is said that it is becoming more popular.