A heartwarming Christmas present from Shohei Ohtani, a player who is excelling in the Major Leagues, has arrived at elementary schools across Japan. Ohtani announced via his own SNS that he would be sending baseball gloves to elementary schools nationwide, and he has made good on his promise.

This gift was presented with a message from Ohtani saying, Let’s play baseball!. Especially now when he is performing well, the children who received the gift were greatly excited, and could be seen enjoying playing catch immediately.

All of the sent gloves are signed, and include both right-handed and left-handed versions. Moreover, not only at each elementary school, but also 22 sets were donated to special education schools, and they were soon shipped to each school.

This wonderful present has reached all over the country and brought joy to children everywhere. This special glove has been delivered to elementary schools in Mito City, Tsukuba City, the prefectural office, and even Toyama Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, and Fukuoka Prefecture.

For these children, this present from Ohtani is more than just a glove. It can be called a valuable item filled with his great performance and passion. It will serve not only as inspiration for future baseball players, but also as a lifelong memory. My deepest respect goes out to Ohtani for such a wonderful act.