Shohei Ohtani’s Dodgers Jersey From His First MLB Game in Japan Is up for Auction

Shohei Ohtani is arguably the best baseball player of his generation, with the rare ability to pull double duty as a power hitter and an elite pitcher. In his seminal first year with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he became the first player in major league history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season. The Dodgers went on to win the 2024 World Series, with Shotime receiving his very first championship ring. At the beginning of 2025, he reached another milestone, playing his first official MLB game in his home country of Japan. The jersey he wore that day can now be yours. The Realest is auctioning off Ohtani’s game-worn Dodgers jersey from the MLB Tokyo Series opener played at the Tokyo Dome on March 18, 2025. During the match, Ohtani scored two runs, leading the Dodgers to a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs. It was a cracking start to a season in which he would win his fourth career MVP Award and the Dodgers would capture a second consecutive World Series championship. “Ohtani’s career is already filled with milestones, and there are going to be many more, but he only gets one homecoming as a Major League Baseball player, and it landed in the prime of his career,” Scott Keeney, a.k.a. DJ Skee, founder and CEO of the Realest, told Robb Report. “It happened at the Tokyo Dome, in front of the country he represents, in what became the most-watched game in Japan, drawing a larger audience than any World Series game.” Adding to the prestige is the fact that the jersey features the first Gold MLB Logoman patch ever worn in an official MLB game. It is also emblazoned with Ohtani’s signature—in kanji rather than English—along with his personal inscriptions “Opening Day Tokyo Series,” “GU 3-18-25,” and “NL MVP,” documenting the game, date, and game-used status. “When you combine the significance of that homecoming with the first Gold Logoman he ever wore, the Tokyo Series patch, and his rare kanji signature, you have something that simply cannot be recreated,” adds Keeney. “From my perspective, this is the most important game-worn Ohtani jersey we’ve ever seen.” The jersey is, of course, expected to fetch a pretty penny. Collectors have already shown they are willing to shell out for Ohtani memorabilia, with his shoes from this exact game and another jersey from the Tokyo Dome previously selling for $440,055 and $1.5 million, respectively. His 50-50 ball also sold for a record $4.39 million. The Realest didn’t give an exact estimate for the lot, but Keeney is expecting “a multimillion-dollar result that resets the modern-era record for a baseball jersey.” The online auction has just kicked off, with bidding at a modest $15 at the time of writing. The sale will close on Saturday, October 17. Comments