Kayoko Ohtani
Kayoko Ohtani: The Badminton Champion Who Raised Baseball’s Greatest Two-Way Star
The Forgotten Athlete in the Ohtani Household Kayoko Ohtani is often introduced simply as the mother of Shohei Ohtani, the Los Angeles Dodgers sensation who pitches and hits at an elite level. However, reducing her identity to that single role ignores a rich personal history of athletic achievement. Before she changed diapers and packed school…