In the Major League Baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants on July 23, 2024, Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers’ star pitcher and designated hitter, walked onto the field with JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure music playing in the background.
The game, held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, highlighted a unique event called “Women’s Night,” where various activities focused on celebrating women. As part of this celebration, the wives and partners of the players chose their entrance songs.
For Shohei Ohtani, his wife Mamiko Tanaka selected the iconic piece “il vento d’oro” composed by Yugo KannoYugo Kanno
Yugo Kanno is a Japanese composer and musician known for his work on various anime, TV series, and movies. He has composed the soundtracks for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation from Stardust Crusaders to Stone Ocean. Kanno was offered the position of JoJo's composer by the series sound director, Yoshikazu...
. It is an extremely popular track from the anime series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, particularly being from the OST of the fourth season, Golden Wind.
Shohei Ohtani’s Walk-up Song
Ohtani batted first as the designated hitter in the game. He remains only one hit away from his 250th home run combined from his career in Japan and the United States. Although he didn’t hit a home run in this game, he majorly contributed to the Dodgers’ win against the Giants, hitting a two-run double.
il vento d’oro
Golden Wind is an adaptation of the fifth part of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure manga. Some fans refer to the track as “Giorno GiovannaGiorno Giovanna
Giorno Giovanna is the main protagonist of the fifth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Vento Aureo, and the fifth JoJo of the series. Giorno is the illegitimate son of DIO, conceived with Jonathan Joestar's stolen body. He is introduced as Haruno Shiobana, a half-Japanese teenager living in Italy. Giorno...‘s theme”, although the track represents a victory theme for Golden Wind as a whole rather than exclusively Giorno, who is the protagonist of Golden Wind. It is included in Volume 1 of the soundtrack called “Overture“.
Upon reading the news, Yugo Kanno posted that he is honored.
It seems that Ohtani used a song from JoJo as his entrance music. I’m honored! Congratulations on the two-run double!
The JOJOLands Mentions Ohtani
Coincidentally, the creator of JoJo, Hirohiko ArakiHirohiko Araki
Hirohiko Araki, born Toshiyuki Araki, is a Japanese manga artist and the author of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. He made his debut in 1980 with his one-shot Poker Under Arms, and began his professional career with the short series Cool Shock B.T., Baoh the Visitor, and Gorgeous Irene. Araki's biggest series,..., mentioned Ohtani just last month in his manga. Part 9 of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, The JOJOLandsThe JOJOLands
The JOJOLands is the ninth and current part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It was announced in the September 2021 issue of Ultra Jump on August 19, 2021, and began serialization in the March 2023 issue on February 17, 2023. In contemporary Hawaii, Jodio Joestar, a 15-year-old boy living in Honolulu,..., is currently being serialized in the Ultra JumpUltra Jump
Ultra Jump is a Japanese monthly seinen manga magazine published by Shueisha under the "Jump" line of magazines. Originally, the magazine was a special issue of Weekly Young Jump which first issued in 1995. On October 19, 1999, the special issue became the new monthly publication Ultra Jump. The manga... magazine.
In the sixteenth chapter which released on June 19, 2024, a character named Congressman White mentions that his daughter Sophie was talking about Ohtani while making her father breakfast.
The JOJOLands takes place in Hawaii. Last April, Ohtani revealed that he is building a massive mansion on Hawaii’s Big Island.
