Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani led the MLB overseas game, which set a local viewing record in Japan in G1

Major League Baseball (MLB)The second consecutive Tokyo overseas game came to an end on the 19th, with the defending champion Dodgers sweeping the Cubs with a 2-0 defeat, and the first game of the overseas tournament set a record of 25 million viewers in Japan, which means that 20% of Japanese people are watching this game, more than 6 million more than the previous record of the Seoul overseas tournament.

The Major League overseas tournament led by Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani attracted 25 million viewers in Japan at G1

According to MLB Communications, the previous record was last year's Seoul Overseas G1, when the number of viewers in Japan was 18.7 million, but the overseas event held in Tokyo reached 25 million, more than 6 million more than the last time. Compared to Tokyo's own record, the 2019 Tokyo Series G1 against Mariners had only 5.6 million viewers.

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani

Bill Shaikin, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, pointed out that the last time the United States reached 25 million viewers was back in 2017 when the Astronauts vs. Dodgers Game 7 were held, but Japan's population is one-third smaller than that of the United States, showing how crazy Shohei Ohtani's craze is for Japan.