<figure id="attachment_422962" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-422962" style="width: 8001px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="ef7779d9"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/04/55bd1932016110f8978b471f0db6e848.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-422962" class="wp-caption-text">Shohei and Mamiko Otani announce the birth of their first child, a daughter</figcaption></figure>
<h2><span class="strongInContent"> The &#8220;Hollywood taste&#8221; on Otani&#8217;s Instagram</span></h2>
<p> Shohei Otani of the Dodgers (30) reported the birth of his first child, a daughter, on his Instagram on April 19 (morning of April 20, Japan time). The posted photo is said to be the talk of the town in the United States.</p>
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<p> Otani posted a heartwarming photo of him and his wife, Mamiko, holding hands on the baby&#8217;s tiny feet, and wrote in English</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Welcome to the Otani family!　I am so grateful to my loving wife for giving birth to our healthy and beautiful daughter.</span></p>
<p> He thanked Mamiko for giving birth safely. And thanks to my Dodgers teammates and fans for their support and encouragement,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all the medical staff and everyone who supported us.</span></p>
<p> I would like to thank all the medical personnel and everyone who supported us,&#8221; she wrote.</p>
<p> The photo was widely reported on TV news, and not only did the Japanese archipelago rejoice in the bright news, but the Dodgers fans in the U.S. also responded with their congratulations.</p>
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<p> By the way, the photo of Justin Bieber holding his hand over the baby&#8217;s leg is a style often seen in birth announcements by Hollywood celebrities.</p>
<p> When Justin Bieber&#8217;s wife, model Haley Bieber, gave birth to their first child last August, Justin posted a photo of Haley putting her hand on the baby&#8217;s leg on his Instagram page.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> 《Welcome to my home. Jack Bruce Beaver.</span></p>
<p> and also announced his name.</p>
<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" A picture of the baby&#39;s limbs and the parent&#39;s hands on the baby&#39;s feet."></div>
<figure id="attachment_422967" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-422967" style="width: 869px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="7d1613a2"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/04/8341bbf309505415e69818614fb51093.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-422967" class="wp-caption-text">Shohei and Mrs. Otani touch the baby&#8217;s feet as if wrapping them (from Shohei Otani&#8217;s official Instagram).</figcaption></figure>
<h2><span class="strongInContent"> The dilemma of &#8220;publicity&#8221; while protecting privacy</span></h2>
<p> Rapper Nicki Minaj gave birth to her first child with husband Kenneth Petty in September 2008. She later posted a photo on Instagram of herself pinching the baby&#8217;s feet with her fingers.</p>
<p> Also, when supermodel Naomi Campbell gave birth to her first child in May &#8217;21, she posted a photo of her baby&#8217;s tiny feet in the palm of her hand on Instagram.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> She wrote, &#8220;Thank you for choosing me as your mommy.</span></p>
<p> She wrote, &#8220;Thank you for choosing me as your mommy.</p>
<p> Sophia Ritchie, the daughter of Lionel Ritchie, gave birth to her first child, a baby girl, with her husband Elliot Grainge last May. At that time, she posted a photo of her and her husband holding the baby&#8217;s feet on Instagram.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Not &#8220;baby&#8217;s feet,&#8221; but when singer Katy Perry gave birth to her first child with actor Orlando Bloom, a daughter named Daisy Dove Bloom, in August 2008, she held Orlando&#8217;s thumb. Since the two are UNICEF goodwill ambassadors, the photo was published on UNICEF&#8217;s social networking site to raise money to support UNICEF,&#8221; said a women&#8217;s magazine reporter.</span></p>
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<p> The key point of the post is that the baby&#8217;s tiny feet and hands are shown together with the parent&#8217;s hands. This style of posting is becoming a trend among Hollywood celebrities, who want to share their joy with their fans and other concerned parties while protecting their privacy.</p>
<p> The &#8220;birth report&#8221; on social media suggests that Otani is not only an MLB superstar, but also that he and his wife have joined the ranks of Hollywood celebrities.</p>
<figure id="attachment_422969" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-422969" style="width: 2048px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="db8361dc"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/04/55b4a6a2aeb8afa854ea4fc1c525a5e2.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-422969" class="wp-caption-text"> Shohei and Mamiko Ohtani, who showed off their first two shots since their marriage on social media (from their official Instagram).</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_422970" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-422970" style="width: 3132px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="4a573e52"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/04/8c31b82920ec02e5adf0777a8894c775.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-422970" class="wp-caption-text"> Ippei Mizuhara when they had a honeymoon relationship.</figcaption></figure>


 Ryo Sakamoto (Former head of Culture and Society Department, Tokyo Sports Newspaper)

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