Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani has turned millions of Japanese residents into fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers, so much so that more than a tenth of the country’s population has been tuning in to the World Series.

Hundreds of fans filed into a public viewing center in Shohei Ohtani's hometown in northern Japan on Tuesday morning — the country is 13 hours ahead of Yankee Stadium — to cheer the country's top celebrity in Game 3 of the World Series.

As the Los Angeles Dodgers head back home to celebrate their first World Series in front of fans since 1988, celebrations erupted beyond Downtown L.A. From Los

The Dodgers and Yankees have always been big draws in the U.S., but thanks to Shohei Ohtani, the World Series is breaking records in Japan.

The World Series trophy is headed to Los Angeles, but the party is extending all the way to Japan. People milled around local train stations in Tokyo on Thursday morning as newspaper extras were ready to roll off the presses,

Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, often likened to Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, is eager to make the jump to MLB. The Chiba Lotte Marines have officially announced the start of the posting process for Roki Sasaki,