Shohei Ohtani is all over the news for his record $700 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. However, prior to the deal being revealed, he kept the entire MLB world and his fanbase guessing about which team he would choose. It seems like he wants to do the same when it comes to his relationships – keep people guessing.
In 2018 and 2021, rumors were flying thick and fast about his apparent relationship with professional softball player Kamalini Dung, especially after they shared a picture together online and she confessed that she was a massive Ohtani fan. However, just like his MLB deal, will there be a shock reveal in the days to come? Let us try to decipher Ohtani’s relationship status.
Is Shohei Ohtani married?
“Does Shohei Ohtani have a wife?” is probably the biggest question that pops up in everyone’s mind when talking about his personal life. Well, Ohtani has always kept his personal life private. But for a superstar, even secrecy leads to rumors. As a result, Ohtani, who has officially and publicly never been married, was once the victim of marriage rumors.
However, as far as the record goes, Ohtani was not only distant from these marriage rumors but never even dated the person involved.
Shohei Ohtani has been linked to Kamalani Dung but who is she?
While it seems that Shohei Ohtani is single, there was once a time when he was linked to professional softball player Kamalani Dung, who is from Hawaii and represents Puerto Rico.
She is interestingly known as the ‘YouTube Pitcher’ because she learned to pitch or throw softball using YouTube video tutorials as compared to traditional coaching classes.
It seems she learned her lessons well, as she even won a gold medal at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia.
In the same year, Dung shared a picture with Ohtani on her Instagram profile. As a result, multiple rumors about her possible relationship with Shohei Ohtani came to light.
However, after catching wind of these rumors, Dung immediately issued a clarification, stating that she was only a massive fan of Ohtani.
Fast forward to 2023, and she has been a pitcher with the Cal Golden Bears and even has an MVP to her name. She also doubles up as a model and social media influencer based on her Instagram profile, where she has 55K followers. She follows Ohtani’s profile, but interestingly, he doesn’t follow her.
How did Shohei Ohtani meet Kamalani Dung?
Back in 2018, Kama Dung managed to find her way into sharing spaces with a few Los Angeles Angels stars and then Dodgers star Kike Hernandez. She shared an Instagram picture with multiple players, including Shohei Ohtani, Martin Maldonado, and Rene Rivera, with the caption, “Thanks for hooking it up @angels (and Kike w @dodgers)”
Following this meeting at first, rumors of a relationship between the Angels star and the Puerto Rican gold medalist surfaced. However, neither of the two ever confirmed or denied rumors of a potential relationship and Kama Dung has always strictly maintained that she’s just a massive fan of the two-way wonder.
Even when the picture went viral, she maintained that the upload was as a massive Ohtani fan, and that only.
Shohei Ohtani’s rumored girlfriend Kamalani Dung likes an interesting tweet
In 2021, Kama Dung, who was admittedly a massive Ohtani fan, liked the Angels’ tweet celebrating Ohtani as ESPY’s “Best MLB Player!”
After catching wind of these new rumors that stemmed simply from a like, Kama sarcastically tweeted saying, “But the real question is, who snitched and told those magazines that I was Shohei Ohtani’s girlfriend?!”
Are Shohei Ohtani and Kamalani Dung dating?
By simply liking a tweet and uploading a picture alongside Shohei Ohtani at Angel Stadium, Kama Dung became the focus of attention regarding Ohtani’s romantic status. However, it should be noted that Dung is actually in a relationship with Hawaii-based musician Dillion Pakele. The couple even made their relationship public on Instagram last year.
Ohtani, on the other hand, through his interpreter, has time and again revealed that he’s not dating anyone.
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In a world where popularity works hand in hand with unwarranted public scrutiny, it is very unlikely that Ohtani has escaped it all, and for all we know, there could be a big reveal in the future. Nevertheless, what do you think? Is Shohei Ohtani dating anyone? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
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