{"id":4827,"date":"2026-02-28T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=4827"},"modified":"2026-02-28T06:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:00:54","slug":"can-we-be-just-like-shohei-ohtani-on-a-budget-with-a-hello-kitty-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=4827","title":{"rendered":"Can we be just like Shohei Ohtani on a budget with a Hello Kitty cap?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello Ohtani.<\/p>\n

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Recently, I\u2019ve been noticing a lot of guys around town sporting haircuts very similar to baseball\u2019s living legend Shohei Ohtani<\/strong>. It makes perfect sense of course. I imagine any man would gladly put themselves in the shoes of Japan\u2019s premier sports star, or possibly the shoes of his wife, depending on how that particular man rolls.<\/p>\n

Our editor Go Hatori is no different and was even inspired by Ohtani\u2019s famous discipline and respect for a good night\u2019s sleep. Go himself tried to emulate that championship lifestyle and hit the hay earlier. It didn\u2019t work at all, but it was still inspiring.<\/p>\n

So, he figured if he couldn\u2019t act like Ohtani, maybe he could look like him. That being said, Ohtani makes roughly 10.25 million yen (US$65,727) per hour, so copying his exact fashions would be difficult for our humble writer. However, Go had one thing the MLB All-Star did not: an extensive knowledg<\/a>e of 100-yen store merchandise. With this power, he set out to recreate Ohtani\u2019s look with a budget of 5,000 yen (US$32)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

First, he intended to check out leading 100-yen chain Daiso, but found there was also a branch of discount clothing retailer Shimamura in the same building. Since Daiso\u2019s clothing options can be a little sketchy<\/a>, he decided to check out Shimamura first.<\/p>\n

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And, he was certainly glad he did. Shimamura\u2019s reasonably priced offerings were nearly enough to complete his entire Ohtani ensemble. He was able to get a Hello Kitty baseball cap for 1,419 yen, a button-up undershirt for 979 yen, a long-sleeved undershirt for 770 yen, and some leggings for 1,089 yen<\/strong>. That would complete the overall outfit for just 4,257 yen in total.<\/p>\n

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Daiso provided the finishing touches with a belt for 220 yen, hemming tape for 110 yen, a black magic marker for 110 yen, and two blue magic markers for 110 yen each<\/strong>. This would bring his grand total to 4,917 yen, just shy of his initial budget.<\/p>\n

Since the World Baseball Classic was just around the corner, Go decided to model his Ohtani look after the player\u2019s uniform for the Japan national team. The crucial element for this was the cap. At first, you might think a Hello Kitty hat was a bad choice for this, but our editor\u2019s keen eyes could see how the \u201cH\u201d could look just like a \u201cJ\u201d if you squint at it the right way.<\/p>\n

\u25bc One could more easily mistake it for the sun kanji (\u65e5) used in \u201c\u65e5\u672c\u201d (\u201cNihon\u201d [\u201cJapan\u201d]), which wouldn\u2019t be out of place on a Team Japan cap either.<\/p>\n

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Of course, from there, people\u2019s eyes would naturally gravitate downward, so getting the top just right was also imperative. A suitable short-sleeved button-up shirt was outside of Go\u2019s budget, so he got a three-quarter-length sleeve shirt and did a little tailoring with it.<\/p>\n

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After cutting off the excess sleeve and applying the hemming tape, it was as good as new!<\/p>\n

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After that, he applied the pinstripes, logo, name, and numbers using the magic markers. He used a picture of the official uniform for accuracy and was very careful not to use up the ink in the markers because his budget wouldn\u2019t allow for any more.<\/p>\n

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The pants were even harder to apply straight stripes to.<\/p>\n

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And with that, a baseball star was born\u2026<\/p>\n

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Go was initially nervous at first while putting everything on, but once he looked in the mirror, he was quite impressed with how it all came together.<\/p>\n

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The leggings were the surprise clutch player of this ensemble, and really lent some legitimacy to this possibly being a real baseball uniform.<\/p>\n

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As he modeled his new look with his colleague Yuichiro, who tried the same experiment but ended up looking like a little league coach, Go began to feel the spirit of the four-time MVP course through his veins.<\/p>\n

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Yes, just as Ohtani achieved his dream of being a World Series champ with surprising ease, Go too managed to tap into that winning essence of Shotime.<\/p>\n

He even remembered that Ohtani bats left\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2026but pitches right.<\/p>\n

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\u25bc \u201cWBC Shohei Ohtani with 4,917 yen at Shimamura & Daiso\u201d<\/p>\n

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He even started to think he might be able to go to sleep on time<\/a> from now on. If he could do that, then it would just be a hop, skip, and a jump to pulling in ten mil an hour too!<\/p>\n

Photos \u00a9SoraNews24<\/em>
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