Tokyo Tower shines red in honor of Ohtani
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The Tokyo Tower in Japan was lit up in bright Angels colors Friday to celebrate Shohei Ohtani's 2021 American League MVP Award.
At 5:17 p.m. in Tokyo -- that's 17:17, in honor of Ohtani's jersey No. 17 -- the tower shone bright red and displayed a congratulatory message for Ohtani on its main deck.
The two-way superstar was named the unanimous league MVP on Thursday, making him the second Japanese player to win an MVP Award in the Major Leagues after Ichiro Suzuki in 2001.
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The tower light-up, a collaboration of the Tokyo Tower and MLB Japan, was streamed on MLB's Japanese TikTok and Twitter accounts and can be viewed at @MLBJapan.