Shohei Ohtani of the Angels pitched and hit at the same time in the "No. 3 Pitcher/DH" position. Pitching, he was hit by a pitch for the fourth straight game, his worst outing. However, he hit a three-run shot, his ninth in four games, to win the game.

On Mother's Day, May 14, the Los Angeles Angels faced the Cleveland Guardians in hostile territory and lost 3-4.

On May 12, it was announced that actor Hiroki Sano will appear in the drama series "Dr. Chocolate" (Nippon Television Network Corporation, Saturdays at 10 pm) starring Kentaro Sakaguchi.

On May 11, the members of Japan's national team for the U-20 World Cup (World Cup) in Argentina (May 20-June 11) departed for Buenos Aires. 　

Japan's men's volleyball team "Ryujin NIPPON" aims for the first Olympic medal in 52 years since the Munich Games at the Paris Olympics.

In Major League Baseball, Japanese slugger Yoshida Masataka of the Boston Red Sox has been named the American League Player of the Week.

On August 8, it was learned that Snow Man's Meguro Ren (26) will play the lead role in the July season TBS drama "Trillion Dollar Game" (Fridays, 10:00 pm), his first starring role in a serial drama

Actor Osamu Mukai (41) will star as Zhuge Liang in the October season "Paripi Kongming" (Fuji TV), a "water 10" drama series.

The 25th episode of NHK's morning drama series "Ranman," starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, was broadcast on May 5 and featured a scene in which Takeo (Jun Shison) gives Aya (Yui Sakuma) a comb.

Mackenyu Arata acrobatic fighting scene has been released in "Saint Seiya The Beginning" (original title: Knights of the Zodiac), which will be Mackenyu Arata first Hollywood movie starring role.

Japanese three-time Olympic table tennis medalist Ishikawa Kasumi says she has decided to retire.

Japanese figure skating ice dance duo Takahashi Daisuke and Muramoto Kana say they will retire after the current season.