Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani smiles in the dugout before the team’s baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on May 21 in Los Angeles.
20:35 JST, May 28, 2024
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani will serve as a judge for the new “Jump Sports Manga Sho” (Award for Jump Sports Comics). The award is presented by the editors of the weekly magazine Shukan Shonen Jump of Shueisha Inc.
The company asked Ohtani as a jury member because it wanted a top athlete on the panel. The other three jury members consist of manga artists and authors. Ohtani happily accepted the request, the company said.
The other judges are Takehiko Inoue of ‘Slam Dunk’, Riichiro Inagaki, original author of ‘Eyeshield 21’, and Tadatoshi Fujimaki of ‘Kuroko’s Basketball’.
The competition is open to professionals and amateurs until October 31. Prizes, including one million yen, are up for grabs for the winning entry, which will be announced at this year’s late December edition of Shonen Jump.
