Lakers' Japanese star Hachimura asks Ohtani to stay in LA

Baseball's two way superstar has been linked to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays

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00:00 I never talked to him like that, but yeah, hopefully he can stay in LA.

00:03 You know, and yeah, it's great that, you know, we, you know, that LA has a lot of good teams,

00:09 you know, the sports team and especially the baseball is really big in Japan.

00:13 So, you know, the baseball is the number one sports for sure.

00:15 So, and the basketball is coming up right now.

00:17 So, I think me and him both in LA is going to help, you know, the community.

00:22 You know, there's a lot of Japanese community in Japan.

00:25 I mean, in LA, those areas.

00:27 So, I think it will be great, yeah.

00:30 You got to stay in LA for sure.

00:32 [LAUGHTER]