Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani meets BTS member before his first pitch

Shohei Ohtani is going viral for his meet-up with a popular K-pop star.

The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher met up with V, who is known for his role in the Grammy-nominated K-pop group, BTS. The Dodgers are playing the Cincinnati Reds tonight, and the K-pop star threw the first pitch. Expand Tweet

V also had time to take photos in the dugout with Ohtani. The two briefly embraced before they began taking photos. Expand Tweet

“Two global superstars connecting at Dodger Stadium – that's what happens when excellence recognizes excellence. Ohtani's showing the same class off the field that made him a $700 million player, and V stepping into that Dodgers jersey tells you both understand what representing something bigger than yourself means,” one fan wrote on X of the interaction between t