Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani’s signed jersey from the 2025 Tokyo Series, featuring the first ever Gold Logoman worn in an MLB game, an autograph on the back and a Tokyo Series patch on the left arm, just sold for $2,055,700 in an auction.

The price of the auction is more than the Dodgers for the 2026 season, as $68 million of his $70 million contract is deferred.

What’s So Special About Shohei Ohtani’s Jersey?

The jersey is a one-of-one piece of merchandise, and anything belonging Ohtani will fetch a massive price on the open market. Scott Keeney (aka DJ Skee) of The Realest, who managed the auction, explained the importance of this specific jersey.

“For Ohtani, Japan is everything,” he said. “This was his homecoming, his first Major League game ever played in Japan, sandwiched between his two World Series wins and the first game of an MVP season. There can never be another one of those,” he said. “More than 25 million people in Japan watched it—the most-watched MLB game ever in Japan—and he got his first hit of this milestone season in this jersey.

“And then there’s the Gold Logoman! This is the first Gold Logoman ever worn in a Major League game. Not only the first for Ohtani, but the first one ever in MLB history, and it’s still intact on the jersey.

“…Add his kanji signature and his inscriptions, ‘Opening Day Tokyo Series,’ ‘GU 3-18-25,’ and ’25 NL MVP,’ and there just isn’t another Ohtani jersey like it- and I believe it will go down as his most important jersey ever.

“…There are other Ohtani jerseys and so many Ohtani milestone moments. This one has perfect provenance: Ohtani in his prime coming home to Japan, and the first Gold Logoman ever. That combination is unstoppable. Whatever it sells for now, I think people will look back and see it as the steal of a lifetime. Over time, while we will sell items for more money, this may be looked at as the greatest jersey to come to market when looked back in history.”

Ohtani’s jersey is one of his most important pieces of memorabilia thus far into his career, and the winner of the auction is sure to go home happy with their new acquisition.