MLB TOKYO series: Takashi Murakami Art appeared in trading cards, trading cards

Next month, the MLB’s Tokyo series will display two Japanese stars, such as Los Angeles Dodgers Chicago went out to the start of their normal season’s schedule.

To celebrate this moment in the history of baseball, the famous contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami made partnership With mlb It is complicated to reveal a limited historical group of cargo cards and trade through fanatic trade and holdings.

From exclusively designed shirts, to TOPPS trading cards that feature vibrant Murakami colors and floral artwork, this first show of its kind for baseball lovers plays in the tremendous follow -up in Japan, and the best of that, and gives them the opportunity to be the lucky researchers for a single signed card by the largest star in the country.

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Japan is one of the main global markets in MLB, especially given the talent that is constantly appearing on the diamond of baseball every year.

Take Dodgers Superstar MVP Shohei Ohtani, For example. His goods formed 57 % of the total MLB sales via the fanatic network in Japan, including MLB Store JP. When the Dodgers Ohtani team signed a $ 700 million deal at the time, more than 2000 % was seen on a yearly basis in the fanatic network itself.

Then there is the game’s trading cards sector, which rose from $ 1.5 million in sales in 2021 in Japan, to $ 22.6 million in 2024. This leads us to the rarest of the entire group.

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Topps, the brand of the distinctive sports trading cards owned by fanatic holders, will get a dual scattered card in one of its collections from OHTANI and MURAKAMI- one card.

We saw what Petsburg pirate They were ready to abandon the PAOL PAOL SKENES card recently from Topps, and has a really global OHTANI star.

The plural enthusiasts will be able to get either the Topps BaseBall Series 1-Tocyo Game Exclusive Set ($ 50 mega box), or the Topps X MURAKAMI MLB Tokyo (120 dollar hobby box) to find this individual card.

The Series 1 collection will get rare cards designed from MURAKAMI designer to five, while the Topps X MURAKAMI collection will be a set of 25 cards, exclusively on Complex.com, which will include other cards and parallels.

As for the goods, the fanatics will offer a wide range of Nike MLB threads such as shirts, shirts, blouses and more designed with MURAKAMI. While Ohtani is the largest lot, the group has a colleague in Dodger and the Japanese star Yoshinobu Yamamoto, as well as Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman.

For cubs, Shota Imanaga, Seiya Suzuki and Dansby Swanson will also get their own equipment.

Finally, Topps will be on the ground in Tokyo in the Shibuya area with an interactive three -storey experimental will be open to the public from 13 to 16 March before the first match on March 18. Digital touch screens will collect trading cards and souvenirs in the exhibition, and stories about some of the increasing players in Japan. Matsui, as well as the current players, will be shown.

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Of course, one of the Outani souvenirs will consume one of these floors completely, which will include a racket that uses the game from the global Dodgers’ series and a base from its 50/50 record last season.

This year will celebrate the twenty -fifth anniversary of the first MLB games for the normal season to be played in Japan, where the Cubs and New York Mits team were the first two teams to do this in 2000.

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