Japanese baseball player Shohei Ohtani joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in December (Frederic J. Brown)

Japanese baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani revealed on Thursday that he has gotten married and is "very excited" to embark on the next chapter of his life.

In an Instagram post that racked up more than 750,000 likes in just 25 minutes, the Los Angeles Dodgers star announced he had tied the knot.