FamilyMart's new commercial, "Omusubi Ball Two-Way Style Announcement," featuring Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers in Major League Baseball, will begin airing on August 26th.
The content is in line with the "New Rice Omusubi Two-Sword Style Announcement" campaign, which is developing "New" rice Omusubi supervised by two famous stores. Otani, who was appointed as FamilyMart's " Omusubi Ambassador" in February this year, has been appointed again this time, and the video is in the style of a press conference, where he is making the announcement while holding a New Rice Omusubi in both hands.
The new rice Omusubi to be released are the "Big Omusubi Ball" which was released in March this year and was well-received, and is supervised by the rice ball specialty store Bongo (Toshima-ku, Tokyo). It is labelled as "Evolution" (Shinkakei), and includes two varieties: "Salmon Mayonnaise and Fresh Cod Roe" and "Minced Meat (Egg Yolk Sauce)," and the "New Luxury" (Shinzeitaku) which is supervised by the long-established meat store Kakinan (Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture), founded in 1871. The contrast between Otani's usual cool expression and the slightly softer and cuter expression he shows as he stuffs his mouth with the Omusubi makes for a fun commercial.
![[Video] Shohei Ohtani eats a Omusubi at a press conference! Nana Mizuki is the narrator for FamilyMart's new commercial](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-xy0GcbMwH0/hqdefault.jpg)