TMZ: Shohei Ohtani Signs Special Murakami Cards... Ahead Of Tokyo Series

Shohei Ohtani and Takashi Murakami teamed up to autograph some highly coveted baseball cards ahead of the MLB Tokyo Series ... and it goes without saying, these pieces of cardboard are going to be insanely valuable.

The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar and famous Japanese artist got together on Monday ... where they opened several boxes of the exclusive Topps x Takashi Murakami MLB Tokyo Series collection.

They appeared on Fanatics Live and signed "redemption cards" for two Topps sets created by Murakami ... which will surely be highly coveted by any collector.

Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin and Fanatics Collectibles CEO Mike Mahan were there to witness it ... with Rubin admitting, "Never wanted to keep a card more in my life!"