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Ichiro Suzuki arrives at Spring Training, is ready to be elected mayor of Jupiter, Florida

Ichiro Suzuki arrives at Spring Training to fanfare

The Marlins hit Roger Dean Stadium at full strength for the first time Tuesday afternoon, but their brand new outfielder is already set to be elected city councilman, mayor, governor, president, king and galactic overlord of Jupiter, Florida.

Because not only is Ichiro Suzuki ageless, he is also the most popular human being on planet Earth.

Ichiro arrived at Marlins Spring Training to media fanfare:

And fans weren't any less in the throes of Ichiro-mania.

Admittedly, we're not familiar with Jupiter's electoral regulations or bylaws, but we're pretty confident that Ichiro could run for whatever government office he'd like and win. Current Jupiter mayor Karen Golonka can probably rest easy though, because Ichiro seems to be chill about the whole thing:

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