Kai Sotto

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Kai Sotto

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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
His father, [[Ervin Sotto]], and his godfather, [[Ranidel de Ocampo]], played basketball professionally in the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] (PBA).{{cite web |last1=Terrado |first1=Jonas |title=Kai off to US on a quest to make it to the NBA |url=https://sports.mb.com.ph/2019/03/27/kai-off-to-us-on-a-quest-to-make-it-to-the-nba/ |website=[[Manila Bulletin]] |access-date=May 11, 2020 |date=March 27, 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Ervin Sotto stands {{height|ft=6|in=7}} and Pamela Sotto stands {{height|ft=6|in=1}}. He has two siblings.{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.ph/basketball/news/kai-elmer-sotto-ervin-sotto-pba-dreams-of-nba#Gxg2aKPV3HO3DEw3.99|title=Kai Sotto, 13 and already 6-foot-9, dreams of making it to NBA, idolizes Kevin Garnett|publisher=Spin.ph|author=Snow Badua|date=April 11, 2016|access-date=May 18, 2017|archive-date=May 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519065820/http://www.spin.ph/basketball/news/kai-elmer-sotto-ervin-sotto-pba-dreams-of-nba#Gxg2aKPV3HO3DEw3.99|url-status=live}}
His father, [[Ervin Sotto]], and his godfather, [[Ranidel de Ocampo]], played basketball professionally in the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] (PBA).{{cite web |last1=Terrado |first1=Jonas |title=Kai off to US on a quest to make it to the NBA |url=https://sports.mb.com.ph/2019/03/27/kai-off-to-us-on-a-quest-to-make-it-to-the-nba/ |website=[[Manila Bulletin]] |access-date=May 11, 2020 |date=March 27, 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Ervin Sotto stands {{height|ft=6|in=7}} and Pamela Sotto stands {{height|ft=6|in=1}}. He has two siblings.{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.ph/basketball/news/kai-elmer-sotto-ervin-sotto-pba-dreams-of-nba#Gxg2aKPV3HO3DEw3.99|title=Kai Sotto, 13 and already 6-foot-9, dreams of making it to NBA, idolizes Kevin Garnett|publisher=Spin.ph|author=Snow Badua|date=April 11, 2016|access-date=May 18, 2017|archive-date=May 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519065820/http://www.spin.ph/basketball/news/kai-elmer-sotto-ervin-sotto-pba-dreams-of-nba#Gxg2aKPV3HO3DEw3.99|url-status=live}}

Online [[Content creation|content creators]] has hyped his career, often titling their videos covering Sotto's feats and milestones as "Kai ginulat ang mundo!" ({{literal translation|Kai shocked the world!}}) which has also became an internet meme. Sotto is aware of the online phenomenon remarking that he has gotten used to it.{{cite news |last1=Masoy |first1=Neil Victor |title=Kai Sotto Fully Recovered from Back Injury |url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/manila-times/20240115/282114936425383?srsltid=AfmBOopN4vwuz6LKYXVDUob1nSUCM8FI7uUPHPkQEN-GrJk6UOheJaNg |access-date=23 March 2025 |work=Manila Bulletin |date=15 March 2024|via=[[PressReader]]}}{{cite news |title=Kai Sotto says 'Ginulat...' videos no longer surprise him |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/japan-b-league/kai-sotto-says-ginulat-ni-videos-don-t-surprise-him-a1374-20240113 |access-date=23 March 2025 |work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=13 January 2024 |language=en}}


==Awards and accomplishments==
==Awards and accomplishments==
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