5 days ago · Mizuhara has acknowledged using the money to cover his growing gambling bets and debts with an illegal bookmaker, in addition to $325,000 worth of baseball cards and his own dental bills.

5 days ago · Mizuhara’s theft came before Ohtani’s 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers took effect last year. Yet Ohtani earned around $65 million in salary during his six years ...

5 days ago · Mizuhara had worked alongside Ohtani for more than a decade, dating back to Ohtani’s playing days with the Nippon-Ham Fighters in 2013. He served as his interpreter, personal assistant, home run ...

5 days ago · Ippei Mizuhara, the former Japanese interpreter who pleaded guilty to stealing millions from Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani to cover gambling debts, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison on ...

5 days ago · Mizuhara accessed Ohtani’s account beginning in 2021 and changed its security protocols so he could impersonate him to authorize wire transfers. By 2024, Mizuhara had used the money to buy about $325,000 worth of baseball cards at online resellers and had bet tens of millions of dollars that weren’t his to wager on international soccer, the ...

Ippei Mizuhara (水原一平, Mizuhara Ippei, born December 31, 1984) is a Japanese interpreter. Mizuhara served as the interpreter for Major League Baseball player Shohei Ohtani, translating Japanese to English and vice versa for Ohtani's media appearances and teammate interactions

5 days ago · SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Ippei Mizuhara was sentenced Thursday to nearly five years in prison for stealing about $17 million from Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani to repay gambling debts ...

6 days ago · Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers baseball star Shohei Ohtani, has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for a fraud and gambling scheme. He was ordered to pay ...

水原 一平（みずはら いっぺい、1984年 12月31日 - ）は、日本の元通訳者及びアメリカの元通訳者である。 大谷翔平の専属通訳として、2017年から2024年まで大谷のメディア出演やチームメイトとの交流の際に日英・英日の通訳を務めたことで知られる。

Apr 13, 2024 · Ippei Mizuhara, left, the then-interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, right, leave a news conference on March 16. Mizuhara was later fired amid allegations of illegal gambling.