Ippei Mizuhara, now a fixture at the side of baseball’s biggest star, loved soccer and video games as a teen.
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, right, speaks to the media with help from interpreter Ippei Mizuhara during DodgerFest at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. began mesmerizing Southern California baseball fans with his prowess on the pitching mound and at the plate, Tyler Baugh got a text message from one of his best friends.He did a double take when he noticed who joined them at the mound.
Los Angeles Angels player Shohei Ohtani, left, stands in the dugout with interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara before a game in Anaheim on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, left, poses for a photo next to the Los Angeles Rams’ mascot and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara before a football game between the Rams and New Orleans Saints on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Inglewood.
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, with interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, right, listens to a question during a news conference at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, on the first day of spring training workouts for the Dodgers. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani talks to interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, center, and his agent Nez Balelo before a Los Angeles Rams game Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Inglewood.
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, center, talks with interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, left, and his agent Nez Balelo before a Los Angeles Rams game Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023 in Inglewood. Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, right, is seen Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, with interpreter Ippei Mizuhara at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona. Mizuhara loved soccer and video games while a student at Diamond Bar High School. Sure enough, the young man translating for one of the world’s most popular baseball players was the kid they played video games and soccer with, and sat next to in Coach Kemp Wells’ English class at Diamond Bar High School: Ippei Mizuhara.
Baugh said that cell phone image of Mizuhara standing next to Ohtani on the mound caught him by surprise.Or anyone else back at Diamond Bar High.
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