Ippei Mizuhara - report
Japanese-American interpreter (born 1984)
Ippei Mizuhara is a Japanese-American interpreter. Mizuhara is best known for having 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. He previously worked for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) as an interpreter for several of the team's Anglophone players.