New Interpreter Will Ireton Steps in for Shohei Ohtani After Previous Interpreter’s Firing

Will Ireton photographs Shohei Ohtani (front) practicing in Los Angeles, USA on the 25th (AP/Kyodo)

[Los Angeles Kyodo]After Ippei Mizuhara, who served as an interpreter for Major League Baseball player Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, was fired due to illegal gambling issues, attention has been focused on the new interpreter. Will Ireton, 35, who was born in Tokyo and whose father is Japanese-American, will become the de facto spokesperson for baseball’s biggest star at his most difficult time, according to Sporting News.

Ireton, who sat next to Otani during his interview on the 25th, was himself a baseball player. According to US media, he moved to Hawaii as a teenager and played baseball at a university in California. He participated in the 2012 WBC qualifying tournament as a representative of his mother’s hometown, the Philippines.


2024-03-27 00:35:24
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