Ippei Mizuhara was Shohei Ohtani's exclusive interpreter for the Dodgers in Major League Baseball. He was fired from the team after it was reported that he was involved in illegal gambling.

Mr. MizUhara initially said in an interview that he had asked Otani to repay his debt, but he quickly retracted this. The future impact of Mr. Otani's illegal gambling and debts will be inevitable depending on when he became aware of them and the extent to which he wasinvolved in repaying them.