Just as Shohei Ohtani was beginning his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he found himself embroiled in a scandal due to illegal gambling activity by Ippei Mizuhara.

After being sentenced to 57 months in prison at the beginning of the year, Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara ...

TMZ Sports has learned the dishes Ippei Mizuhara will be chowing down on during his stint in prison ... and, sadly for Shohei ...

Mizuhara, 40, was processed Monday at a low security federal prison in Allenwood, Pennsylvania, beginning a nearly five-year ...

Shohei Ohtani's ex-interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, began a 57-month prison term after pleading guilty to bank fraud and filing false tax returns in $17 million.

The man guilty of stealing nearly $17 million from Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has begun his prison sentence.

In a dramatic turn of events, Ippei Mizuhara, who was the voice and cultural link for Shohei Ohtani for years, voluntarily surrendered Monday at a federal prison in Pennsylvania to ...

Mizuhara, 40, was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison on charges of bank and tax fraud in a high-profile theft case.

Hours before Shohei Ohtani’s first MLB pitching appearance in nearly two years, his scandal-scarred former interpreter reported to federal prison.

Mizuhara was reported to have run up $40 million in gambling debts and transferred money from Ohtani's bank account to pay ...

The former Japanese interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani has surrendered to a federal prison in Pennsylvania.