Shohei Ohtani says his interpreter has been 'stealing money' and 'telling lies'
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- Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani said he was “saddened and shocked” that his former interpreter became wrapped up in an alleged sports gambling scandal.
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#Dodgers #Ohtani #MLB
Poor Shohei!!!! He just wants to play baseball. He got into mess because he trusted his friend. He seems angry, upset, and sad. I feel so bad for him.
Who gives their friend access to their bank account. lol
@@KNByam Because he's not just a friend, he's been a good friend of ohtani's since he was 18 years old, and he's done more than just translate. It is no surprise that he has access to the account.
Try not giving your interpreter access to your bank info and security questions. Either Ohtani is lying or he's a nitwit.
@@gregoryfarshtey6856 Of course, whatever the facts, ohtani was too dependent on mizuhara. He is responsible for that.
@@KNByama trusting or a foolish hooman bean
Ohtani seems like a very nice, genuine and innocent guy.
we back you shohei... from spain!
Ohtani's story sounds like real manga.
Someone should make his anime.
Shohei's story has changed so much that it's hard to keep track of the bs he's spewing.
We back you Shohei. From South Korea.
As a Japanese- English bilingual. New guy is more accurate and professional.
Exactly! 水原‘s English is hard to understand 😂
We don't know the whole story but I believe Shohei is not about needing to bet for more money than he already got..
I believe in Shohei Otani.
I believe Shohei Otani is a liar!
Believe in a 3rd party, get ready for heart ache
@@cavitycreep why
@@wilburwood8261 Maybe use some common sense. Who give someone else access to their bank account that has millions? And who doesn't check their bank account from time to time to realize thousands are being withdrawn from it? Yea... either Shohei is a real dunce or he's lying. You tell me which.
@@cw9282 this kind of thing happens a lot. assistant stealing money from boss or company account. U need some social experience and common sense
Ohtani is not the type of person who would get into gambling. He is not interested in spending money and dislikes flashy things.
He grew up in a small town that has many rice fields where there are hardly any amusements or stores.
His wife carries a $50 Zara purse still nowadays!!! His wife is a classy, sporty woman who wears minimal makeup or no makeup at all and no body-conscious dress!
The only reason he drives a Porsche is because it's his sponsor, and the car was given to him for free. He has to drive that for advertisement purposes.
His parents refused when Shohei offered to remodel their house, and his sister and brother refused when Shohei offered to buy a house for them, saying that they don't want to use Shohei's money.
Shohei truly believes in karma and started picking up trash on the ground, believing that doing something good would bring good luck to him. He has been doing that since he was in high school.
Shohei is a humble and good-hearted Japanese person. There is really no way he would get into gambling.
Really, so why did he take a $700m contract?
He needs to check his bank accounts more often.
It’s ok he has a wife now. I’m sure she’s the one who brought this whole thing up
that is almost impossible because he has more than 50 bank accounts
He needs to learn how to speak English also.
@@RichardsWorldthe least important, you imperialist.
10 years $700 million, do I need to gamble?
If you have an addiction. Michael Jordan is a billionaire and a degenerate gambler
Maybe he should hire an ACCOUNTANT
Not just an accountant. Ohtani needs a Japanese speaking accountant who can directly communicate with him.
If he's smart enough to learn an American sport...he is smart enough to learn English. He makes too much $ to trust Anyone!!!!
Yes, why does an interpreter have access to his bank accounts
@@tobybartlett8449 ippei was his secretary and assistant. that is why
@@tobybartlett8449be patient the truth will come out, authorities are investigating for a MASSIVE THEFT, a serious prison time. Do you really think Ohtani would lie in this situation?
Justice for Shohei Ohtani!!!
Ohtani's body language, eye contact, facial expression, and voice control all indicate he is telling the truth... I believe him.
😹
Then why is the interpreter not in Jail? 😅
Common sense, which you apparently do not have, indicates Shohei is lying.
Yes. His body language show me he is innocent
But you're only 18yo
Someone needs to write in English completely what Ohtani said because the translator messed up in some important places
You're right. You must be Japanese or who can speak Japanese perfectly.
I believe him, why would someone with a 700 million contract want to gamble?
I know that it’s out of point,, but Otani
speaks much more fruently and crisply than what the interpreter communicate in English, never saying“obviously”or “u know”, which the interpreter uses a lot. David Noriage perfectly sums the story that otani told. (I wish he’ll be the permanent interpreter of my hero, Otani, who has been too naive for this matter.)
I am a Japanese-English bilingual. To be honest, Mizuhara wasn't an accurate interpreter. He often made random translations here and there in both ways. I think that Shohei trusted him too much so that Mizuhara could do whatever he liked without letting Shohei know.
Funny, I was just thinking that Mizuhara was, in fact, a better interpreter than this new interpreter skill wise. This interpreter omitted so much detail.
While he does make inaccurate interpretation sometimes. This is normal in translation. You legit have to translate what he says, on the go which is really hard to do. He would already be fired if he wasn’t translating properly.
That said, not backing Mizuhara up with this ordeal.
In the end, that is one of the biggest problems for any Japanese players who come to MLB without English language skills. They need to trust their interpreters to be able to focus on the baseball. I believe that Mizuhara was saying whatever he wanted to even Shohei's agent or lawyer. How could the American media possibly know exactly what's going on? Mizuhara thought he was the ringmaster, it's scary...
This interpreter has missed some very important words that Shohei said
Especially where he said he had a very hard time this one week, even to put into words
@@kaoru3211985 Yes. Shohei described a little more about his feelings, but Will kind of cut it off.
Good report.
What is so messed about this situation is that the absolute best case scenario here for Ohtani is his best friend (former) stole from him and tried to implicate him in a federal crime
There is more to this story
The haters will say "I didn't say anything" or "The justice was stolen."😂
If someone could climb on top of the top, they can't just focus other things but just his duties. I mean, why such a talented player like him would even care about other things like gambling specially? His not even just a talented player but he is just a living legend.
Dodgers: you will recieve 5 million dollars
Enterpreter: you will recieve 100 dollars
Otani: 😃
I blame Angels team to hire a fraud for Ohtani without background check. He lied about his whole resume and life.
Please. How do you not notice 4 million missing from your bank account?
@@Jarvisc12 OHTANI's annual income is $65 million in sponsorship contracts plus $2 million in annual Dodger salary, for a total of $67 million. It is not hard to imagine that he has multiple accounts. And now there are several reports that he gave mizuhara, his close friend of over 10 years, administrative access to an account for donations for disasters in Japan and abroad (allegedly 1 billion yen was deposited) and used the money for personal use. This could be said to be the result of his over-dependence on IPPEI.
@@Jarvisc12 if you have 1 billion, 4 million is petty cash and ignorable
@@wilburwood8261he didn’t have 1 billion in his account. It even close to that. He gets that money 7 or 8 years later and beyond. That’s in his contract. His net worth is about $50 million
@@wilburwood8261 Right. So when he gave him 1 million- in 2 $500,000 installments, the interpreter was able to convince the bank he was Ohtani. Too much smoke to not have some kind of fire.
All statements were controlled by ippei mizuhara, because he answered the ESPN interview alone without telling his team or ohtani. He said at the time that ohtani took care of the debt, which later turned out to be a lie. It was easy for the interpreter to manipulate the situation for ohtani, who did not speak perfect English😅
Exactly!! Ippei preemptively spoke first without any consultation with Ohtani. Its not Ohtani's fault.
Learn English playing in America!
that is not true. the Espn interview was set up by Ohtani`s public relations representatives, not directly with mizuhara only
Man this new interpreter messed it up. He was off so many places.
which part?? he was pretty much spot-on. better than ippei with or without gambling issues
@@chlone5042 Like in the first two minutes, Ohtani says that he has never bet on ANYTHING nor has he bet on behalf of anyone on a sports event. Moreover, he has never asked anyone to bet on his behalf nor has he wired any money from his bank account to a bookie. And the new guy interprets it as “I never bet on baseball or any other sports or never have asked somebody to do it on my behalf and I have never gone through a bookmaker to bet on sports.” Loosely, his interpretation is good but Ohtani did say he has never bet on anything.
I can imagine that it's difficult for some Americans who do not know Ohtani's history and upbringing in Japan, including how he was even at the Angels to believe fully what Ohtani explained is believable and truth. But as a Japanese who have followed him in Japan and as he moved to MLB, I can attest to that what he said is 100% believable.
Ohtani since he was a young boy was very focused with specific goals set and worked diligently on the path to achieving them. His parents and especially his mother was instrumental in providing the support he needed so that he can focus 100% on his tasks (the baseball). This is why if you are a baseball fan in Japan, this is a very well known story and everyone in Japan know that Ohtani's mother took 100% control of his money (income and expenses) and the set up was simple for Ohtani in that she gave him monthly allowance of minimum amount of money. Ohtani used team dormitory to live and team supplied meals 100% to focus on baseball. This is how he lived in Japan as a NPB player era. Ohtani is known to be very frugal and does not spend money like normal pro athletes do. He is not interested in fashion, clothing, shoes, cars, basically not interested in tangible material stuff. Again, this is very well known in Japan about him.
Ippei Mizuhara was smart in that he put himself in the position with Ohtani to take care of all of his personal duties out side of baseball so that Ohtani can just focus on baseball as he did in Japan. The identical set up that he had with his mother. Ippei was a perfect man for it and Ohtani trusted him 100%. So in this context, it is very plausible and most likely the case that Ippei had this role (similar to the role Ohtani's mother had in Japan) for Ohtani since he became MLB player. Ippei is not just a translator for Ohtani. Ippei was essentially Ohtani's personal caretaker, personal assistant, consultant, butler, driver, shopper and a good friend who took care of all Ohtani's needs to start his life and live in the USA. He therefore had access to Ohtani's bank accounts and was probably helping him on setting up the payables, bills for his expenses etc etc. Don't forget, Ohtani has no experience managing his own money in the past, he is also oblivious to all the living expenses and set ups especially in the USA. Ippei was the perfect friend and paid worker for him to do these tasks for him. In this set up, Ippei can easily transfer Ohtani's money, even 4.5 million without Ohtani knowing (again, Ohtani has been very naive, trusting and indifferent about money matters, except that he knows that he has been getting 50 to 75 million per year on endorsements and baseball contracts even in the past years, so 4.5 million may not be so significant in this light and could not be noticeable if he was trusting Ippei to manage). Agent is there to deal with the baseball contracts and he is not Japanese so he would not have known his personal contents. This is why Ippei is said to have been paid upwards of $400,000 per year to work for Ohtani, where as a regular personal translator working 9 to 5 is paid $150,000ish for a pro-athlete.
So you guys take a rest on speculating and jumping to conclusion about Ohtani in this situation. Eventually the investigation will shed a better light on what I am talking about.
So when are the police arresting and pressing charges on the Interpretor?
he is under investigation.
With friends like that.
Ohtani is absolute liar
@@TruthNationUncensored
Good work
Don’t give your friends your bank account number.
@@TruthNationUncensored why
@@wilburwood8261 Bc everything he said was b.s ... just wait till the truth comes out 😅
Stolen money should be returned to the owner just like stolen items get returned to the owner.
"Ive never bet on baseball" ...
Ive heard that before but i do believe Otani
Lol
Actually, Ohtani didn't even mention the word baseball. He said he has never bet on ANYTHING. And then he says he has never bet on a sports event.
I am willing to believe Shohei. He appears guilty of trusting someone too much. Whether this is naive or not it does ring true to me
The Goat Has Spoke !
Ippei is a serial liar
how can anyone belive his first story now.
#freeohtani
Yes. Ippei is a compulsive liar and a gambling addict
Where is Ippei now? I think he has to have a press conference as well
Dude makes 500k as a translator and still blows it. Crazy. And greedy.
Otani Shohei gave his game back
Mizuhara did say he was going to pay the money back- stand up guy! 👏🏻
Nowadays we have good translation machines
In the World we live in with the Good, Bad and Ugliness, you can't TRUST No One, under any circumstances no matter how close they are to you!
gonna happen to new interpreter in a second
never bite the hands who feeds you
Hmmm, how about the new interpreter? He seems to be misinterpreting messages and missing important nuances…
Yeah, Ippei was really good at his job. It’s sad he had to go this way. It’s lose lose situation for everyone.
Are MLB players not allowed to bet on only MLB games, or are they not allowed to bet on any type of baseball game (foreign leagues, college, etc). People always talk about not betting on ‘baseball’.
As far as I know, MLB players are not allowed to bet on MLB games, teams and players. If they do, they will be suspended for lifetime. But MLB and many baseball clubs are promoting sports gambling because it's a big source of revenue.
@@hidetoshitakahashi3881PED is ban for professional baseball players but not for amateur athletes.
Ohtani is a good man, there:s no one better him on this planet !
“Stealing money” and “telling lies”… It sounds like his interpreter would be great in politics.
Lost in translation. Interpreter: "'I have never went thru a bookmaker to bet on sports.'' Shohei: ''I've never asked anybody to send money to the bookmaker from my bank account.''
You say tomateto I say tomateto
Let's call the whole thing off.😅
That’s right, because he sent the money himself 😂
So we just gonna forget that he already said he gave the money to cover his friends bets?
That's what the interpreter said, and he took back that comment a few hours later. And he admits that he lied to Ohtani and the team owners.
Basically Ippei lied to Otani's spokesperson, Spokesperson believed and released the information before confirming Otani. Spokesperson should be fired as well.
I use to Gamble now I don’t see the point to
make sure you won't hand in your bank token to your friends or interpreter lol
As long as Shohei himself didn't bet on MLB then the rest doesn't matter.
You're REALLY rich when $4.5 million is missing from your bank account and you don't even realize it
Pale and jungle faces be jelly of the Japanese for being the most paid player.
He's a high profile Japanese, mostly in these situation, they straight out tell it as it is, not like the Westerns.
Most Japanese people never doubted Shohei. We watched him from when he was in high school. Only thing that he wants is to play baseball and eat sweets and sleep for more than 10 hours!
No drinking, no playing with girls, no gambling. He always turned down with these opportunities.
Love all the Giants fan crying up in here aint nothing gonna play ball
Now I believe Ippei has stolen money more than 10 million in total we well see
I'm sure he is smart, and can afford an English teacher.
Hmmm…who will they pin it on. The translator or the dude generating millions for a billion dollars organization?
go to the bank. its mitsubishi bank. they wired the $$, they will know if ohtani okd it.
7/22/22
Angels at Braves
Large bet placed at a Mizusawa bookie
Otanis home town
The former personal assistant of ex-NBA player and ESPN analyst Richard Jefferson has been sentenced to prison after officials said he stole millions from the player, it’s almost same ending of this case
LOL. Under the bus. What a joke. A page straight out of Trumps law book.
Pete Rose never bet on baseball either
Hey he doesn't even speak English so how does he know how to gamble? The guy with the cap is the player right?
Stolen? When $2 leaves my account I notice, ……maybe that’s just me
How come he didnt actually talk? I am sure if he spoke and the people that can understand Japanese heard his voice it would help, rather than just sitting there with lawyer prepared statements
Ohtani was literally laughing with the guy right before the news broke lol
그때까지 오타니는 몰랐으니까. 그게 증거다.
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First they said he was helping his friend with a 4.5 million dollar debt. An hour later it was stolen from him. His name on the wire transfers. They're trying to pull a fast one.
😂
大谷は漫画好きなんだ！
Why would you steal money to pay a bookie, when you could just steal the money ? His story doesn't add up
Bank won’t release that kind of money without verifying it’s Shohei himself first. He personally transferred large sums of money to the bookie multiple times. Ain’t know stealing involved
@@piscator2813 exactly why would he have paid a bookie when he could have just stole the money himself.
That is what gamble addiction people do. They do not just get money for something else. They want money to pay off their debts and keep doing gambling and have dopamine shooting
Maybe, we can assume some possibility which bookie forced Ippei to pay his dubts only from Ohtani's account to make use of their advertising. They literally said they used Shohei's name to sell their products. And also said their client was Ippei not Ohtani.
It makes sense if he already had the debt.
Pete Rose said the same thing. Strange that he was not talking in his native language . Good luck to him cause his baseball life is on the table.
Pete Rose never said the same thing - he didn't blame his interpreter. Pete Rose's excuse was that he didn't bet on baseball. Only football, horses and basketball. this is from the 9/8/20 edition of the Detroit Free Press: "With his lawyer present, Rose stated that he had bet on football, basketball and horseracing, but vehemently denied the allegations of betting on baseball."
日本の野球ファンは野球を楽しませてくれたらそれで良い。信じてるよ😊
Wait he deferred that cash to him w
Quite an expensive lesson for NOT SPEAKING ENGLISH!! But oh yes, he can throw a baseball!!🤦♀️🤦♀️😂😂😂😂😂😷😷😷😷🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Even if Ohtani gambled, they won't be able to prove a thing. That's the thing with Japanese, they are private people. Only Ippei and Ohtani would know, and they're sticking with the same story, with Ippei taking the fall.
Even if this is all 100% true it's unbelievable that he doesn't have an accountant or a money manager or a financial advisor who somehow didn't notice almost 5 million dollar in odd wire transfers and didn't inform Ohtani previously. If he somehow - incomprehensibly - didn't have any of these financial controls in place than he's a food. An exceptionally talented fool, but a fool nonetheless.
He didn’t. Shohei’s the kind of guy, who’d eliminate any kinds of distractions just so he can devote a good amount of time to baseball. He’s basically wired in to gameplay, and other matters, he thought, could be entrusted to his friend. 😢
오타니는 투수와 타자를 겸하기 때문에 다른 선수들에 비해 시간이 부족하다. 본인의 계좌 중 하나를 통역사에게 관리하게 했다. 그는 통역사와 18살때부터 10년간 친형제처럼 지냈다.
This is my guess as a Japanese.
He planed after media caught Mizuhara's gambling problem.
1. talk to media lie as if he is just a gambler not a thief.
2. Explain to the team in English.
3. After the meeting, I tell Ohtani the truth. If I show my sincere reglet he would forgive me and he would cover me, because we are bond strongly.
4. Ohtani would tell everyone hide the truth, and I will be no guilty!
Question: How much is the interpreter getting for being the fall guy? Sorry I'm a cynic.
Yup so essentially, no amount of evidence will change your mind and you will just spin the narrative to how you want to believe. That’s also called a hater. That must be a difficult way to live your life.
🙄🙄🙄
@@lifejourney8704 I like how you used the term "spin the narrative" I think that's ironic, given the situation. 🤣
And still my question has not been answered. How much is the interpreter getting paid to "spin the narrative" against his own character?🤔
Another gambling scandal
If I was in the same situation in Korea I would learn Korean just like I have learned other languages when i traveled. Why didn't you attempt to learn english? Cc: His interpreter.
There’s almost a zero percent chance this story is 100% true.
The pathetic attempts to defend this guy that people don't know are absolutely hilarious 😂
Why does the interpreter have access to his bank accounts. Makes no sense
because he was his personal assistant and secretary
He was his trusted interpreter hired by an MLB team who later became his best friend. He would help him with everything- He did everything for him. I can even imagine he had access to his phone and emails bc of things constantly needing to be translated. He became an assistant of sorts
Asians have a lot of gambling addiction. That’s why there’s casinos in Gardena which is such a small town, but they’ve been there for decades.
Let’s see the evidence. Why would he not take questions? If he is lying , the story would quickly unravel
Although the investigation has only just begun, He cannot be irresponsible and tell you everything.
Otani simply declared his innocence. That's enough for now.
because this isnt an interrogation lol
The only reason we even know about this is because they found two wire transfer receipts with Ohtani's name on them. They found those receipts during a Federal Investigation against a bookie. Each receipt was for 500K, the exact amount Mizuhara said was wired each time to pay off his bookie because that was the most he could send at on time. Both came from Ohtani's personal account. Find it hard to believe Ohtani didn't sign off on those transfers. No way he doesn't give the ok.
Stop buying grated cheese. Make America grate again.
Lying n MLB will cover
Ohtani should learn English otherwise this happens again.He is like a wealthy senior scammed by family member.
lol ohtani, why would your interpreter have access to your bank account. Sounds too stupid to be true.
Lol he is using his interpreter as scapegoat, sorry japan..your game is obsolete..🤣🤣
How does the bookie allow these losses to acuminate without payment to 4 milly how does one not have his accountant justify and notify account holder of loss percentage in such a large amount
He knew
He allowed
He covered it up
No I’m Asian and I know Asian people # 1 addiction is gambling Ohtani gambling on the games that why he been playing so well. He the Asian Pete Rose . The interpreter no way taken that money. Ohtani need help
Pete Rose had the best comment about this ever
“If I would have had an interpreter, I would have got off scott free”😂😂😂
Dude is trying his best not to get banned 😂
He is very disliked by Japanese sports fans other than baseball. This is because for several years now, TV has only been broadcasting news about him.
Stop lying
Say that to his translator. He lied about his education history and he’s the one who’s gamble addict. Who is more credible? The gamble addict or Shohei who worked so hard to get to this point while others were having fun doing other things.
I think he's lying... We all have our secret sides or our evils we deal with
I think he's lying
That's what I think about Trump too.
@@Ntsej_Muag they all lie, inside trade, abuse power, commit tax and bank fraud. Trump's just honest about it
We all know Othani is lying