The Dodgers star used his time with the Nippon Ham Fighters as a springboard to fame in Major League Baseball; he also used his time there to bundle up in a black hoodie and game-worn jersey that can ...

Five of the 12 managers in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball have ... By Victor Mather Ohtani is the latest sensation from Japan to captivate fans in North America, but the pipeline from ...

Shohei Ohtani was selected by the Nippon-Ham Fighters in the first round of the 2012 NPB Draft. Tagged as one of the best high school prospects at the time, the eventual modern-day GOAT once threw ...

The last time Ohtani pitched out of the bullpen was in 2016, when he was 22 years old and in the postseason with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. Ohtani threw one blemish-free inning and ...

Before Shohei Ohtani became the face of the Dodgers, the Padres and Angels had trade talk surrounding the two-way MVP.

With a vision of developing the next big thing in the mold of their star alumnus Shohei Ohtani, the Nippon Ham Fighters picked a two-way talent in the first round of last month's draft.

Ohtani started playing baseball at a very young age. In 2013, at the age of 18, he made his Japanese professional debut with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. The Fighters selected Ohtani first ...

the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. Almost immediately, he had help. One of the team's two interpreters showed up every day from the time Crotta arrived until spring training started. He showed ...

His relationship with Ohtani dates to 2013, when Mizuhara was working as an interpreter for NPB’s Nippon Ham Fighters. Ohtani debuted for the Fighters that year, and he and Mizuhara shared their ...

Here's a look at the full injury history of Ohtani, including the 2018 TJS that kept him off the mound in 2019. As a rookie with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham fighters in 2013, Ohtani missed time with a ...

Ohtani and Mizuhara's relationship dates back to 2013, when Ohtani played for the Nippon-Ham Fighters of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball League and Mizuhara was an interpreter for the team.