Shohei Ohtani is the only true two-way player ... Hideki Kuriyama, the CEO of Nippon Ham Fighters, was Ohtani's manager during his time with that team. He talked about on what Ohtani can do ...

Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish, two legendary players with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, feature largely in the team’s new home stadium, but the ballpark is not ready for show-time just yet.

Sasaki, the prized Japanese pitching phenom with a blazing fastball and devastating splitter, slipped into a Los Angeles ...

Shohei Ohtani’s wife is Mamiko Tanaka ... Before that, he played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters from 2013 to 2017, starring as a pitcher and hitter.

Federal prosecutors released an audio recording in which they say Ippei Mizuhara impersonates Shohei Ohtani in an attempt to ...

Right-hander Roki Sasaki is the next big thing headed to the Major Leagues from Japan. After a whirlwind tour of meetings ...

"Shohei Ohtani," Mizuhara replied ... who he first met while working as an interpreter for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan. "Usually when a Japanese baseball player makes the move ...

At the same time, the similarities between Roki Sasaki and Shohei Ohtani as pitchers at the ... in 2015 and 140 innings in 2016 for the Nippon Ham Fighters, all while largely playing both ways.

The Roki Sasaki sweepstakes have officially hit the home stretch. The righty has conducted in-person meetings with interested ...

But he eventually decided that he couldn't wait any longer to start his big-league career, much like Shohei Ohtani did once upon a time: Ohtani was just 23 when he left the Nippon-Ham Fighters for ...

Major League Baseball conducted an investigation into the Chiba Lotte Marines prior to authorizing Roki Sasaki's posting.