I’m sorry, I don’t have your autograph. Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, Will Iyaton, who came to Japan to sign autographs, was honest with a flood of fans.
MLB fans were waiting for ……
On November 29, the wife of Philadelphia Phillies mainstay Nick Castellanos (32), who signed a five-year, $100 million contract in ’22, reported on social media that he was visiting Hakone with his family, creating a buzz. In the midst of all this, one team employee also attracted attention: …….
On a late November evening, the lobby of the Tokyo Dome Hotel adjacent to the Tokyo Dome (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo) was crowded with baseball fans. In their hands were autographs. The fans all rushed up to the slim man who appeared there. He was Will Iaton, 35, an employee of the Los Angeles Dodgers and interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, 30.
A few days earlier, Mr. Iaton was shown watching the WBSC Premier 12 game between the U.S. and Japan at Tokyo Dome on live TV, which became a big topic of conversation on social networking sites. Since the game was between the U.S. and Venezuela that day, fans were waiting for him to show up at the Dome Hotel,” said a sports newspaper reporter.
