The court also ordered Mizuhara to pay Ohtani $17 million in restitution, the applicable amount listed when Mizuhara struck a May 2024 plea deal with prosecutors, and a fine of more than $1 million to the Internal Revenue Service.

Holcomb ordered Mizuhara to pay Ohtani back his $17 million in restitution, as well as $1.1 million to the IRS. Mizuhara is also bound for three years of supervised release once his nearly five-year prison sentence is up.

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter convicted of stealing nearly $17 million from Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced to 57 months in prison on Thursday, according to The Athletic's Sam Blum.