His given name Ichiro — 'ichi'' means ''one'' in Japanese — started appearing on the back of his jersey in 1994 with the Orix BlueWave. Suzuki is a very common family name, and manager Akira ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he's much more than that in Japan. Back home, he's a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the ...

Ichiro is a wellspring of national pride — like Shohei Ohtani now — and his fame across the Pacific was therapeutic as ...

Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he is much more than that at home in Japan TOKYO -- Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he's much more than that in Japan. Back home, he's a ...