Patrick Ijima-Washburn

Head translator/interpreter and consultant for the K-1 Official Home Page. Official interpreter SCBWI Tokyo. Translated for Mohammed Ali, Antonio Inoki, Masakazu Kubo... more

Head translator/interpreter and consultant for the K-1 Official Home Page. Official interpreter SCBWI Tokyo. Translated for Mohammed Ali, Antonio Inoki, Masakazu Kubo (Executive Producer of the Pokemon animation franchise), Wrestlers Mil Mascaras, Terry Funk, Abdullah the Butcher, Brock Lesnar, Don Frye. SF legend Larry Niven, Artist Yoshitaka Amano, and more. I have translated/interpreted for movies, animation, television, press conferences, and my area of expertise is entertainment, contract negotiations, licensing, and I'm especially knowledgeable about the Japanese mind, Japanese pop culture, comics from all over the world, genre movies, horror & science fiction.