Shohei Ohtani's father is in Los Angeles coaching his youth baseball team from Japan

Toru Ohtani, the father of Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, is in town and is busy coaching his youth baseball team in the Torrance Friendship Games.

The Oshu City Youth Baseball Team arrived from Japan in LA on Tuesday, in time to make the Torrance tournament, "a weeklong celebration of international friendship."

The elder Ohtani manages Japan's Oshu middle school baseball team, which faced local Torrance players on Friday in exhibition games at North High School.

Part of Toru Ohtani's coaching philosophy is not to pressure the young players too much. "These years, 10-, 11- and 12-year-olds are really important years for growing up … don't push it," he said through an interpreter. Toru coached Shohei as a young ball player, from elementary school through junior high school.

Toru Ohta