Yu Darvish Parents Farsad Darvishsefat And Ikuyo Darvish Met In College

By Silu Maharjan / May 1, 2023 09:46 AM

Yu (front right) pictured with dad Farsad Darvishsefat (left) and mom Ikuyo Darvish(right) in 2014 along with his brothers Sho (front left), Kenta (middle) and his grandmother.( Source : facebook )

Yu Darvish parents are Farsad Darvishsefat and Ikuyo Darvish. Yu was born on 16 August 1986 and raised with two brothers in Osaka Japan.

Farsad and Ikuyo's love story began in the US when they met while pursuing higher education. The couple later moved to Japan, where they raised three sons and saw one of them being a baseball legend.

The San Diego Padres pitcher won his second World Baseball Classic Title on Tuesday against Team USA. Coming up against Mookie Betts and Kyle Schwarber, Team Japan, led by Shohei Ohtani, caused a massive upset as they lifted the title for the third time in the tournament's history.

Earlier this year, in February, the 36-year-old signed a contract extension worth $108,000,000 of six years with the Padres. This is one of many generous contracts the Padres owner Peter Seidler has handed out.

Yu Darvish Father Farsad Darvishsefat And Mother Ikuyo Darvish

Yu Darvish parents nationality is Japanese and Iranian. Farsad is from Iran and Ikuyo is from Japan.

Farsad and Ikuyo raised three sons in Osaka, Japan, including Yu. The couple met at Eckerd College, Florida, and later in 1982, the couple moved to Japan.

Despite having a famous son in Yu, the couple has remained away from the public limelight. On his Instagram, Yu hasn't shared a single photograph of his mom and dad, which is mainly devoted to his life on the diamond.

Yu Darvish Mother Ikuyo Continues To Live In Japan

Ikuyo Darvish is currently a resident of Habikino. Ikuyo previously worked at NPO Win-Win Association.

The proud mama of the Padres pitcher Ikuyo Darvish continues to live in her homeland. She is available on Facebook and has a passion for traveling and photography.

In 2017, Ikuyo traveled to the States to watch her son play in the All-Star game. She shared a gallery of images from the trip on her Facebook handle.

Yu Darvish mom Ikuyo Darvish pictured with her youngest son Kenta in 2016.( Source : twitter )

In 2019, Ikuyo took another trip to the US. This time, she visited San Francisco and shared images of the Golden Gate Bridge and the street train station, two places that Ikuyo wrote were unmissable if one took a trip to the Sunshine State.

On her Facebook handle, Ikuyo shared several posts about her son's onfield glory and off-field philanthropic work. The baseballer runs a Water Fund which provides clean drinking water to 11 developing countries worldwide.

Farsad Darvishsefat Is A Former Collegiate Soccer Player

Farsad was a competitive racer in motocross in high school.

Born and raised in Iran by a father who was a professional travel agent, Farsad was told to broaden his horizon. And because of that, Farsad traveled to the States to pursue higher education in 1977.

Farsad completed high school in Berkshire, Massachusetts, and later joined Eckerd College, where he played soccer. In an interview with ESPN, Farsad said there was some mistreatment towards him because of his ethnicity. This led him to be on the bench most of the time.

Yu Darvish dad Farsad(left) pictured with a friend in 2013 in a photo shared by Kenta on his Facebook handle. ( Source : facebook )

Farsad later joined Eastern Washington University and was a fan of the Seahawks. When he moved to Japan in 1982, he had to adjust to the new culture he wasn't quite familiar with.

After his son's birth, Farsad tried to learn Japanese, and growing up, Yu wasn't much exposed to his Israeli roots. The baseballer has visited Israel twice and considers himself 100% Japanese.

Yu Darvish speaking Farsi during interviews would be a dream come true for his fans. However, he currently uses an interpreter.

In Japan, Farsad has tried to honor his Israeli roots by opening Darvish Gallery. The gallery is located in Osaka and has several Persian arts on display.

Yu Darvish Brothers

Darvish has two brothers, Sho Darvish and Kenta Darvish. They grew up in Japan.

The two siblings of the baseball player have gained a massive following on social media, with Sho Darvish boasting a subscriber count of 200k on his YouTube channel.

Kenta Darvish Is Fighting Testicular Cancer

Kenta is the youngest brother of Yu at age 31. He is currently undergoing treatment for testicular cancer.

On his YouTube channel, in 2022, Kenta shared a video of him from the hospital bed in which he talked about his diagnosis.

Yu Darvish pictured with Kenta in March 2023 as he travels to visit his older brother during the WBC training camp.( Source : twitter )

Speaking to Yahoo! Japan, Ikuyo said doctors had permitted Kenta to visit Yu during the warm-up games before the WBC. On YouTube, Kenta shared a short video of him sitting at Kyocera Dome bleachers as he watched Team Japan prepare for the tournament.

Kenta had been diagnosed with cancer when he was 22 and had started anticancer drug treatment earlier this year in February. A former actor, Kenta, can be seen giving regular updates to his followers through YouTube shorts and Twitter.

Sho Darvish Has A Huge Following On YouTube

The middle child of the family, Sho Darvish, with his friends, has a following of 200k on YouTube. Even on Twitter, Sho has a massive following of 84k.

Most of Sho's YouTube videos are centered on him and his friends pulling pranks on each other. But things weren't always merry for Darvish's younger brother.

Kenta(right) pictured with his elder sibling Sho in a picture shared by him in March 2023.( Source : twitter )

Sho, age 33, has previously got into trouble with law enforcement and, in 2016, was convicted in Japan for gambling. Sho had reportedly made bets of roughly about $2.2 million on the baseball games.

This led to even Yu getting investigated, but the police didn't find any connection of the baseball player to any wrongdoings.

Yu Darvish Family

Yu Darvish family continues to live in Japan where the baseball player began his journey.

The star pitcher of MLB was born and raised in Japan and won several accolades in his country before he caught the eyes of the MLB scout. His father, Farsad, wanted his son to become a soccer player just like him, but Yu didn't have much interest in soccer.

Yu Darvish pictured in his Padres gear in his pitching action and on left side is his dad Farsad.( Source : instagram )

Farsad, who had traveled from Iran to the US for higher studies, met his future wife, Ikuyo, at Eckerd College. During his heyday, Farsad would compete in various sports, including motocross and soccer.

It didn't take much time for Farsad to realize that his son had huge potential in baseball. A baseball career that is now in its 17th year, Darvish's accomplishment also includes a museum in his name in Japan.

In the museum, baseball fans can compete against the baseball player in the game "Yu vs You." It also includes the T-ball participation trophies his dad and mom had kept.

Yu walks the red carpet of an event with his better half Seiko Darvish in 2022.( Source : instagram )

His two bros haven't followed in his footsteps and have forged careers in the entertainment industry. Sho and Kenta have YouTube channels, with Sho having a following of 200k.

The baseball player is married to Seiko Yamamoto, a former wrestler who is a four-time World Champion. In June 2022, a Reddit account reported that Seiko and Yu were expecting their seventh child.