Jordan Ikeda is a sports enthusiast and former sports editor who spent over a decade writing about sports and Asian America for the Rafu Shimpo, the oldest and largest Japanese newspaper in the U.S. He covered a variety of sports from youth leagues to the pros and everything in between. Career highlights include interviews with Dodgers Hiroki Kuroda, Takashi Saito and Kazuhisa Ishii, MLBer Kurt Suzuki, MLB head coaches Dave Roberts and Don Wakamatsu, Olympic gold medalist Bryan Clay, WTA star Kimiko Date Krumm, NCAA basketball coach Dave Yanai, USC point guard Jamie Hagiya, and 2010’s Crossfit champion Kristan Clever. Nowadays, he is doing his best as a #girldad to empower his daughter with both an appreciation of those who paved a path for her as well as the confidence to achieve her dreams.