Ichiro’s wife Yumiko Fukushima is a former sports reporter in Japan. Ichiro Suzuki and Yumiko Fukushima were married in Santa Monica, CA on December 3, 1999.
As part of his contract with the Seattle Mariners, Ichiro insisted on a clause being entered for private English lessons to be taught to both him and his wife.
The two reside in the same neighborhood as Bill Gates in Medina, WA.
