Ichiro "Iron" Maehara (November 14, 1909 – April 6, 1998), was a noted Hawaiian baseball player who played semipro ball and exhibition games against military teams and major leaguers when they came to Hawaii.
As he matured, he coached Island kids and the younger players on the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company (HC&S).
When the Dodgers signed Fernandez out of high school, Maehara became a full-time scout and he remained on the payroll until 1997, when he retired at the age of 87.
Maehara eventually became director of Maui County Parks and from 1971 to 1973 was responsible for developing a popular ballpark in Hawaii as part of the War Memorial Complex.
Fred Claire, Dodger general manager from 1987 to 1998, summed up the life of Iron Maehara neatly when he said, "We will miss him greatly.