He earned the nickname Aki while in MLB. His nickname is Gan-chan in NPB.\n', '

Iwamura was born on February 9, 1979, in Uwajima, Japan, in Ehime Prefecture. He attended Uwajima Higashi High School. He played in the Philippines on the Japan National high school baseball team.\n', '

His older brother, Takashi Iwamura, was also a professional baseball player who spent two seasons in the Kintetsu Buffaloes\' farm system. Both were drafted in 1997.\n', '

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