FORMER PVL champion coach Hideo Suzuki was arrested in Japan on charges of committing acts of obscenity towards an unnamed female acquaintance.
A report from the Mizushima Police Station cited a 48-year-old man who formerly coached a Japanese volleyball club, eventually identified as 2023 PVL Invitational champion Kurashiki Ablaze, as the primary suspect now under police custody.
The incident was said to have taken place on May 17 this year, some time in the afternoon at a room located at the southern Okayama Prefecture.
Charges were filed by the victim six days later.
Suzuki denied the charges, citing how he ‘does not remember’ any of the accusations thrown at him.
It was because of ‘undisclosed investigations’ as to why Kurashiki withdrew from the 2025 Invitational Conference at the last minute.
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Ablaze CEO Koshichi Tanabe said that all the necessary internal measures and fact-finding efforts are being done by team management since learning about the charges.
Suzuki resigned from the team two days ago.
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