It wasn’t just the power harassment issue: …… Rakuten feared Tomohiro Anraku’s “woman scandal”.

On November 30, former Rakuten pitcher Tomohiro Anraku (27) was accused of power harassment by several current players, and on November 30, team president Tomoyuki Morii (49) held a press conference to apologize, and Anraku was released from his contract on December 1.

The team held the press conference reluctantly because the press had been making strong requests for a sincere response from the team on a daily basis. I heard that the person who resisted until the very end was the head of public relations, who decided to remain silent and let his subordinates explain the situation, despite the fact that some denounced the team’s handling of the scandal during the press conference. (A staff member of a sports program at a Tokyo-based TV station)

At the press conference, team president Morii stated, “Yasuraku has offered to apologize directly to the players,” but team officials have rejected the offer, saying that it could cause secondary damage.

Many of the players have rejected the offer, saying, ‘I don’t even want to see his face. Rather than apologies from Anraku, the team should investigate whether other current players and officials are complicit in the power harassment. Senior director Kazuhisa Ishii (50), who was in charge of organization and field supervision, should also be held accountable for his management.