<p><strong> The disappearance of a coach, the infidelity of a famous player, and a violent incident: &#8230;&#8230;. This season, the professional baseball world has been rocked by a number of troubles. This magazine has thoroughly covered the background of the incidents. We look back at the surprising special circumstances.</strong></p>
<h2>Ponta and Kadokura were seen camping out in a park in Yokohama.</h2>
<figure id="attachment_220152" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1817px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-220152"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="bb529328"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/12/a3694365e74326ccee395aa690df1876.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-220152" class="wp-caption-text">Ponta and Kadokura. Ponta, who had been abused by his owner, was taken into custody by Kadokura, who was involved in animal welfare activities (image provided).</figcaption></figure>
<p>The commotion began on May 15. Ken Kadokura, 48, a pitching coach for the second team of the Chunichi baseball team, was absent from practice on the same day without permission, left his smartphone and wallet behind, and went missing.</p>
<p><strong> When the police received a request from his family to look for him, they initially thought that he might have been involved in an incident. However, they later decided that it was a private matter and there was no case.</strong></p>
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<p>The &#8220;private matter&#8221; was the affair&#8230;. Kadokura had a mistress who lived in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. She was a fan of Chunichi and they had dated while Kadokura was working alone.</p>
<p>Still, was it really necessary for him to &#8220;disappear&#8221;? In fact, there was a certain incident that occurred just before that. A baseball team official told us.</p>
<p><strong> The husband of the mistress noticed her affair with Kadokura and filed a complaint with the team. When the team questioned him, Kadokura admitted it outright. Kadokura&#8217;s wife was furious. His disappearance followed.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>I wonder if Kadokura will ever tell the truth about this.</p>
<h2>An Affair on a Dining Out Expedition While Covid-19 Infection Was Spreading</h2>
<figure id="attachment_156184" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1896px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156184"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="b1039168"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/01/3165c7d53b6afba9ccc8f7248640256b.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-156184" class="wp-caption-text">During a trip to Sapporo in September of last year, when the outbreak of the disease was said to have occurred, Kiyota was enjoying a meal with an adulterous partner at a sushi restaurant in the city.</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong> He was madly in love with Ako,&#8221; she said. The reason why Aiko continued the relationship, knowing it was an affair, was because she was attracted to his passion.</strong></p>
<p>As for the current players, the infidelity of Ikuhiro Kiyota (35) of Lotte was revealed. Before the start of the season, a report in this magazine revealed his infidelity.</p>
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<p>Kiyota married his high school classmate in 2012 and has a child. Behind the scenes, he had been having a three-year affair with a beautiful woman who looked like Mirei Kiritani.</p>
<p>In addition, it was discovered that Kiyota was having another affair with another woman. As we all know, Kiyota&#8217;s contract with Lotte was terminated due to his repeated scandals.</p>
<figure id="attachment_156202" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1964px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156202"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="b4dd9c53"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/01/369afb64edb956e2adba428eaeada203.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-156202" class="wp-caption-text">An exchange on LINE between Kiyota and his adulterous partner on his way to Sapporo. He booked a restaurant for her and even took a hotel room for her.</figcaption></figure>
<p><a href="#" data-ident_hash="ce2940d6"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/01/35ea60958e24c83a5a89931d2095a990.jpg" alt=""></a></p>
<figure id="attachment_156190" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 2312px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156190"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="9b3b8380"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/01/6e19b823a79b9c8817ad53a51f552e54.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-156190" class="wp-caption-text">A letter that Kiyota wrote to his lover, Ako, during the declaration of the state of emergency last year. He wrote about his love for her on two sheets of paper.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_156211" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1964px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156211"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="2321ab84"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/01/7ea70a2d6e8de77ad23f169a9474300d.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-156211" class="wp-caption-text"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="6a968cbf"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/01/da965e8050237235f6532683029ad290.jpg" alt=""></a> An exchange after Kiyota&#8217;s infection was discovered in October last year. He asked Aiko, a close contact, to use a home test kit instead of going to the hospital.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_156243" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1792px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156243"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="42685e0c"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/01/b4d3c5ce41f8638eab0da0f122fd4f28.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-156243" class="wp-caption-text">Kiyota was stunned by this magazine&#8217;s direct attack. He repeatedly looked up to the heavens, sighed, and said, &#8220;This is not good&#8221; and &#8220;My life is over.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_156214" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1964px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156214"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="82c64d09"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/01/28be70b7d1087e56bcde60a5754aa83a.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-156214" class="wp-caption-text">He often reported how he was doing at games on LINE. When she was having a bad day, she would ask for advice from Aiko.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_156231" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 870px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156231"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="a9fe9789"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/01/6a728f4ff1a0d00875f4153ba356d03d.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-156231" class="wp-caption-text">The song &#8220;I wanted to meet you&#8221; in the top post is Kiyota&#8217;s appearance song, which he often listened to on road trips with Ako, and he changed it to his appearance song for her.</figcaption></figure>
<p><a href="#" data-ident_hash="64335216"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/01/82f3e271bc6e18f4c1f9e9ba01d522df.jpg" alt=""></a></p>
<figure id="attachment_156236" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 870px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156236"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="0b351386"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/01/faaabb21672ebc4f7399c81ed71536b6.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-156236" class="wp-caption-text">Kiyota writes about his love for Aiko on LINE. In the words, &#8220;Please get along with me as your boyfriend and girlfriend,&#8221; you can see how serious Kiyota is.</figcaption></figure>
<h2>Behavior that the baseball team considered problematic</h2>
<figure id="attachment_220153" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 851px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-220153"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="387dfa8f"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/12/36eb88032181aca105ccf3cedee28cdb.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-220153" class="wp-caption-text">In April of this year, Nakata injured his right eye. The specific cause is not known. He has been in a lot of trouble this season (Image: Kyodo News)</figcaption></figure>
<p>The incident took place behind the bench.</p>
<p>Before the exhibition match between Nippon-Ham and DeNA held in Hakodate, Hokkaido on August 4. Nippon-Ham&#8217;s leading gun, Sho Nakata (32), assaulted pitcher A, who was in his 20s.</p>
<p>A was a junior pitcher whom Nakata had taken a liking to, but he must have taken it too far. One day, when Nakata was tormenting him as usual, he protested against it. One day, when Nakata was tormenting him as usual, he rebelled against him, and Nakata got mad and put his hands on A.</p>
<p>The team took the situation seriously and announced the incident on August 11. Nakata was suspended indefinitely from all games for the first and second teams.</p>
<p>Behavior that used to be acceptable is now out of bounds in today&#8217;s world of strict compliance. Because of his lack of awareness, Nakata has put himself in a tight spot.</p>
<p>The players and coaches who poured oil on the fire of trouble because of their own laxity. Will they be able to reflect on the scandal and make the next season a year of recovery?</p>


 Toshikatsu Tanaka

 Kyodo News Co.

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