<figure id="attachment_424287" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-424287" style="width: 2963px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="d2ad9c78"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/05/b5a5439858979e341333c098698af057.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-424287" class="wp-caption-text">Okoye had high expectations when he first joined the team. However, with the recent scandalous revelations, his current situation is grim.</figcaption></figure>
<h3><span class="strongInContent"> Documented for using on-campus casinos</span></h3>
<p> On May 8, Rui Okoye, 27, of the professional baseball team Giants, and others were sent to prosecutors on suspicion of accessing online casino sites operated overseas and gambling. Okoye began using online casinos in 2009 when he was a Rakuten player, and it is even possible that he had become a &#8220;habitual gambler. The &#8220;handcuffs&#8221; that were discovered in his 10th year as a professional baseball player, a milestone in his career, have pushed Okoye&#8217;s professional baseball career to the brink of extinction.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> On February 20 of this year, Okoye &#8220;turned himself in&#8221; immediately after the team called for him to voluntarily report the incident. He has also reportedly complied with all the records of his history and bank account usage. In his 10th year as a professional baseball player, he has been in great form in open games this season. With veteran player Maru (Yoshihiro Maru, 36) out of the lineup, he won a spot in the first team lineup for the season opener. However, his batting average plummeted to .133 in 11 games. On the 18th of last month, he was demoted to the Second Baseball League.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The reason for his sudden inability to hit was right elbow pain that began in mid-April. On the 2nd of this month, he announced that he had surgery. He is supposed to be in the rehabilitation team this season. He seems to be very depressed because he has been referred to the police.</span></p>
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<p> Okoye is one of the most physically gifted players in professional baseball, and in addition to his strong shoulder that can throw 120 meters with ease, he boasts a quick foot speed of 5.96 seconds over 50 meters and eyesight of over 2.0. There is one person who has fallen in love with this talent. He is the former manager Tatsunori Hara (66).</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Mr. Hara paid a surprise visit to Okoye at his team press conference in December 2010, when he was selected in the current draft. This had never happened before. Okoye was overjoyed by this. Mr. Hara was very pleased with Okoye&#8217;s base running in the practice game against Rakuten, and said, &#8220;That was great. （We&#8217;ll help you (to make a big leap forward with the Giants)! He encouraged Okoye by saying, &#8220;We&#8217;ll help you (to make a big leap with the Giants)!</span></p>
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<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" Concerned relationship with manager Abe"></div>
<h3><span class="strongInContent">If anything, it gives me a reason not to use him</span>.&#8221;</h3>
<p> Needless to say, Okoye has become a Hara child. In fact, Okoye&#8217;s wildness was well-known in the Pacific League. A reporter for Rakuten said, &#8220;Okoye has been a maverick since he came of age.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Okoye was a smoker at the stadium after he became an adult, and he always bought a luxury car that was not commensurate with his salary. It is a well-known story that his manager at the time, Kazuhisa Ishii, told him that his way of thinking was too lenient. So Okoye came to the conclusion that he wanted to move to Rakuten, and halfway through his resignation, he made a direct appeal.</span></p>
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<p> It would have been nice if former manager Hara&#8217;s encouragement had awakened Okoye, but his &#8220;get-tuned&#8221; mentality has remained unchanged from his days at Rakuten. He sometimes complained about the Giants&#8217; strict discipline, saying, &#8220;Don&#8217;t wear earrings or anything like that. In December 2010, allegations surfaced that he attended an anti-company banquet. Even so, the baseball team had continued to cover for Okoye without punishing him, claiming that there was no fact or recognition that he had been involved with anti-social forces such as gangs.</p>
<p> The scandal has flared up again, but this time without the &#8220;backing&#8221; of manager Hara. Furthermore, Shinnosuke Abe, 46, does not have a high opinion of Okoye.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> From Abe&#8217;s point of view, he would like to have a &#8220;right-handed substitute&#8221; in the lineup, but Okoye is not that type of player,&#8221; said Hara. And he suddenly had surgery on his right elbow, which is said to be broken. This is a big deal.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Although the relationship between Abe and former manager Hara is not bad, it is by no means a honeymoon. From Director Abe&#8217;s point of view, Okoye, with his former manager Hara&#8217;s strong coloring, was never an interesting person. I think he may even think that the revelation of the scandal has given him a reason not to use him publicly. There is a possibility that he will be &#8220;removed from the force&#8221; of the Giants in the future. But even if that happens, no team would want to acquire Okoye now.</span></p>
<p> The cost of the scandal is likely to be too great.</p>
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 Rui Okoye of the Giants has been arrested for using online casinos overseas. Former manager Hara is said to have highly valued his ability, but it seems that his "real relationship" with current manager Abe is not good. ......

Rui Okoye, who is in a tight spot due to the prosecution of his use of the Onkazi, and his “real relationship” with Director Abe.

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