A teacher who is an adviser to the volleyball club at a prefectural high school in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of injury for throwing a ball at the face of a female member and injuring her.
The teacher said that he had led the volleyball club of the prefectural high school to the national tournament several times so far.
The person who was arrested was Tetsutaro Kuniyasu (50), a teacher at Matsudo High School in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, who is an advisor to the volleyball club. There is a suspicion of injury for throwing the ball at his face multiple times and causing injuries such as bruising.
When a female member made a mistake in play, she reported the damage to the police on the same day, saying that she was hit by the ball from a short distance.
According to the Chiba Prefectural High School Athletic Federation Volleyball Specialist Department, the teacher has made the prefectural high school volleyball club, which he had taught several times, participate in the national tournament.
The police are investigating the details of the investigation, saying that they have denied some of the charges.
The teacher was disciplined on the 22nd of this month for corporal punishment of female members.