Overview
- An internal investigation found entrenched hierarchies and collective punishments that led to a specific student being ostracized, which the school termed structural bullying.
- The withdrawal covers the 104th All Japan High School Soccer Championship scheduled to start on December 28.
- The boys’ soccer team’s training will resume only on campus, with all external matches and events halted until the end of December.
- The Miyagi Prefecture Football Association said the handling of the prefecture’s representative spot following Sendai Ikuei’s withdrawal remains undecided.
- The case centers on a third-year player who was subjected to inappropriate behavior by multiple teammates within the boys’ soccer program.