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The story
Kudo Kimiyasu, the newly appointed manager of the Chunichi Dragons, became a hot topic on 5ch after a video surfaced of him sternly grilling one of his pitchers. The thread title flatly declared it “harassment, right out of the gate,” but the actual comments inside are split on that call. Kudo is known from his playing days in Seibu’s golden era for brutal practice regimens, and some see this latest coaching moment as simply his trademark style — while others push back hard with “this isn’t something you do in the Reiwa era.” Where exactly the line falls between coaching a professional ballplayer and workplace harassment became the thread’s central debate.
What people said
If you don't even know what "dopagaki" means, you shouldn't just throw it around carelessly.
It's embarrassing to watch.
Even during the Japan Series, they'd practice late into the night after games.
Which makes it even more messed up that middle/high schoolers — who are literally paying (tuition) — get brutally worked over instead.
Speaking of which, whatever happened with Koryo? (a high school hit by a bullying/violence scandal)
No wonder the team's been stuck in the basement.
This is just him shifting up a gear.
He's not even yelling.
They pulled the same move to run Yamada out.
Since when is telling a pro baseball player who gets PAID to play baseball to "take it seriously and practice" considered harassment?
These guys aren't weekend hobbyists.
Everyone's gonna leave 🥺
Then the good people of "Nagoya Prefecture" won't have the Dragons to fill the void anymore. (joke — there's no such thing as Nagoya Prefecture; Nagoya is a city in Aichi)
Up through Yoda's tenure, even as the team got weaker, the defense still carried Ochiai's legacy and stayed solid.
But under Tatsunami, even the defense completely fell apart.
Way too much whiplash.
I mean, is post Re: #1 even that strict?
He's training the coaches too, you know.
The coaching staff is just as rotten as the front office.
The only ones worth trusting are the guys Kudo brings in himself, or ones who shape up and get on board.
You need to work through how to actually get him throwing properly together with him.
Look closer.
Kudo isn't barking orders like "throw it" or "no good."
He's asking "…is that right?" in question form — basically telling him to actually think it through himself.
No, that's not a genuine question.
That's a reprimand.
Nothing wrong with a reprimand.
> how to actually get him throwing properly
There's no way he doesn't already know that (and if he genuinely doesn't, he should just get cut).
That's just because you're the type who hears what someone says and doesn't think any further about it.
Kudo's "think it through in practice too" already carries the implied "is that really good enough? keep this up and you're getting cut."
Young players got to play loose and relaxed.
Heck, he didn't even get mad when he got teased over the 🍚 rice incident or his "battle face."
Kudo style versus Tatsu style — not sure which one's "correct," but one thing's for sure: the Tatsu style clearly wasn't working for a ChuNiDora team on a straight line into the dark ages.
I mean, they'd even play "Tatsu" in the locker room. (apparently a nod to how laid-back Tatsunami's locker room atmosphere was)
Honestly made me realize he's got a surprisingly big heart.
Background and Key Points of the Debate
What sparked the discussion was a clipped video of newly appointed manager Kudo addressing a pitcher, just as he’s taken the reins of a struggling team — the clip doesn’t convey the context before or after the remark, nor the broader flow of practice. In the thread, one camp argued that “professional ballplayers signed high-paying contracts, so tough demands are only natural,” while the other countered that this is “an old-school coaching style out of step with the Reiwa era.” Kudo has been known since his Seibu days for brutal practice regimens, and many commenters read this latest moment as simply an extension of that personal style — though it’s worth noting that a short clip alone can’t settle whether he was actually shouting or what his real intent was. The contrast with previous manager Tatsunami, whose coaching style was seen as comparatively gentle, also helped fuel the debate.
※This article is compiled as an excerpt/summary from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Breaking] Kudo Kimiyasu, Already Facing Harassment Allegations“.
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