Osaka Evessa president Motofumi Iguchi has been forced to resign without ever presiding over a game, The Japan Times has learned.
An announcement is expected after the Bon holiday period. The Evessa team offices are closed this week.
Iguchi's unprecedented departure due to "philosophical differences," was the way a longtime team insider described the situation. Pressed for more details, the insider said it boiled down to this: how Iguchi wanted to run the team and how Human Holdings Co., Ltd., the team's parent company, wanted him to do his job.