{"id":708535,"date":"2026-05-25T17:39:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/708535\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T17:39:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:39:32","slug":"yomiuri-giants-manager-shinnosuke-abe-arrested-on-allegations-of-assaulting-18-year-old-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/708535\/","title":{"rendered":"Yomiuri Giants manager Shinnosuke Abe arrested on allegations of assaulting 18-year-old daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shinnosuke Abe, the manager of Nippon Professional Baseball\u2019s Yomiuri Giants, was arrested Monday after he allegedly assaulted his 18-year-old daughter during a dispute inside their Tokyo residence, <a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/spotlight\/society\/crime\/japan-pro-baseball-yomiuri-giants-manager-abe-arrested-for-assault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">per Nikkei Asia.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abe, 47, reportedly grew enraged while mediating an argument between his two teenage daughters, leading to the third-year skipper allegedly grabbing his eldest daughter and \u201cforcing her to the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told them to be quiet but they talked back to me and I got furious,\u201d Abe allegedly told police officers on the scene, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39481127\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/manager-shinnosuke-abe-looks-batting-128711699.jpg\" alt=\"Manager Shinnosuke Abe of the Yomiuri Giants watches batting practice.\" class=\"wp-image-39481127\"  \/>Shinnosuke Abe, the manager of Nippon Professional Baseball\u2019s Yomiuri Giants, was arrested for allegedly assaulting his teenage daughter. MLB Photos via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Abe\u2019s wife, his 18-year-old daughter and his 15-year-old daughter were all present during the dispute at their Shibuya Ward home.<\/p>\n<p>Tokyo Metropolitan Police officers administered a breathalyzer test on Abe before taking him into custody, but he was released shortly thereafter, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.co.jp\/articles\/1e324122735172f207e17d08648c7e7ebfb63a2b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to Yahoo Japan.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Giants CEO and team president Toru Kunimatsu issued a statement on Abe\u2019s arrest, calling it \u201cunacceptable\u201d and that the incident is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolence is unacceptable, and we take this matter extremely seriously,\u201d the statement read, per Yahoo Japan. \u201cWe apologize to all professional baseball personnel and fans for this serious incident that occurred on the eve of the interleague series. We will consider disciplinary action against Manager Shinnosuke Abe, including his future. From tomorrow onwards, Offensive Chief Coach Hideki Hashigami will serve as acting manager.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Giants are set to begin a three-game interleague matchup versus the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on Tuesday,<\/p>\n<p>Abe enjoyed a standout 19-year career as a player with the Giants before transitioning to the coaching side.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39481128\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shinnosuke-abe-10-hanshin-tigers-128711624.jpg\" alt=\"Shinnosuke Abe #10 of Hanshin Tigers batting during a friendly match.\" class=\"wp-image-39481128\"  \/>Abe enjoyed a standout playing career with the Giants, hitting 406 homers during his nearly two-decade run with the team. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The ex-catcher notched 406 home runs, 1,285 RBIs and 2,132 hits during his nearly two-decade career, winning the Central League Most Valuable Player award in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The former team captain\u2019s 406 homers rank third-most all-time in Giants history.<\/p>\n<p>Abe succeeded Tatsunori Hara as manager after the 2023 season and led the Giants to their first Central League pennant in four years in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shinnosuke Abe, the manager of Nippon Professional Baseball\u2019s Yomiuri Giants, was arrested Monday after he allegedly assaulted his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2302],"tags":[46876,5,2353,2352,185,4886],"class_list":["post-708535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-npb","tag-arrests","tag-baseball","tag-nippon-professional-baseball","tag-npb","tag-sports","tag-tokyo"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116636442154086233","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}