Koji Tsuzurabara (黒葛原 浩二, Tsuzurabara Koji; 2 October 1964[1][2]) is a Japanese volleyball coach who is the head coach of the Philippine women's club Farm Fresh Foxies of the Premier Volleyball League since 2026.
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.jpg) Tsuzurabara in 2025 with the Petro Gazz Angels | |||||||
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| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||
| Born | Koji Tsuzurabara 2 October 1964 | ||||||
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| Current team | Farm Fresh Foxies | ||||||
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Career
editEarly years
editTsuzurabara was a Hitachi Musashi women's team assistant coach under Olympic coach Shigeo Yamada.[3] From 1997 to 2008, Tsuzurabara has coached for various teams in the Asia-Pacific region; He was coach of Saudi Arabian club Al-Hedayah and New Zealand club Hamilton as well as the national teams of Burma, Malaysia, and Thailand's under-20 and under-21 programs.[3][4][5][6]
In 2008, Tsuzurabara became coach of the Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler of the V.Premier League in Japan.[3]
Chinese Taipei
editFrom 2019 to 2022, Tsuzurabara was head coach of the Chinese Taipei women's national team.[7] He led the squad which took part at the 2019 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup in Peru and the 2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup in the Philippines.[8][9] He also mentored the Chinese Taipei youth team which played in the 2019 Asian Women's U23 Volleyball Championship in Vietnam.[10]
Kinh Bắc Bắc Ninh
editTsuzurabara coached the under-19 team of Vietnamese club, Kinh Bắc Bắc Ninh which played as a guest team in the Philippine Premier Volleyball League's (PVL) 2024 Invitational Conference.[4][5]
Petro Gazz Angels
editTsuzurabara remained in the PVL after regular league club Petro Gazz Angels hired him in January 2024 ahead of the 2024 All-Filipino Conference.[4] He helped the team win the 2024 PNVF Champions League and the 2024–25 All-Filipino Conference title which is also the club's first-ever All-Filipino title.[1][11][12]
In July 2025, Tsuzurabara announced his resignation from Petro Gazz citing two "mistakes" and adviced the club not to hire foreign coaches.[13]
SG Hawks
editFarm Fresh Foxies
editIn January 2026, Tsuzurabara returned to the PVL to coach the Farm Fresh Foxies.[16]
Honours
editPetro Gazz:
References
edit- 1 2 Agcaoili, Lance (10 February 2024). "Petro Gazz's Japanese coach still learning PH style of play". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ↑ "Happy Birthday Coach Koji Tsuzurabara - Oct 2". Petro Gazz Angels. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2025 – via Facebook.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 1 2 3 Tanaka, Yuuko (17 April 2025). "病院チームに訪れた変化の兆し＝バレーＶプレミアリーグ" [Signs of changes for the hospital team - V. Premier League]. Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Petro Gazz signs Japanese tactician Koji Tsuzurabara as new head coach". Daily Guardian. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- 1 2 Dannug, Jonash (21 January 2024). "Petro Gazz taps Chinese-Taipei NT mentor as new head coach". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ↑ "Petro Gazz taps Japanese Koji Tsuzurabara as new head coach". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ↑ Co, Chris (23 January 2024). "Angels may bagong recruit, Japanese coach" [Angels has new recruits, Japanese coach]. Pang Masa (in Filipino). The Philippine Star. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ↑ "Team Profile - Chinese Taipei". FIVB Women Challenger Cup 2019. Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ↑ "2022年亞洲盃女子排球賽" [2022 Asian Cup Women's Volleyball] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Chinese Taipei Volleyball Association. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ↑ "DPR Korea First Team to Reach Top Eight at Asian Women's U23 Championship". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ↑ "Tsuzurabara finally makes some noise". Daily Tribune. 16 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ↑ Demigillo, Kiko (17 April 2025). "Remy Palma shares journey with KojI Tsuzurabara after Petro Gazz's historic PVL title". One Sport. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ↑ Garcia, John Mark (28 July 2025). "Coach Koji on sudden exit: 'I have no confidence in Petro Gazz'". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ Garcia, John Mark (29 August 2025). "Coach Koji Tsuzurabara's PH stint runs out of gas". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ Tolosa, James (28 August 2025). "Ex-Petro Gazz coach Koji Tsuzurabara takes short-term deal with Mongolia's SG Hawks". Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ Dannug, Jonash (9 January 2026). "Koji Tsuzurabara returns to PVL with Strong Group". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 9 January 2026.