Koji Tsuzurabara
Japanese volleyball coach
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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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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
Early years
Tsuzurabara 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
From 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
Tsuzurabara 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
Tsuzurabara 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 advised the club not to hire foreign coaches.[13]
SG Hawks
Tsuzurabara was set to join the SG Hawks of the Mongolian Premier League on September 1, 2025.[14][15]
Farm Fresh Foxies
In January 2026, Tsuzurabara returned to the PVL to coach the Farm Fresh Foxies.[16]
Honours
Petro Gazz: