"We need to regain the trust of the fans as quickly as possible," Jubilo
Chairman Hiroshi Ukon was quoted as saying in Japanese media on Saturday.
"This sort of thing can never happen again. Kikuchi is 22-years-old and has a
long life ahead of him. If people can forgive him he can set out on the road to
rehabilitation."
Ukon himself will take a 20 percent pay cut for six months while similar
financial sanctions were imposed on other top Jubilo officials.
Kikuchi admitted to having sex with the high school student in a car in late
May, according to police reports. He was arrested after the girl reported the
case to the police with a wallet containing Kikuchi's driver's license.
Kikuchi, who was a member of Japan's 2004 Athens Olympics squad, tried to hand her 10,000 yen ($81) in cash, but left his wallet in the basket of her bicycle.
