is a
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
professional
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...
catcher
Catcher is a Baseball positions, position in baseball and softball. When a Batter (baseball), batter takes their at bat, turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home plate, home) Umpire (baseball), umpire, and recei ...
who is currently a free agent. He has played in
Nippon Professional Baseball
or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''.
Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...
(NPB) for the
Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars and
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Kitahiroshima, HokkaidÅ. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the majority of their home games at ES CON Field Hokkaido. The Fighters also host a ...
.
Career
Yokohama BayStars
The are a professional baseball team in the Japan, Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its c ...
selected Kurobane with the third selection in the .
On May 25, 2008, Kurobane made his NPB debut.
On December 2, 2020, he become a free agent.
References
External links
NPB.com
1987 births
Living people
Baseball people from Yokohama
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters players
Japanese baseball players
Nippon Professional Baseball catchers
Yokohama BayStars players
Yokohama DeNA BayStars players
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