Hiroki Kuroda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Hiroki Kuroda

baseball player

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1975

Place of Birth: Suminoe-ku, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Hiroki Kuroda (?? ??, Kuroda Hiroki, born February 10, 1975) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher.
He pitched in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for Hiroshima Toyo Carp from 1997 to 2007 before playing in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2008 to 2011 and New York Yankees from 2012 to 2014.
After the 2014 season, he chose to return to the Carp to finish out his career. In NPB, Kuroda won the Best Nine Award in 2005 and was NPB ERA Champion in 2006.
He also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with the Japanese national baseball team. Kuroda was appointed UNITAR Goodwill Ambassador on 14 September 2015.