Hiroki Kuroda (黒田 博樹, Kuroda Hiroki?, born February 10, 1975) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He pitched in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp from 1997 through 2007 before playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers of MLB from 2008 through 2011.
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.
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