Satoshi Kuroda

Satoshi Kuroda stands 189 cm, which is tall for anyone and unusually tall for an infielder. Born in Hyogo Prefecture in January 1975, he played professionally in Japan and later moved into coaching with the Saitama Seibu Lions. What strikes me is how thin the public record is on his playing years compared with what he does now. Japanese baseball produces a lot of players like this: solid, useful, never the headline, and then one day they are the person shaping the next generation in the batting cage at six in the morning. That second career often lasts far longer than the first. He was also once married to the actress Chiharu Niiyama, a detail that tends to follow him in Japanese media coverage, though it says little about the work itself. I would rather judge him by how many Lions infielders come out of his hands looking sharp.

Name (English)

Satoshi Kuroda

Name (Japanese)

黒田哲史

Reading

くろだ さとし

Born

January 11, 1975 (age 51)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rabbit

Origin

Kita-ku, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Height

189 cm

Occupation

baseball player

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi%20Kuroda
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BB%92%E7%94%B0%E5%93%B2%E5%8F%B2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11678581

Tags

• Hyōgo Prefecture
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-08-07

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.