Yukinobu Kuroe

Yukinobu Kuroe was born in December 1938, which means he came of age in postwar Japan when professional baseball was less a sport than a lifeline — a way for a shattered country to feel something hopeful again. Standing 165 cm, he would've been on the shorter side even by the standards of his era, but that kind of player usually made up for it in footwork, instincts, and sheer stubbornness. He spent eleven seasons with the Yomiuri Giants before moving into coaching, and there's something I genuinely respect about ballplayers from that generation — they didn't have highlight reels or agents or social media, just the game and their grit. Kuroe feels like exactly that kind of guy: no flash, all substance.

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Yukinobu Kuroe is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder born on December 12, 1938, in Taipei and raised in Kagoshima Prefecture. He stands 165 cm tall. He played for the Yomiuri Giants from 1964 to 1974 and later worked as a coach, manager and commentator.

Name (English)

Yukinobu Kuroe

Name (Japanese)

黒江透修

Reading

くろえ ゆきのぶ

Born

December 12, 1938 (age 87)

Origin

Japan

Height

165cm

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Tiger

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BB%92%E6%B1%9F%E9%80%8F%E4%BF%AE
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11678394

Tags

• baseball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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