Hiroyuki Kobayashi (小林 宏之, 小林宏, Kobayashi Hiroyuki, Kobayashi-Hiro; born June 4, 1978) is a Japanese professional baseball right-handed pitcher. He played in the 2006 World Baseball Classic for Japan. As a relief pitcher Kobayashi throws a fastball that sits in 87-91 mph (tops out at 93 mph), silder, change-up, and an effective forkball as his out pitch.
Source: “Hiroyuki Kobayashi (baseball)”, English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), excerpt
