Shinji Kurano (倉野 信次, Kurano Shinji; born September 15, 1974 in Obata, Mie, Japan) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher, and current first squad pitching coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played in NPB for the Hawks from 1997 to 2007.
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