Hiroyuki Kobayashi (baseball)

Hiroyuki Kobayashi (小林 宏之, 小林宏) 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.