Orix shortstop Kotaro Kurebayashi celebrated his 22nd birthday on February 7th. A so-called large shortstop who is 1.87 cm tall and weighs 94 kg, he played in 127 games last season and posted a batting average of.275, sixth in the Pacific League.
Kubayashi expressed his enthusiasm, saying, ''My goal is to be No. 3, and I want to have a season where I can gain the trust of the coach.'' And someday, I wantto be the RBI leader.''