Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Tomoyuki Kubota - Tomoyuki Kubota ( born January 30 1981 in Yoshimi Hiki District Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese pitcher with the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He was selected as a member in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.
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Athlete