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right kitakyushu , fukuoka prefecture pitcher 4 december 1965 tsuyoshi yoda
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tsuyoshi yoda

tsuyoshi yoda -lrb- 与田 剛 , born december 4 , 1965 -rrb- is a japanese professional baseball player and coach .
yoda played for the chunichi dragons of nippon professional baseball , debuting in 1990 .
after the 1990 season , yoda played on a team of japanese all-stars , opposing american all-stars .
in 1996 , he signed with the san diego padres of major league baseball , and played in minor league baseball for the memphis chicks of the class aa southern league .
however , elbow injuries limited him .
he returned to japan to play for the nippon ham fighters of npb in 1999 .
yoda served as a coach for the japanese national baseball team in the 2009 world baseball classic .
he works as an analyst on baseball broadcasts for nhk .
