Kazuya Fukuura

Kazuya Fukuura
Fukuura with the Chiba Lotte Marines
Chiba Lotte Marines – No. 9
First baseman
Born: (1975-12-14) December 14, 1975 (age 41)
Bats: Left Throws: Left
NPB debut
1997, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
NPB statistics (through 2016)
Batting average	.287
Home runs	117
RBI	905
Teams
Chiba Lotte Marines (1997–present)
Career highlights and awards
3× NPB All-Star (2000, 2004, 2005) 3× Golden Glove Award (2003, 2005, 2007) 1× Best Nine Award (2010) 1× PL Batting Champion (2001) 1× Japan Series Champion (2005, 2010)

Kazuya Fukuura (福浦 和也, born December 14, 1975 in Narashino, Chiba) is a Japanese professional baseball first baseman for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He began his career as a pitcher.

His play and build drew comparisons to former Chicago Cub Mark Grace.