Kyohei Muranaka (村中 恭兵, Muranaka Kyōhei, born October 25, 1987) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Auckland Tuatara of the Australian Baseball League (ABL). He previously played for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB).
Career
Tokyo Yakult Swallows selected him with the 1st selection in the 2005 NPB draft [jp].
On December 2, 2019, he become free agent. On December 4, 2019, Muranaka joined for the Auckland Tuatara for the Australian Baseball League (ABL). In nine regular season appearances for the Tuatara, he started five games, going 2-2 with a 2.73 ERA over 29⅔ innings.