Hiroyuki Oze (小瀬 浩之 Oze Hiroyuki , September 2, 1985 - February 5, 2010) was a Japanese baseball outfielder from Daitō, Osaka who played professionally for the Orix Buffaloes. He played two seasons for the club, hitting .262 in his rookie year in 2008[1] and .303 in 2009, his final professional season.[2] Before joining the Buffaloes, he played at Jinsei Gakuen High School and Kinki University, where he was drafted from in 2007.[2] Oze died on February 5, 2010 in an apparent suicide by jumping from the tenth floor of his hotel during Spring Training in Miyakojima, Okinawa.[2]