# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akinori-otsuka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:04:09.509Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akinori-otsuka"
name: "Akinori Ōtsuka"
slug: "akinori-otsuka"
description: "Akinori Otsuka  is a Japanese former baseball pitcher who coaches for the Chunichi Dragons in Nippon Professional Baseball. He was the setup man for the San Diego Padres and the Texas Rangers. He was also the closer for Japan's 2006 World Baseball Classic–winning team."
tagline: "Japanese baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AkinoriOtsuka.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1972-01-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.35
  momentum:             13.18639798488665
  historical:           5.624526666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%A1%9A%E6%99%B6%E6%96%87"
    title: "大塚晶文"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "اكينورى اوتسوكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akinori_Otsuka"
    title: "Akinori Otsuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%A1%9A%E6%99%B6%E6%96%87"
    title: "大塚晶文"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%EC%93%B0%EC%B9%B4_%EC%95%84%ED%82%A4%EB%85%B8%EB%A6%AC"
    title: "오쓰카 아키노리"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akinori_Otsuka"
    title: "Akinori Otsuka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q848767"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump