# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akira-watanabe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:49:21.664Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akira-watanabe"
name: "Akira Watanabe"
slug: "akira-watanabe"
description: "Akira Watanabe  is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former holder of the Meijin, Kisei, Ōshō, Ōza, Kiō and Ryūō titles. He is also a Lifetime Kiō and a Lifetime Ryūō title holder."
tagline: "Japanese shogi player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Akira_Watanabe.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1984-04-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.48
  momentum:             3.563873067534582
  historical:           8.531446666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watanabe_Akira"
    title: "Watanabe Akira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A"
    title: "أكيرا واتانابي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Watanabe_(shogi)"
    title: "Akira Watanabe (shogi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Watanabe"
    title: "Akira Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Watanabe_(giocatore_di_shogi)"
    title: "Akira Watanabe (giocatore di shogi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%A1%E8%BE%BA%E6%98%8E_(%E6%A3%8B%E5%A3%AB)"
    title: "渡辺明 (棋士)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%99%80%ED%83%80%EB%82%98%EB%B2%A0_%EC%95%84%ED%82%A4%EB%9D%BC"
    title: "와타나베 아키라"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Vatanabe"
    title: "Akira Vatanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%8D%2C_%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Ватанабэ, Акира"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q866333"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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