# Daisuke Matsuzaka

> The pitcher who won a World Series ring with Boston before most Americans had learned to pronounce his name - he'd already claimed World Baseball Classic MVP and carried Japan to the title the year prior, the first man to hold both trophies.

*Japanese professional baseball player, Major League Baseball player, baseball critic, baseball commentator*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/daisuke-matsuzaka

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1980-09-13
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born September 13, 1980, Matsuzaka earned the nickname "Monster of the Heisei Era" in Japan across 16 seasons in NPB with the Saitama Seibu Lions, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, and Chunichi Dragons. He represented Japan internationally, taking MVP honors at both the inaugural 2006 World Baseball Classic and its second edition, plus an Olympic bronze. The Red Sox brought him stateside in 2007 and he delivered immediately, winning the World Series in his first MLB season. He pitched seven years in the majors between Boston and the New York Mets, 23 seasons total as a professional. He works now as a baseball commentator, critic, reporter, and YouTuber.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 78.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 8.8 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 22.0 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 40.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 75.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 85.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #73
- **Category rank:** #199
- **Total followers across platforms:** 266,000

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/matsu_dice (@matsu_dice)
- **WEBSITE**: https://daisukematsuzaka18.jp/
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCynRI0Q6qUTGgzeRS8SiqGw (@@daisukematsuzaka18, 266,000 followers)

## Sources
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b1e52c9d-1ab8-4be3-935d-41fe90eff5e3)
- [دايسوك ماتسوزاكا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7)
- [Daisuke Matsuzaka](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka)
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- [Daisuke Matsuzaka](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka)
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- [松坂大輔](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E5%9D%82%E5%A4%A7%E8%BC%94)
- [마쓰자카 다이스케](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%93%B0%EC%9E%90%EC%B9%B4_%EB%8B%A4%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%A4%EC%BC%80)
- [Daisuke Matsuzaka](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka)
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- [Мацудзака, Дайсукэ](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%8D)
- [Daisuke Matsuzaka](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka)
- [Daisuke Matsuzaka](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Matsuzaka)
- [Matsuzaka Daisuke](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuzaka_Daisuke)
- [松坂大輔](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E5%9D%82%E5%A4%A7%E8%BC%94)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26121)

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