# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-tanabe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:19:19.625Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-tanabe"
name: "David Tanabe"
slug: "david-tanabe"
description: "David Michael Tanabe is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. Tanabe was drafted in the first round, 16th overall, by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 1999 NHL entry draft. After being forced into early retirement due to an injury, he now works for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program."
tagline: "American ice hockey player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1980-07-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.76
  momentum:             9.599343185550083
  historical:           5.481462666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tanabe"
    title: "David Tanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8"
    title: "ديڤيد تاناب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tanabe"
    title: "David Tanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Танабе, Дэвид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tanabe"
    title: "David Tanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tanabe"
    title: "David Tanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q377217"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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