# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hirokazu-ibata
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:15:09.434Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hirokazu-ibata"
name: "Hirokazu Ibata"
slug: "hirokazu-ibata"
description: "Hirokazu Ibata is a Japanese professional baseball coach and former player in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He was most recently the manager of the Japanese national baseball team, having stepped down from his position following Japan's elimination from the 2026 World Baseball Classic."
tagline: "Japanese former baseball player, coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E4%BA%95%E7%AB%AF%E5%BC%98%E5%92%8C_%E4%BA%95%E7%AB%AF%E5%BC%98%E5%92%8C%E3%81%AE%E5%A7%8B%E7%90%83%E5%BC%8F_%E7%AC%AC45%E5%9B%9E%E6%97%A5%E7%B1%B3%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E9%87%8E%E7%90%83%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E6%A8%A9%E5%A4%A7%E4%BC%9A%E7%AC%AC5%E6%88%A6_%E6%98%8E%E6%B2%BB%E7%A5%9E%E5%AE%AE%E9%87%8E%E7%90%83%E5%A0%B4_2025%E5%B9%B47%E6%9C%8813%E6%97%A5%E3%81%AE%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC_202507131702_DSCN5673.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1975-05-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.61
  momentum:             3.301904582311899
  historical:           5.307888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/hirokazu_ibata"
    handle:    "hirokazu_ibata"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVhXntGHOpB4vnfkBdN5HlA"
    handle:    "UCVhXntGHOpB4vnfkBdN5HlA"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ibatahirokazu82"
    handle:    "ibatahirokazu82"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://ibata-hirokazu.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirokazu_Ibata"
    title: "Hirokazu Ibata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "هيروكازو ايباتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%95%E7%AB%AF%E5%BC%98%E5%92%8C"
    title: "井端弘和"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%B0%94%ED%83%80_%ED%9E%88%EB%A1%9C%EC%B9%B4%EC%A6%88"
    title: "이바타 히로카즈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%95%E7%AB%AF%E5%BC%98%E5%92%8C"
    title: "井端弘和"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q845589"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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