# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hiroshi-mikitani
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:48:49.397Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hiroshi-mikitani"
name: "Hiroshi Mikitani"
slug: "hiroshi-mikitani"
description: "Hiroshi Mikitani  is a Japanese billionaire business magnate and writer. He is the founder and CEO of Rakuten, Inc. He is also the president of Crimson Group, chairman of the football club Vissel Kobe, chairman of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and a board member of Lyft and The Thacher School."
tagline: "Founder of Rakuten"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hiroshi_Mikitani_at_the_37th_G8_Summit_in_Deauville_033.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1965-03-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.89
  momentum:             18.13191489361702
  historical:           14.87764933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 250
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/hmikitani"
    handle:    "hmikitani"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hiroshi Mikitani"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hiroshi Mikitani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Mikitani"
    title: "Hiroshi Mikitani"
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    title: "Hiroshi Mikitani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump