# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hisashi-iwakuma
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:17:06.790Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hisashi-iwakuma"
name: "Hisashi Iwakuma"
slug: "hisashi-iwakuma"
description: "Hisashi Iwakuma  is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes from 2000 to 2004, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles from 2005 to 2011, and Yomiuri Giants in 2019, and all of his time in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners from 2012 to 2017. Iwakuma retired in 2020 due to lingering shoulder issues that had prevented him from playing that year."
tagline: "Japanese baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hisashi_Iwakuma.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1981-04-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.430509333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/hisashiiwakuma_21/"
    handle:    "hisashiiwakuma_21"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E9%9A%88%E4%B9%85%E5%BF%97"
    title: "岩隈久志"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "هيساشى ايواكوما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisashi_Iwakuma"
    title: "Hisashi Iwakuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "هیساشی ایواکوما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisashi_Iwakuma"
    title: "Hisashi Iwakuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E9%9A%88%E4%B9%85%E5%BF%97"
    title: "岩隈久志"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%99%80%EC%BF%A0%EB%A7%88_%ED%9E%88%EC%82%AC%EC%8B%9C"
    title: "이와쿠마 히사시"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisashi_Iwakuma"
    title: "Hisashi Iwakuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisashi_Iwakuma"
    title: "Hisashi Iwakuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisashi_Iwakuma"
    title: "Hisashi Iwakuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1148945"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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