# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kei-igawa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:45:13.260Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kei-igawa"
name: "Kei Igawa"
slug: "kei-igawa"
description: "Kei Igawa  is a Japanese former left-handed pitcher. He played for the Hanshin Tigers and Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He led all pitchers in the Central League for strikeouts in 2002, 2004 and 2006. He also played in the 2006 Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series."
tagline: "Japanese baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kei_Igawa_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1979-07-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.360016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.k-igawa.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%95%E5%B7%9D%E6%85%B6"
    title: "井川慶"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "كى ايجاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_Igawa"
    title: "Kei Igawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_Igawa"
    title: "Kei Igawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%95%E5%B7%9D%E6%85%B6"
    title: "井川慶"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EA%B0%80%EC%99%80_%EA%B2%8C%EC%9D%B4"
    title: "이가와 게이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_Igawa"
    title: "Kei Igawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_Igawa"
    title: "Kei Igawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1040784"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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