# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kotaro-matsushima
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:51:34.529Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kotaro-matsushima"
name: "Kotaro Matsushima"
slug: "kotaro-matsushima"
description: "Kotaro Munyaradzi Matsushima  is a professional rugby union player who plays as a fullback for Japan Rugby League One club Tokyo Sungoliath. Born in South Africa, he represents Japan at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds."
tagline: "South African-Japanese rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kotaro_Matsushima_190920a.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1993-02-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.53
  momentum:             0.5523551338529312
  historical:           8.378770666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kouta121315"
    handle:    "kouta121315"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/matsudesuyo/"
    handle:    "matsudesuyo"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Мацусима, Котаро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "كوتارو ماتسوشيما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B3tar%C3%B3_Macu%C5%A1ima"
    title: "Kótaró Macušima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotaro_Matsushima"
    title: "Kotaro Matsushima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotaro_Matsushima"
    title: "Kotaro Matsushima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotaro_Matsushima"
    title: "Kotaro Matsushima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dtar%C5%8D_Matsushima"
    title: "Kōtarō Matsushima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E5%B3%B6%E5%B9%B8%E5%A4%AA%E6%9C%97_(%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B0%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B)"
    title: "松島幸太朗 (ラグビー選手)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dtar%C5%8D_Matsushima"
    title: "Kōtarō Matsushima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19875405"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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