# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kunimitsu-takahashi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:15:06.227Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kunimitsu-takahashi"
name: "Kunimitsu Takahashi"
slug: "kunimitsu-takahashi"
description: "Kunimitsu Takahashi  was a Japanese professional motorcycle road racer, racing driver, and team manager. Nicknamed \"Kuni-san\", he is known as the \"father of drifting\"."
tagline: "Japanese racing driver (1940-2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kunimitsu_Takahashi_1963.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1940-01-29"
deathDate: "2022-03-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.54872133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5593229/"
    handle:    "nm5593229"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kunimitsu Takahashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kunimitsu Takahashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kunimitsu Takahashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kunimitsu Takahashi"
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    title: "Kunimitsu Takahashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Такахаси, Кунимицу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kunimitsu Takahashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kunimicu Takahaši"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunimitsu_Takahashi"
    title: "Kunimitsu Takahashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunimitsu_Takahashi"
    title: "Kunimitsu Takahashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172252"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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