# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kyohei-yamashita
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:59:22.808Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kyohei-yamashita"
name: "Kyohei Yamashita"
slug: "kyohei-yamashita"
description: "Kyohei Yamashita  is a Japanese badminton player from Okayama Prefecture. Competing in the doubles event, he reached a career-high world ranking of No. 13 in mixed doubles and No. 17 in men's doubles. He is a member of the Japanese national team and plays for the NTT East team. Yamashita won a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the 2021 World Championships with partner Naru Shinoya. In men's doubles, he finished as runners-up at the 2026 India Open and the 2025 Japan Masters, and also won four International Challenge/Series titles between 2019 and 2024. Yamashita represented Japan in team competitions, winning bronze medals at the 2022 Asian Games and the Sudirman Cup in 2023 and 2025."
tagline: "Japanese badminton player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%8B%E6%81%AD%E5%B9%B32025%E5%8F%B0%E5%8C%97%E5%85%AC%E9%96%8B%E8%B3%BD.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1998-10-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.76
  momentum:             4.342105263157896
  historical:           5.014508
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyohei_Yamashita"
    title: "Kyohei Yamashita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyohei_Yamashita"
    title: "Kyohei Yamashita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyohei_Yamashita"
    title: "Kyohei Yamashita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%8B%E6%81%AD%E5%B9%B3"
    title: "山下恭平"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%8B%E6%81%AD%E5%B9%B3"
    title: "山下恭平"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66490727"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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