# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kyuji-fujikawa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:05:59.128Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kyuji-fujikawa"
name: "Kyuji Fujikawa"
slug: "kyuji-fujikawa"
description: "Kyuji Fujikawa  is a Japanese former professional baseball relief pitcher who currently serves as the manager for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played in NPB for the Hanshin Tigers from 2000 to 2012 and 2016 to 2020, and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers from 2013 to 2015. As of 2026, Fujikawa ranks in NPB's top ten in both career saves and career holds, a distinction shared only with Naoya Masuda."
tagline: "Japanse baseball pitcher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kyuji_Fujikawa_on_October_9%2C_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1980-07-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.832475219782144
  historical:           9.185634666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kyuji22fujikawa"
    handle:    "kyuji22fujikawa"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/fujikawa_kyuji22/"
    handle:    "fujikawa_kyuji22"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7tOXB0x7yfESq6WPkA11g"
    handle:    "UCz7tOXB0x7yfESq6WPkA11g"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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sources:
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    title: "Kyuji Fujikawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كيوچى فوچيكاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کیوجی فوجیکاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyuji_Fujikawa"
    title: "Kyuji Fujikawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%97%A4%E5%B7%9D%E7%90%83%E5%85%90"
    title: "藤川球児"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "후지카와 규지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyuji_Fujikawa"
    title: "Kyuji Fujikawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyuji_Fujikawa"
    title: "Kyuji Fujikawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%97%A4%E5%B7%9D%E7%90%83%E5%85%92"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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