# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masaaki-higashiguchi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:39:58.967Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masaaki-higashiguchi"
name: "Masaaki Higashiguchi"
slug: "masaaki-higashiguchi"
description: "Masaaki Higashiguchi  is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Gamba Osaka and the Japan national football team. He previously played for Albirex Niigata."
tagline: "Japanese association football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Masaaki_Higashiguchi_20180612_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1986-05-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.93
  momentum:             15
  historical:           21.47852133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/hi_five21"
    handle:    "hi_five21"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/higashiguchi_official/"
    handle:    "higashiguchi_official"
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    title: "Higasigucsi Maszaaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماساکی هیقاشیقوچی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Масаакі Хігасігуці"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Масааки Хигашигучи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Masaaki Higashiguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Masaaki Higashiguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Higashiguchi"
    title: "Masaaki Higashiguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Higashiguchi"
    title: "Masaaki Higashiguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Higashiguchi"
    title: "Masaaki Higashiguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Higashiguchi"
    title: "Masaaki Higashiguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Higashiguchi"
    title: "Masaaki Higashiguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماساکی هیگاشیگوچی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Higashiguchi"
    title: "Masaaki Higashiguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Higashiguchi"
    title: "Masaaki Higashiguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "מסאקי היגאשיגוצ'י"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Higashiguchi"
    title: "Masaaki Higashiguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210054"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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