# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masaharu-taguchi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:53:51.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masaharu-taguchi"
name: "Masaharu Taguchi"
slug: "masaharu-taguchi"
description: "Masaharu Taguchi  was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. At the 1936 Olympics, he won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m relay, setting a new world record. In the individual 100 m race, he finished almost simultaneously with Masanori Yusa and Shigeo Arai and was placed fourth, although photographs suggest he was second."
tagline: "Swimmer (1916–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Masanori_Yusa%2C_Masaharu_Taguchi_1936.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1916-01-09"
deathDate: "1982-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.75
  momentum:             26.01101494885917
  historical:           14.40612
  currentAttention:     5.720000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Масахару Тагучи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماساهارو تاجوشى"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taguchi_Masaharu"
    title: "Taguchi Masaharu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaharu_Taguchi"
    title: "Masaharu Taguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaharu_Taguchi"
    title: "Masaharu Taguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%88%DA%86%DB%8C"
    title: "ماساهارو تاگوچی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaharu_Taguchi"
    title: "Masaharu Taguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaharu_Taguchi"
    title: "Masaharu Taguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaharu_Taguchi"
    title: "Masaharu Taguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E5%8F%A3%E6%AD%A3%E6%B2%BB"
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    title: "Masaharu Taguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaharu_Taguchi"
    title: "Masaharu Taguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaharu_Taguchi"
    title: "Masaharu Taguchi"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83"
    title: "Тагути, Масахару"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "田口正治"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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