# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masahiko-yamada
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:04:11.122Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masahiko-yamada"
name: "Masahiko Yamada"
slug: "masahiko-yamada"
description: "Masahiko Yamada  is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet between 1993 and 1996, and between 2003 and 2012. A native of Fukue, Nagasaki, a Roman Catholic, and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after unsuccessful runs in 1979, 1986 and 1990. Before running for office, he worked as a rancher and a lawyer."
tagline: "Japanese politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Masahiko_Yamada.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-04-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.9
  momentum:             7.69159124501407
  historical:           6.569477333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 21
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/yamabiko048"
    handle:    "yamabiko048"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/masahiko.yamada.125"
    handle:    "masahiko.yamada.125"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://yamabiko2000.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCt3RjF1W30nXKdhX9DUdaQ"
    handle:    "@yamadamasahikoch"
    followers: 21
sources:
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%BC%EB%A7%88%EB%8B%A4_%EB%A7%88%EC%82%AC%ED%9E%88%EC%BD%94"
    title: "야마다 마사히코"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "ماساهيكو يامادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "ماساهيكو يامادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masahiko_Yamada"
    title: "Masahiko Yamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masahiko_Yamada"
    title: "Masahiko Yamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masahiko_Yamada"
    title: "Masahiko Yamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E7%94%B0%E6%AD%A3%E5%BD%A6_(%E6%94%BF%E6%B2%BB%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "山田正彦 (政治家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464164"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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