# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masao-ohba
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:52:03.505Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masao-ohba"
name: "Masao Ohba"
slug: "masao-ohba"
description: "Masao Ohba  was a Japanese professional boxer. He became the WBA flyweight World Champion on October 22, 1970, defeating the reigning champion Berkrerk Chartvanchai in Tokyo and retained the championship for an impressive 5 title straight defenses. He died in a car accident at 23, still holding his world title. He was trained by Isamu Kuwata.He is Soh Ohba's uncle. Soh's adoptive father is Masao's younger brother, Isaburo Ohba, who is 5 years younger than him. Since 1994, Isaburo has served as the chairman of the Japan Renewal Party Yokohama City Rental Supporting Members Liaison Committee, the assistant secretary general of the New Frontier Party_(Japan)(NFP) Kanagawa Prefectural Union, and a temporary staff member of the NFP successor party."
tagline: "Japanese boxer (1949–1973)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/Masao.Ohba.jpeg"
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: "1949-10-21"
deathDate: "1973-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.21
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.420098666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B0_%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B0"
    title: "มาซาโอะ โอบะ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "ماساو أوبا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_%C5%8Cba"
    title: "Masao Ōba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_Ohba"
    title: "Masao Ohba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_Ohba"
    title: "Masao Ohba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_%C5%8Cba"
    title: "Masao Ōba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_%C5%8Cba"
    title: "Masao Ōba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%A0%B4%E6%94%BF%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "大場政夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BE"
    title: "Оба, Масао"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1980437"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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