# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masato-yoshii
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:57:46.915Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masato-yoshii"
name: "Masato Yoshii"
slug: "masato-yoshii"
description: "Masato Yoshii , nicknamed \"Oiyan\", is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher, coach, and manager. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from 1985 to 2007 for the Kintetsu Buffaloes, Yakult Swallows, Orix BlueWave / Orix Buffaloes, and Chiba Lotte Marines. He also played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1998 to 2002 for the New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, and Montreal Expos."
tagline: "Japanese professional baseball player, MLB player, coach, manager"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Japan-Masato_Yoshii20230311.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1965-04-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.89
  momentum:             8.915747045732275
  historical:           8.262395999999999
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2949797/"
    handle:    "nm2949797"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E4%BA%95%E7%90%86%E4%BA%BA"
    title: "吉井理人"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A"
    title: "ماساتو يوشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%89"
    title: "ماساتو يوشى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masato_Yoshii"
    title: "Masato Yoshii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masato_Yoshii"
    title: "Masato Yoshii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E4%BA%95%E7%90%86%E4%BA%BA"
    title: "吉井理人"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%94%EC%8B%9C%EC%9D%B4_%EB%A7%88%EC%82%AC%ED%86%A0"
    title: "요시이 마사토"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masato_Yoshii"
    title: "Masato Yoshii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q487530"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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