# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-leitch
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:08:04.057Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-leitch"
name: "Michael Leitch"
slug: "michael-leitch"
description: "Michael Geoffrey Leitch  is a New Zealand-born Japanese professional rugby union player who plays as a number eight for Japan Rugby League One club Toshiba Brave Lupus. Born in New Zealand, he represents Japan at international level after qualifying on residency grounds."
tagline: "New Zealand-Japanese rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Leitch_2019.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: "1988-10-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.75
  momentum:             17.21052631578947
  historical:           8.079642666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/g_leitch"
    handle:    "g_leitch"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/michael_leitch/"
    handle:    "michael_leitch"
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Мајкл Лич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Leitch"
    title: "Michael Leitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Leitch"
    title: "Michael Leitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Leitch"
    title: "Michael Leitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Leitch"
    title: "Michael Leitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Leitch"
    title: "Michael Leitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Leitch"
    title: "Michael Leitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB"
    title: "リーチマイケル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%87%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Литч, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6832188"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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