# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/minoru-iwata
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:23:40.682Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/minoru-iwata"
name: "Minoru Iwata"
slug: "minoru-iwata"
description: "Minoru Iwata  is a Japanese baseball pitcher from Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan and he currently plays for the Hanshin Tigers. He was a member of the Japan team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic."
tagline: "Baseball pitcher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HT-Minoru-Iwata20110310.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1983-10-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.73
  momentum:             2.072763028515241
  historical:           5.887670666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/minoru.iwata21_official/"
    handle:    "minoru.iwata21_official"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoru_Iwata"
    title: "Minoru Iwata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A9)"
    title: "مينورو ايواتا (لاعب كرة قاعدة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "مينورو ايواتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E7%94%B0%E7%A8%94"
    title: "岩田稔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E7%94%B0%E7%A8%94"
    title: "岩田稔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%99%80%ED%83%80_%EB%AF%B8%EB%85%B8%EB%A3%A8"
    title: "이와타 미노루"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q848251"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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