# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mitsugi-saotome
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:16:52.323Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mitsugi-saotome"
name: "Mitsugi Saotome"
slug: "mitsugi-saotome"
description: "Mitsugi Saotome  is a Japanese aikido teacher currently living in the United States. He was a direct disciple of the founder of aikido, Morihei Ueshiba."
tagline: "Japanese aikidoka"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/Saotome-sensei.jpg/330px-Saotome-sensei.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1937-03-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.25
  momentum:             0.821917808219178
  historical:           6.146437333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5"
    title: "Мицуги Саотоме"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsugi_Saotome"
    title: "Mitsugi Saotome"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsugi_Saotome"
    title: "Mitsugi Saotome"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsugi_Saotome"
    title: "Mitsugi Saotome"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsugi_Saotome"
    title: "Mitsugi Saotome"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsugi_Saotome"
    title: "Mitsugi Saotome"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%8D%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8"
    title: "Саотомэ, Мицуги"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2614365"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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