# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/naoki-sano
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:41:10.214Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/naoki-sano"
name: "Naoki Sano"
slug: "naoki-sano"
description: "Naoki Sano  is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist most notable for being the generational rival of legendary Japanese pro wrestler Jushin Liger. During the last years of his career he went by the name Takuma Sano ."
tagline: "Japanese professional wrestler"
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: "1965-02-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.719766666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/100003372163367"
    handle:    "100003372163367"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoki_Sano"
    title: "Naoki Sano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "ناوكي سانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "ناوكى سانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%90%E9%87%8E%E5%B7%A7%E7%9C%9F"
    title: "佐野巧真"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoki_Sano"
    title: "Naoki Sano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "نائوکی سانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6405567"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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