# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/naoto-watanabe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:39:56.466Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/naoto-watanabe"
name: "Naoto Watanabe"
slug: "naoto-watanabe"
description: "Naoto Watanabe  is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder who currently serves as a coach for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played in NPB for the Golden Eagles, Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars, and Saitama Seibu Lions."
tagline: "Japanese baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20120503_Naoto_Watanabe%2C_infielder_of_the_Yokohama_DeNA_BayStars%2C_at_Yokohama_Stadium.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1980-10-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.86
  momentum:             4.304376224689746
  historical:           5.824346666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/naoto_w26"
    handle:    "naoto_w26"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/naotowatanabeofficial"
    handle:    "naotowatanabeofficial"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoto_Watanabe"
    title: "Naoto Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A"
    title: "ناوتو واتانابي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%89"
    title: "ناوتو واتانابى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%A1%E9%82%8A%E7%9B%B4%E4%BA%BA"
    title: "渡邊直人"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%A1%E8%BE%BA%E7%9B%B4%E4%BA%BA"
    title: "渡辺直人"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%99%80%ED%83%80%EB%82%98%EB%B2%A0_%EB%82%98%EC%98%A4%ED%86%A0"
    title: "와타나베 나오토"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1153899"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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