# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norifumi-yamamoto
# Generated: 2026-09-02T07:59:55.503Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norifumi-yamamoto"
name: "Norifumi Yamamoto"
slug: "norifumi-yamamoto"
description: "Norifumi Yamamoto  was a Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer who competed in the bantamweight division of the UFC. He quickly gained popularity in the Shooto organization due to his aggressive, well-rounded style and controversial persona. He moved on to K-1 Hero's, where he became the K-1 Hero's 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Tournament Champion in December, 2005 after defeating Genki Sudo via a controversial TKO due to punches."
tagline: "Japanese martial artist (1977–2018)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gJgZcFZkp0O0oKAl1FHc3nftq9J.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1977-03-15"
deathDate: "2018-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.556869333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/KID_KRAZYBEE"
    handle:    "KID_KRAZYBEE"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kid_yamamoto/"
    handle:    "kid_yamamoto"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5273626/"
    handle:    "nm5273626"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norifumi_Yamamoto"
    title: "Norifumi Yamamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كيبون ياماموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norifumi_Yamamoto"
    title: "Norifumi Yamamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "نوریفومی یاماموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norifumi_Yamamoto"
    title: "Norifumi Yamamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norifumi_Yamamoto"
    title: "Norifumi Yamamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norifumi_Yamamoto"
    title: "Norifumi Yamamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E6%9C%AC%E5%BE%B3%E9%83%81"
    title: "山本徳郁"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ямамото, Норифуми"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3343678"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/558248"
    title: "Norifumi Yamamoto"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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