# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/osamu-watanabe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:07:16.389Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/osamu-watanabe"
name: "Osamu Watanabe"
slug: "osamu-watanabe"
description: "Osamu Watanabe  was a Japanese freestyle wrestler. In 1962, he debuted internationally and was the reigning world champion, when he capped off his career with a gold medal for Japan in freestyle wrestling at the 1964 Olympics, retiring from competition shortly afterwards as the only undefeated Olympic champion to date at 189–0. He is considered one of the best wrestlers in Olympic history."
tagline: "Japanese wrestlers (1940–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Osamu_Watanabe_1964c.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1940-10-21"
deathDate: "2022-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.95
  momentum:             4.56
  historical:           15.28653866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "渡边长武"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "أوسامو واتانابي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Osamu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Osamu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Watanabe"
    title: "Osamu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Watanabe"
    title: "Osamu Watanabe"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Watanabe"
    title: "Osamu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اوسامو واتانابه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Watanabe"
    title: "Osamu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatanabe_Oszamu"
    title: "Vatanabe Oszamu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Watanabe"
    title: "Osamu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "와타나베 오사무 (레슬링 선수)"
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    title: "Ватанабэ Осамү"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Osamu Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ватанабэ, Осаму"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Osamu Watanabe"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump