# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/saburo-kawabuchi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:55:57.274Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/saburo-kawabuchi"
name: "Saburo Kawabuchi"
slug: "saburo-kawabuchi"
description: "Saburo Kawabuchi  is a Japanese former footballer and football manager. He played for and managed the Japan national team. He is the founder and honorary chairman of the J.League. Between 2002 and 2008, he served as president of the Japan Football Association."
tagline: "Japanese association football player and manager"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sabur%C5%8D_Kawabuchi_20120316.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1936-12-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.44
  momentum:             15
  historical:           21.19814933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jtl_President"
    handle:    "jtl_President"
sources:
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    title: "Saburo Kawabuchi"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Saburó Kawabuči"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Saburo Kawabuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Saburo Kawabuchi"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabur%C5%8D_Kawabuchi"
    title: "Saburō Kawabuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Saburo Kawabuchi"
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    title: "سابورو کاوابوچی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabur%C5%8D_Kawabuchi"
    title: "Saburō Kawabuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabur%C5%8D_Kawabuchi"
    title: "Saburō Kawabuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saburo_Kawabuchi"
    title: "Saburo Kawabuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saburo_Kawabuchi"
    title: "Saburo Kawabuchi"
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    title: "Kavabucsi Szaburó"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2535466"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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