# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sachio-kinugasa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:36:32.256Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sachio-kinugasa"
name: "Sachio Kinugasa"
slug: "sachio-kinugasa"
description: "Sachio Kinugasa was a Japanese professional baseball third baseman for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Nippon Professional Baseball league from 1965 to 1987. He was nicknamed Tetsujin, meaning \"Iron Man\". He played in a record-breaking 2,215 consecutive games, having surpassed Lou Gehrig's record by 1987."
tagline: "Japanese baseball player (1947-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sachio_Kinugasa_(6432113305).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1947-01-18"
deathDate: "2018-04-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.066684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A1%A3%E7%AC%A0%E7%A5%A5%E9%9B%84"
    title: "衣笠祥雄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "ساكيو كينوجاسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachio_Kinugasa"
    title: "Sachio Kinugasa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachio_Kinugasa"
    title: "Sachio Kinugasa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachio_Kinugasa"
    title: "Sachio Kinugasa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A1%A3%E7%AC%A0%E7%A5%A5%E9%9B%84"
    title: "衣笠祥雄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B0%EB%88%84%EA%B0%80%EC%82%AC_%EC%82%AC%EC%B9%98%EC%98%A4"
    title: "기누가사 사치오"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinugasa_Sachio"
    title: "Kinugasa Sachio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q849010"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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