# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/saki-kumagai
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:00:09.657Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/saki-kumagai"
name: "Saki Kumagai"
slug: "saki-kumagai"
description: "Saki Kumagai  is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or defender for Women's Super League club London City Lionesses and the Japan national team. A versatile defensive midfielder with keen sense of anticipation and exceptional tactical acumen, she is also able to be deployed as a central defender. She is regarded as one of the finest Asian female midfielders of all time. She is one of the most successful East Asian footballers, of any gender, at club and international level."
tagline: "Japanese association football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2019-05-17_Fu%C3%9Fball%2C_Frauen%2C_UEFA_Women's_Champions_League%2C_Olympique_Lyonnais_-_FC_Barcelona_StP_0622_LR10_by_Stepro_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1990-10-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.97
  momentum:             5.442003065917222
  historical:           22.99304266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kumagai1017/"
    handle:    "kumagai1017"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ساكي كوماجاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ساكى كوماجاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Saki Kumaqay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Saki Kumagai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki_Kumagaiov%C3%A1"
    title: "Saki Kumagaiová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Saki Kumagai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Saki Kumagai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Saki Kumagai"
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    title: "Saki Kumagai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Saki Kumagai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Saki Kumagai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Saki Kumagai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki_Kumagai"
    title: "Saki Kumagai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki_Kumagai"
    title: "Saki Kumagai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "סאקי קומאגאיי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kumagai Szaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Սակի Կումագաի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki_Kumagai"
    title: "Saki Kumagai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki_Kumagai"
    title: "Saki Kumagai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%86%8A%E8%B0%B7%E7%B4%97%E5%B8%8C"
    title: "熊谷紗希"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B5%AC%EB%A7%88%EA%B0%80%EC%9D%B4_%EC%82%AC%ED%82%A4"
    title: "구마가이 사키"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki_Kumagai"
    title: "Saki Kumagai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Saki_Kumagai"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220950"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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