# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shingo-takatsu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:35:01.343Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shingo-takatsu"
name: "Shingo Takatsu"
slug: "shingo-takatsu"
description: "Shingo Takatsu is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher and manager. He had a short stint with the Chicago White Sox where he was the closer for two seasons until struggles closing games ultimately led to his demotion to the minors. Despite being demoted in the summer of 2005, he received a World Series ring with the White Sox. He was signed by the New York Mets during the 2005 season, and he pitched in nine games for New York. After the 2005 season, he returned to the Nippon Professional Baseball."
tagline: "Japanese former professional baseball player, coach, manager talnet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shingo_Takatsu_on_May_14%2C_2006.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1968-11-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.117690666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/shingo_takatsu_official/"
    handle:    "shingo_takatsu_official"
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%B4%A5%E8%87%A3%E5%90%BE"
    title: "高津臣吾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "شينجو تاكاتسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingo_Takatsu"
    title: "Shingo Takatsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%B4%A5%E8%87%A3%E5%90%BE"
    title: "高津臣吾"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%A4%EC%B9%B4%EC%93%B0_%EC%8B%A0%EA%B3%A0"
    title: "다카쓰 신고"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingo_Takatsu"
    title: "Shingo Takatsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484114"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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