# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shota-imanaga
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:15:02.643Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shota-imanaga"
name: "Shōta Imanaga"
slug: "shota-imanaga"
description: "Shōta Imanaga , nicknamed \"The Throwing Philosopher\", and \"Mike Imanaga II\" is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars from 2016 to 2023. Imanaga is a two-time NPB All-Star and he led the Central League in strikeouts in 2023 before signing with the Cubs during the 2023–24 offseason. In his first season as a Cub, Imanaga was an All-Star."
tagline: "Japanese baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E6%A8%AA%E6%B5%9CDeNA%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E6%8A%95%E6%89%8B%E3%81%AE%E4%BB%8A%E6%B0%B8%E6%98%87%E5%A4%AA%E3%80%82%E6%A8%AA%E6%B5%9C%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A6%E3%80%82.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1993-09-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.673452
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/shotaimanaga/"
    handle:    "shotaimanaga"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14675203/"
    handle:    "nm14675203"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BB%8A%E6%B0%B8%E6%98%87%E5%A4%AA"
    title: "今永昇太"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "شوتا ايماناجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dta_Imanaga"
    title: "Shōta Imanaga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shota_Imanaga"
    title: "Shota Imanaga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BB%8A%E6%B0%B8%E6%98%87%E5%A4%AA"
    title: "今永昇太"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%A7%88%EB%82%98%EA%B0%80_%EC%87%BC%ED%83%80"
    title: "이마나가 쇼타"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dta_Imanaga"
    title: "Shōta Imanaga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22117936"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5830350"
    title: "Shota Imanaga"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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