# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takafumi-nishitani
# Generated: 2026-08-15T16:29:04.201Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takafumi-nishitani"
name: "Takafumi Nishitani"
slug: "takafumi-nishitani"
description: "Takafumi Nishitani  is a Japanese short track speed skater. He won a gold medal on the 500 m at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano."
tagline: "Japanese short track speed skater"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1979-01-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.59
  momentum:             0.6976744186046512
  historical:           14.613248
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "西谷岳文"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takafumi_Ni%C5%A1itani"
    title: "Takafumi Nišitani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takafumi_Nishitani"
    title: "Takafumi Nishitani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takafumi_Nishitani"
    title: "Takafumi Nishitani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takafumi_Nishitani"
    title: "Takafumi Nishitani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "تاکافومی نیشیتانی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takafumi_Nishitani"
    title: "Takafumi Nishitani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takafumi_Nishitani"
    title: "Takafumi Nishitani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takafumi_Nishitani"
    title: "Takafumi Nishitani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E8%B0%B7%E5%B2%B3%E6%96%87"
    title: "西谷岳文"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%88%EC%8B%9C%ED%83%80%EB%8B%88_%EB%8B%A4%EC%B9%B4%ED%9B%84%EB%AF%B8"
    title: "니시타니 다카후미"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takafumi_Nishitani"
    title: "Takafumi Nishitani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takafumi_Nishitani"
    title: "Takafumi Nishitani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takafumi_Nishitani"
    title: "Takafumi Nishitani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takafumi_Nishitani"
    title: "Takafumi Nishitani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8"
    title: "Ниситани, Такафуми"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%96%D1%81%D1%96%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%83%D0%BC%D1%96"
    title: "Нісітані Такафумі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1528810"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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