# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takamoto-katsuta
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:24:00.244Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takamoto-katsuta"
name: "Takamoto Katsuta"
slug: "takamoto-katsuta"
description: "Takamoto \"Taka\" Katsuta is a Japanese rally driver who currently competes in the World Rally Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT with co-driver Aaron Johnston. Katsuta rose to prominence after taking a surprise victory in the WRC-2 class at the 2018 Rally Sweden. He achieved his first World Rally Championship podium in the 2021 Safari Rally, finishing in second place. He scored his first World Rally Championship rally win in the 2026 Safari Rally."
tagline: "Japanese rally driver (1993-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2023_Central_European_Rally_-_Katsuta_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1993-03-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.625
  historical:           13.20259866666667
  currentAttention:     0.6048387096774194
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  241
  category: 118
totalFollowers: 24900
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/TakamotoKatsuta"
    handle:    "TakamotoKatsuta"
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    handle:    "takamotokatsuta"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
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    handle:    "takamotokatsuta"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "TakamotoKatsutaOfficial"
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    handle:    "@takamotokatsutaofficial"
    followers: 24900
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    title: "Takamoto Katsuta"
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    title: "Takamoto Katsuta"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump