# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takayuki-morimoto
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:15:07.059Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takayuki-morimoto"
name: "Takayuki Morimoto"
slug: "takayuki-morimoto"
description: "Takayuki Morimoto  is a Japanese former professional footballer who plays as a second striker. He holds the record for the youngest Japanese player to make his professional debut, and the youngest scorer in J1 League history. Morimoto represented Japan at the 2004 and 2008 versions of the Toulon Tournament, the 2004 AFC Youth Championship, the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2010 FIFA World Cup."
tagline: "Japanese association football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Morimoto_UDI-CAT_4-2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1988-05-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.969533053082756
  historical:           21.42216133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "morimototaka9"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/morimototakayuki9/"
    handle:    "morimototakayuki9"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump