# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takeharu-yamanaka
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:57:11.490Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takeharu-yamanaka"
name: "Takeharu Yamanaka"
slug: "takeharu-yamanaka"
description: "Takeharu Yamanaka  is a Japanese politician and current mayor of Yokohama, the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture. He defeated incumbent mayor Fumiko Hayashi in the 2021 Yokohama mayoral election. His independent campaign was supported by the Constitutional Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party, and the Communist Party of Japan. Yamanaka's campaign focused on the opposition for a planned integrated resort development and casino for the city which was to be built on Yamashita Pier, criticism against the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and additional sister city relationship with San Francisco, California."
tagline: "Japanese statistician and mayor of Yokohama"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yokohama_International_Film_Festival_2024_(53869369894).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1972-09-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.54
  momentum:             4.147465437788019
  historical:           6.848389333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/yamanaka_t48"
    handle:    "yamanaka_t48"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/yamanaka_takeharu.yokohama/"
    handle:    "yamanaka_takeharu.yokohama"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5I7g6nHo6r_F1zy8T-UFlA"
    handle:    "UC5I7g6nHo6r_F1zy8T-UFlA"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/100069277369021"
    handle:    "100069277369021"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://takeharu-yamanaka.yokohama/"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%AD%E7%AB%B9%E6%98%A5"
    title: "山中竹春"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeharu_Yamanaka"
    title: "Takeharu Yamanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeharu_Yamanaka"
    title: "Takeharu Yamanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeharu_Yamanaka"
    title: "Takeharu Yamanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeharu_Yamanaka"
    title: "Takeharu Yamanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%AD%E7%AB%B9%E6%98%A5"
    title: "山中竹春"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamanaka_Takeharu"
    title: "Yamanaka Takeharu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87616756"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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