# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wataru-takeshita
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:32:40.858Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wataru-takeshita"
name: "Wataru Takeshita"
slug: "wataru-takeshita"
description: "Wataru Takeshita  was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Kakeya, Shimane and graduate of Keio University he was elected for the first time in 2000. His elder brother was former prime minister Noboru Takeshita."
tagline: "Japanese politician (1946-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wataru_Takeshita.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-11-03"
deathDate: "2021-09-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.57099466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.takeshita-wataru.com/"
sources:
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    title: "竹下亘"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "واتارو تكشيتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "واتارو تكشيتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wataru_Takeshita"
    title: "Wataru Takeshita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wataru_Takeshita"
    title: "Wataru Takeshita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wataru_Takeshita"
    title: "Wataru Takeshita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "竹下亘"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%A4%EC%BC%80%EC%8B%9C%ED%83%80_%EC%99%80%ED%83%80%EB%A3%A8"
    title: "다케시타 와타루"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wataru_Takeshita"
    title: "Wataru Takeshita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B8_%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B0"
    title: "วาตารุ ทาเกชิตะ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wataru_Takeshita"
    title: "Wataru Takeshita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshita_Wataru"
    title: "Takeshita Wataru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2484652"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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