# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yoshimitsu-yamada
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:15:55.567Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yoshimitsu-yamada"
name: "Yoshimitsu Yamada"
slug: "yoshimitsu-yamada"
description: "Yoshimitsu Yamada   was a Japanese-American aikido teacher. He was ranked eighth dan in the Aikikai. He was chief instructor at the New York Aikikai, and president of the United States Aikido Federation (USAF)."
tagline: "Japanese aikidoka (1938–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yoshimitsu_Yamada_Sensei.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1938-02-17"
deathDate: "2023-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.346257333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E7%94%B0%E5%98%89%E5%85%89"
    title: "山田嘉光"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "يوشيميتسو يامادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshimitsu_Yamada"
    title: "Yoshimitsu Yamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshimitsu_Yamada"
    title: "Yoshimitsu Yamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshimitsu_Yamada"
    title: "Yoshimitsu Yamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshimitsu_Yamada"
    title: "Yoshimitsu Yamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshimitsu_Yamada"
    title: "Yoshimitsu Yamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q949165"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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