# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yuji-hirayama
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:01:22.540Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yuji-hirayama"
name: "Yuji Hirayama"
slug: "yuji-hirayama"
description: "Yuji Hirayama is a Japanese rock climber specializing in lead climbing competitions. He won two Lead World Cups, in 1998 and in 2000. He is notable for being the first-ever climber to onsight an 8c (5.14b) route, and for his various speed records on El Capitan."
tagline: "Japanese rock climber"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yuji_Hirayama_-_TEDxTokyo_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1969-02-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.69
  momentum:             0.2670623145400594
  historical:           8.127182666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/yuji_hirayama_stonerider/"
    handle:    "yuji_hirayama_stonerider"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5975639/"
    handle:    "nm5975639"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuji_Hirayama"
    title: "Yuji Hirayama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BAd%C5%BEi_Hirajama"
    title: "Júdži Hirajama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABji_Hirayama"
    title: "Yūji Hirayama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuji_Hirayama"
    title: "Yuji Hirayama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuji_Hirayama"
    title: "Yuji Hirayama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuji_Hirayama"
    title: "Yuji Hirayama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABji_Hirayama"
    title: "Yūji Hirayama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E5%B1%B1%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8"
    title: "平山ユージ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q947601"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1403133"
    title: "Yuji Hirayama"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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