# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yuta-watanabe
# Generated: 2026-08-31T15:57:52.431Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yuta-watanabe"
name: "Yuta Watanabe"
slug: "yuta-watanabe"
description: "Yuta Watanabe  is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Chiba Jets Funabashi of the B.League. He played college basketball in the United States for the George Washington Colonials, becoming the first Japanese-born student athlete to secure an NCAA Division I basketball scholarship. He was named Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year in 2018. He has also represented the Japan national team, helping them win the bronze medal at the 2013 East Asia Basketball Championship."
tagline: "Japanese basketball player"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1994-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    handle:    "yutawatanabe12"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/YutaWatanabeOfficial"
    handle:    "YutaWatanabeOfficial"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yuta Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump