Masahide Kobayashi

Japanese baseball player
Person human Q487645
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Masahide Kobayashi

Summary

Masahide Kobayashi is a human[1]. Born in Ōtsuki-shi[2], he… he was born on +1974-05-24T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a baseball player[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month, #7,282 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Born in Ōtsuki-shi[2], Masahide Kobayashi…
  • Masahide Kobayashi was born on +1974-05-24T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Masahide Kobayashi held citizenship in Japan[6].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's professions included baseball player[4].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's image is recorded as Masahide Kobayashi.jpg[7].
  • Masahide Kobayashi is recorded as male[8].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's instance of is recorded as human[9].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's member of sports team is recorded as Cleveland Guardians[10].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's Commons category is recorded as Masahide Kobayashi[11].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's position played on team / speciality is recorded as pitcher[12].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's sport is recorded as baseball[13].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02r84kz[14].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's family name is recorded as Kobayashi[15].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's given name is recorded as Masahide[16].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's participant in is recorded as 2004 Summer Olympics[17].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Japanese[18].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID is recorded as ko/masahide-kobayashi-1[19].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's country for sport is recorded as Japan[20].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '小林雅英'}[21].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's name in kana is recorded as こばやし まさひで[22].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's Baseball Reference major league player ID is recorded as k/kobayma01[23].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's Baseball Reference minor & foreign league player ID is recorded as kobaya002mas[24].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's Instagram username is recorded as masahide_kobayashi30[25].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+182'}[26].
  • Masahide Kobayashi's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+89'}[27].

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Origins and Family

Born in Ōtsuki-shi[2], Masahide Kobayashi… he was born on +1974-05-24T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

Masahide Kobayashi's professions included baseball player[4].

Why It Matters

Masahide Kobayashi ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month, #7,282 of 1,000,298).[5] He has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

Where was Masahide Kobayashi born?

Masahide Kobayashi was born in Ōtsuki-shi[2].

What did Masahide Kobayashi do for work?

Masahide Kobayashi worked as baseball player[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . ESPN Major League Baseball. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . npb.jp. Retrieved . npb.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . MLB.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . npb.jp. Retrieved . npb.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . npb.jp. Retrieved . npb.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · TSUBAME98 · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mass {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+89'}
    Member of sports team Cleveland Guardians
    Sex or gender male
    Position played on team / speciality pitcher
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P54]]: [[Q484151]]"
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