# Shinji Kagawa

> Japanese association football player

**Wikidata**: [Q154708](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154708)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinji_Kagawa)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/shinji-kagawa

## Summary
Shinji Kagawa is a Japanese association football player. Born 17 March 1989, he has been active in his professional career since 2006 and is recorded across numerous international databases and authority files, indicating broad recognition in sports and reference resources.

## Biography
- Born: 1989-03-17
- Nationality: Japan
- Known for: Professional association football player
- Field(s): Association football (soccer)
- Work period start: 2006

## Contributions
The provided source material does not list specific publications, founded companies, patents, products, or named projects authored or led by Shinji Kagawa. His documented contributions in the source are his activity and recognition as a professional association football player and the existence of an official website and multiple international database records and identifiers.

## FAQs
- Who is Shinji Kagawa?
  - Shinji Kagawa is a Japanese association football player recorded in multiple international reference and sports databases.

- When was Shinji Kagawa born?
  - He was born on 17 March 1989.

- What is Shinji Kagawa's nationality?
  - He is a citizen of Japan.

- How tall is Shinji Kagawa and what is his listed weight?
  - His recorded height is 175.0 (units per source) and his recorded weight is 68.0 (units per source).

- What are Shinji Kagawa’s names and aliases?
  - His native name is 香川 真司. Alternate forms include 香川真司 and the romanized alias Kagawa Shinji. Katakana form is カガワ シンジ.

- Where can I find Shinji Kagawa online?
  - His official website is http://www.kagawashinji.com/. He is also represented across many external databases and social/usernames (see detailed identifiers).

- When did Shinji Kagawa begin his professional career?
  - The source lists his work period start as 2006.

- Is there a Wikipedia entry or broad web presence for Shinji Kagawa?
  - Yes. The wikidata description is "Japanese association football player", the wikipedia title is "Shinji Kagawa", and the item has a sitelink count of 70.

## Why They Matter
Shinji Kagawa’s significance in the available source material comes from his role as a professional Japanese association football player and the broad bibliographic and online footprint that accompanies that role. The presence of many international identifiers, usernames, and database records (including authority files and sports-related external IDs) shows that he is a subject of sustained public and reference interest. Without this documented presence across authoritative files and databases, it would be harder for researchers, fans, and reference services to unambiguously identify and consolidate records about him.

## Notable For
- Birth date: 17 March 1989.
- Occupation: Association football player (Wikidata occupation Q937857).
- Citizenship: Japan (Wikidata Q17).
- Work period start recorded as 2006.
- Physical statistics recorded in the source: height 175.0 and weight 68.0.
- Official web presence: http://www.kagawashinji.com/.
- Multiple name forms recorded: 香川 真司 (native name), カガワ シンジ (katakana), 香川真司 (alternative script), and Kagawa Shinji (alias).
- Extensive representation across databases: sitelink_count 70 and numerous external identifiers (see Body).

## Body

### Identity and Names
- Full romanized name: Shinji Kagawa.
- Native name (kanji): 香川 真司 (property P1559).
- Alternative native script: 香川真司 (property P6900; also P11408).
- Katakana transcription: カガワ シンジ (property P1814).
- Known alias: Kagawa Shinji.
- Other recorded name forms and shortnames include entries such as "shinjikagawa" and "shinji-kagawa" among external identifiers.

### Birth and Basic Facts
- Date of birth: 1989-03-17 (property P569).
- Instance: human (Wikidata instance_of Q5).
- Nationality / Citizenship: Japan (Wikidata citizenship Q17).

### Physical Characteristics
- Height: 175.0 (property P2048 as provided in the source).
- Weight: 68.0 (property P2067 as provided in the source).

### Professional Role and Timeline
- Occupation: association football player (Wikidata occupation Q937857).
- Work period start: 2006 (property work_period_start: +2006-00-00T00:00:00Z).
- Description on Wikidata: "Japanese association football player" (wikidata_description).

### Official Website and Web Presence
- Official website: http://www.kagawashinji.com/.
- Wikipedia title recorded: Shinji Kagawa.
- Sitelink count recorded: 70, indicating broad interwiki and web presence.

### Identifiers, Handles, and External Database Records
The source lists a broad set of Wikidata properties and external identifier values. These are provided here verbatim as recorded in the source material:
- P18: Shinji Kagawa 2018 (cropped).jpg
- P214: 305101236
- P349: 001141947
- P373: Shinji Kagawa
- P569: +1989-03-17T00:00:00Z
- P646: /m/0479g94
- P1285: 01000008047
- P1447: ka/shinji-kagawa-1
- P1469: 268596
- P1559: 香川 真司
- P1618: 8
- P1814: カガワ シンジ
- P2002: S_Kagawa0317
- P2003: sk23.10
- P2013: shinjikagawa
- P2020: shinji-kagawa
- P2048: 175.0
- P2067: 68.0
- P2193: 51081
- P2276: 250021739
- P2369: 25072
- P2446: 81785
- P2448: 2169138
- P2458: 50685
- P2574: 26186
- P2924: 5415527
- P3047: 38091
- P3417: Shinji-Kagawa
- P3427: kagawa/19317
- P3502: shinji-kagawa0317
- P3537: 36521
- P3538: kagawashinji
- P3565: 8645
- P3655: 93208
- P3665: 36343
- P3681: 102139
- P5421: 47372
- P5750: 5afafbfe
- P6188: 59103
- P6640: 1340075
- P6900: 香川真司
- P8286: 111289
- P8309: 18-146313
- P8687: 1564434.0, 1498086.0, 1507456.0, 1486860.0
- P8912: shinji-kagawa
- P11408: 香川真司
- P12302: 34853
- P12539: 4538
- P12551: 231797
- P12567: 5831
- P12606: 23623
- P12608: 27462
- P13901: j25072_shinji-kagawa

(These entries correspond to the set of external identifiers, usernames, authority file numbers, and other database-specific codes provided in the source material. They are reproduced here exactly as presented.)

### Media and Commons
- Commons category (property P373): Shinji Kagawa.
- Primary image file (property P18): "Shinji Kagawa 2018 (cropped).jpg".

### Metadata and Reference Counts
- Wikidata sitelink_count: 70 (indicates number of linked wiki pages across languages and projects).
- Wikipedia page title: "Shinji Kagawa" (wikipedia_title).
- Wikidata item short description: "Japanese association football player" (wikidata_description).

### Summary of What Is Not Present in Source Material
- The source does not provide named employers or clubs, match records, statistics, awards, publications, patents, founded organizations, degrees, or places of birth. It also does not list specific career milestones, honors, or match-by-match outcomes. All such items are therefore not included because they are not present in the provided material.

### Consolidated factual snapshot
- Name forms: Shinji Kagawa; 香川 真司; 香川真司; カガワ シンジ; Kagawa Shinji.
- Birth date: 1989-03-17.
- Nationality: Japan.
- Occupation: Association football player; active since 2006.
- Height and weight: 175.0 and 68.0 (as recorded).
- Official website: http://www.kagawashinji.com/.
- Extensive external-database presence with numerous identifiers (see Identifiers section).

This entry is compiled strictly from the supplied source material and lists all provided properties, identifiers, and factual values without addition or extrapolation.

## References

1. Virtual International Authority File
2. Transfermarkt
3. Argentine Soccer Database
4. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
5. Quora