# Tadao Takayama

> Japanese association football player (1904–1980)

**Wikidata**: [Q2311168](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2311168)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadao_Takayama)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/tadao-takayama

## Summary
Tadao Takayama (1904–1980) was a Japanese association football player. He is recorded as having affiliations with the University of Tokyo and appears in reference metadata as a notable historical individual with a Wikipedia entry titled "Tadao Takayama."

## Biography
- Born: 1904
- Nationality: Japan
- Education: University of Tokyo (affiliated)
- Known for: Japanese association football player (soccer)
- Employer(s): University of Tokyo; Tokyo University (affiliations listed)
- Field(s): Association football (soccer)
- Aliases: Takayama Tadao
- Wikipedia title: Tadao Takayama
- Wikidata description: Japanese association football player (1904–1980)
- Sitelink count: 52

## Contributions
The provided source material does not list specific papers, teams, matches, publications, founded organizations, patents, or other concrete outputs attributable to Tadao Takayama. His documented contributions in the source are limited to his identity as a Japanese association football player and his institutional affiliations (University of Tokyo; Tokyo University).

## FAQs
Q: Who was Tadao Takayama?
A: Tadao Takayama was a Japanese association football player born in 1904 and deceased in 1980. He is documented with affiliations to the University of Tokyo and appears on Wikipedia under the title "Tadao Takayama."

Q: When did Tadao Takayama live?
A: He lived from 1904 to 1980.

Q: Where was Tadao Takayama affiliated academically or institutionally?
A: He is listed as affiliated with the University of Tokyo and with Tokyo University.

Q: What is Tadao Takayama known for in records?
A: Records identify him primarily as an association football (soccer) player from Japan.

Q: Are there published works or documented sporting achievements listed for him in the provided source?
A: No. The provided source does not supply specific publications, match records, awards, or other detailed achievements.

Q: Under what other name might he appear in records?
A: He may appear under the alias "Takayama Tadao."

## Why They Matter
Tadao Takayama is preserved in reference metadata as a named individual in the history of Japanese association football. His inclusion in structured data and as a Wikipedia entry (title: "Tadao Takayama") with a sitelink count of 52 indicates a degree of documentary presence across knowledge repositories. That presence ensures his life and identity as a Japanese footballer remain part of the historical record for researchers tracing the players and institutional affiliations from Japan in the 20th century. The affiliations listed (University of Tokyo; Tokyo University) tie him to prominent Japanese academic institutions, situating him within institutional histories that span the period encompassing the Empire of Japan (an entity in the provided material dating from 1868 to 1947) and the later modern state of Japan.

## Notable For
- Being recorded as a Japanese association football player (1904–1980).
- Affiliation with the University of Tokyo (institution noted with inception date 1877-04-12 in the provided material).
- Listed affiliation with Tokyo University (entity data present in the source).
- Alias documented as "Takayama Tadao."
- Presence on Wikipedia under the title "Tadao Takayama."
- Appearing in structured metadata with a sitelink count of 52.
- Described in the source as a human and as part of Japan-related historical context, including connections to the Empire of Japan as an entity in the provided knowledge set.

## Body

### Identity and basic facts
- Name: Tadao Takayama.  
- Alias: Takayama Tadao.  
- Lifespan: 1904–1980.  
- Primary classification in source: association football player (soccer).  
- The source treats him as a human individual documented in knowledge bases and encyclopedic resources.

### Education and institutional affiliations
- The provided material lists the University of Tokyo among his affiliations. The University of Tokyo is shown in the source with an inception date of 1877-04-12 and is a national university in Tokyo, Japan.  
- Tokyo University is also listed among his affiliations in the source material; the source includes an inception reference for Tokyo University (value 1877-04-12) and the period "1877–1886" as part of the entity record.  
- These institutional links place Takayama within the context of Japan's major academic institutions as recorded in the supplied data.

### Field of activity
- Tadao Takayama is documented as working in association football, the organized sport commonly called soccer. The source explicitly classifies him under the "association football player" entity.

### Metadata and identifiers
- Wikipedia entry title (as provided): "Tadao Takayama."  
- Wikidata description (as provided): "Japanese association football player (1904–1980)."  
- Sitelink count recorded in the source: 52, indicating the number of interlanguage links or related wiki entries recorded for his article in the referenced datasets.

### Historical context
- The source material includes related entities that situate Takayama within national and historical frameworks: Japan (country entity) and the Empire of Japan (entity with inception 1868-01-03 and a stated historical span in the provided data). While the source does not state where or under which polity Takayama was born, his life years (1904–1980) overlapped with the period of the Empire of Japan (1868–1947) and with the modern constitutional state of Japan.

### Records and documented outputs
- The supplied material does not list team rosters, match appearances, goals, publications, awards, patents, companies, or other discrete outputs for Tadao Takayama. The only documented outputs in the source are his classification as an association football player and his institutional affiliations and identifiers (Wikipedia title, sitelink count, alias).

### Legacy and archival presence
- Takayama's archival footprint in the provided data is composed of: his Wikipedia article title; a Wikidata description identifying him as a Japanese association football player with birth and death years; institutional affiliations with major Japanese universities; and a sitelink count of 52 indicating cross-references in knowledge bases. These pieces of metadata form the basis for further research by historians, sports researchers, and archivists who might pursue team records or contemporaneous accounts not included in the present source.

### Summary of available facts (exhaustive)
- Full name and alias: Tadao Takayama; Takayama Tadao.  
- Lifespan: 1904–1980.  
- Nationality: Japan.  
- Occupation/field: Association football player (soccer).  
- Affiliations: University of Tokyo; Tokyo University.  
- University of Tokyo inception (as recorded in source): 1877-04-12.  
- Tokyo University inception reference in source: 1877-04-12 (with a period reference 1877–1886 in the provided dataset).  
- Wikidata/wikipedia metadata: wikipedia_title = "Tadao Takayama"; wikidata_description = "Japanese association football player (1904–1980)"; sitelink_count = 52.

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## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013