[{"person_id": "takaichi_sanae", "name_ja": "高市早苗", "name_en": "Takaichi Sanae", "country": "JP", "role": "Prime Minister", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "総理大臣の給料は法律で決まっていて、高市さんの年収は手当やボーナスを含めて約4,061万円。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 40610000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2024, "unit_notes": "annual total incl. monthly base salary (2,016,000 JPY), regional allowance (403,200 JPY), and 期末手当 bonus (3.4 months)", "source_url": "https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/gaiyou/jimu/jinjikyoku/files/20241225_tokubetsushoku_kyuyo.pdf", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Statutory salary under 特別職の職員の給与に関する法律. Because the PM is conventionally a sitting Diet member, the rate held at the pre-Reiwa-6-amendment level applies (令和6年法律第73号附則第2条); the unadjusted schedule would be ~41,230,000 JPY/year. Cabinet Secretariat (内閣官房) table dated 2024-12-25; no newer public table found."}, {"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 8225280, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2024, "unit_notes": "期末手当 (bonus) portion only, 3.4 months of base salary + regional allowance; already included in the 40,610,000 JPY annual total above", "source_url": "https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/gaiyou/jimu/jinjikyoku/files/20241225_tokubetsushoku_kyuyo.pdf", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Bonus component of PM salary calculated from the 2024-12-25 Cabinet Secretariat table (3.4-month multiplier applied to base+regional allowance)."}, {"figure_type": "disclosed_assets", "amount": 32060000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "one-time disclosed asset snapshot (自己申告), ranked 10th of 19 cabinet members", "source_url": "https://www.nippon.com/ja/japan-data/h02634/", "source_type": "official_disclosure", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Takaichi Cabinet asset disclosure (launched Oct 21, 2025), reported by nippon.com/Jiji citing the government's official 資産等報告書. Caveats: land/buildings valued at fixed-asset-tax assessment (not market value); ordinary bank deposits excluded; stock holdings disclosed by share count/company name only, not yen value; excludes golf memberships, vehicles, art."}], "role_ja": "内閣総理大臣", "role_en": "Prime Minister of Japan", "headline_en": "The Prime Minister's salary is set by law, and Takaichi's yearly pay is about ¥40.61 million with allowances and bonus."}, {"person_id": "motegi_toshimitsu", "name_ja": "茂木敏充", "name_en": "Motegi Toshimitsu", "country": "JP", "role": "Minister for Foreign Affairs", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "国務大臣の給料は法律で決まっていて、茂木さんの年収は約2,961万円。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 29610000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2024, "unit_notes": "annual total incl. monthly base salary (1,470,000 JPY), regional allowance (294,000 JPY), and 期末手当 bonus (3.4 months)", "source_url": "https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/gaiyou/jimu/jinjikyoku/files/20241225_tokubetsushoku_kyuyo.pdf", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Statutory 国務大臣 (Minister of State) salary under 特別職の職員の給与に関する法律; rate for ministers who are also sitting Diet members (held at pre-2024-amendment level). Applies to any cabinet minister, not unique to Motegi."}, {"figure_type": "disclosed_assets", "amount": 193970000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "one-time disclosed asset snapshot", "source_url": "https://www.nippon.com/ja/japan-data/h02634/", "source_type": "official_disclosure", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Takaichi Cabinet asset disclosure. Same caveats as Takaichi row: fixed-asset-tax valuation for real estate, deposits excluded, stocks by share count only."}], "role_ja": "外務大臣", "role_en": "Foreign Minister of Japan", "headline_en": "Cabinet ministers' pay is set by law; Motegi earns about ¥29.61 million a year."}, {"person_id": "katayama_satsuki", "name_ja": "片山さつき", "name_en": "Katayama Satsuki", "country": "JP", "role": "Minister of Finance", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "国務大臣の給料は法律で決まっていて、片山さんの年収は約2,961万円。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 29610000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2024, "unit_notes": "annual total incl. monthly base salary (1,470,000 JPY), regional allowance (294,000 JPY), and 期末手当 bonus (3.4 months)", "source_url": "https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/gaiyou/jimu/jinjikyoku/files/20241225_tokubetsushoku_kyuyo.pdf", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Same statutory 国務大臣 rate as all cabinet ministers appointed from among Diet members."}, {"figure_type": "disclosed_assets", "amount": 139660000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "one-time disclosed asset snapshot", "source_url": "https://www.nippon.com/ja/japan-data/h02634/", "source_type": "official_disclosure", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Takaichi Cabinet asset disclosure. Same caveats as above rows."}], "role_ja": "財務大臣", "role_en": "Minister of Finance of Japan", "headline_en": "A cabinet minister's salary is set by law, and Katayama's yearly pay is about ¥29.61 million."}, {"person_id": "hayashi_yoshimasa", "name_ja": "林芳正", "name_en": "Hayashi Yoshimasa", "country": "JP", "role": "Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "林さんの給料の記録は今回はないが、2025年の資産公開では約1億5,088万円の資産を持っていると報告された。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "disclosed_assets", "amount": 150880000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "one-time disclosed asset snapshot", "source_url": "https://www.nippon.com/ja/japan-data/h02634/", "source_type": "official_disclosure", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Takaichi Cabinet asset disclosure. Same caveats as above rows."}], "role_ja": "総務大臣", "role_en": "Japan's Internal Affairs Minister", "headline_en": "There's no salary figure for Hayashi this time, but his 2025 asset disclosure listed about ¥150.88 million in assets."}, {"person_id": "koizumi_shinjiro", "name_ja": "小泉進次郎", "name_en": "Koizumi Shinjiro", "country": "JP", "role": "Minister of Defense", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "小泉さんは2025年の資産公開で、閣僚19人の中で最も多い約2億7,248万円の資産を持っていると報告された。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "disclosed_assets", "amount": 272480000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "one-time disclosed asset snapshot; highest of 19 Takaichi cabinet members", "source_url": "https://www.nippon.com/ja/japan-data/h02634/", "source_type": "official_disclosure", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Media reporting notes Koizumi himself is listed with no personal assets; the disclosed total is registered entirely under his wife's name. Same disclosure caveats apply (fixed-asset-tax valuation, deposits excluded, stocks by share count only)."}], "role_ja": "防衛大臣", "role_en": "Defense Minister of Japan", "headline_en": "In Japan's 2025 asset disclosure, Koizumi reported about ¥272 million, the most of the 19 cabinet ministers."}, {"person_id": "akama_jiro", "name_ja": "赤間二郎", "name_en": "Akama Jiro", "country": "JP", "role": "Chairman, National Public Safety Commission", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "赤間さんは2025年の資産公開で、約1億1,991万円の資産を持っていると報告された。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "disclosed_assets", "amount": 119910000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "one-time disclosed asset snapshot", "source_url": "https://www.nippon.com/ja/japan-data/h02634/", "source_type": "official_disclosure", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Takaichi Cabinet asset disclosure. Same caveats as above rows."}], "role_ja": "国家公安委員会委員長", "role_en": "Chair, National Public Safety Commission", "headline_en": "In Japan's 2025 asset disclosure, Akama was reported to have about ¥119.91 million in assets."}, {"person_id": "aisawa_ichiro", "name_ja": "逢沢一郎", "name_en": "Aisawa Ichiro", "country": "JP", "role": "Member, House of Representatives", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "国会議員の歳費(給料)は法律で決まっていて、逢沢さんの歳費は年約1,553万円(このほかに調査研究広報滞在費という手当が別にある)。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 15528000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2023, "unit_notes": "歳費 (base salary) annual total only: 1,294,000 JPY/month x 12; excludes 期末手当 bonus and 調査研究広報滞在費 allowance", "source_url": "https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/data/Act/322AC1000000080/613949_1/322AC1000000080_20231020_505AC1000000070_h1.pdf", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "国会議員の歳費、旅費及び手当等に関する法律 第一条: regular member (議員) rate is 1,294,000 JPY/month, same for House of Representatives and House of Councillors members. Speaker/Vice-Speaker receive higher statutory rates. Text version effective 2023-10-20; no newer amendment to Article 1 identified."}, {"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 12000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2023, "unit_notes": "調査研究広報滞在費: tax-free monthly allowance (formerly 文書通信交通滞在費), 1,000,000 JPY/month x 12", "source_url": "https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/data/Act/322AC1000000080/613949_1/322AC1000000080_20231020_505AC1000000070_h1.pdf", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "国会議員の歳費、旅費及び手当等に関する法律 第九条. This is an expense/activity allowance (untaxed, per Article 9-2), not personal salary income; renamed from 文書通信交通滞在費 in 2022."}, {"figure_type": "disclosed_assets", "amount": 790440000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "one-time disclosed asset snapshot; highest among House of Representatives members elected Feb 2026", "source_url": "https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2026072100355&g=pol", "source_type": "official_disclosure", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Asset disclosure for House of Representatives members elected in the Feb 2026 general election, published July 2026. Same caveats as cabinet disclosures (fixed-asset-tax valuation, deposits excluded, stocks by share count only)."}], "role_ja": "衆議院議員", "role_en": "House of Representatives member (Japan)", "headline_en": "A lawmaker's salary is set by law, and Aisawa's is about ¥15.53 million a year (plus a separate allowance)."}, {"person_id": "aso_taro", "name_ja": "麻生太郎", "name_en": "Aso Taro", "country": "JP", "role": "Member, House of Representatives", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "麻生さんは2026年の資産公開で、衆議院議員の中で3番目に多い約6億153万円の資産を持っていると報告された。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "disclosed_assets", "amount": 601530000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "one-time disclosed asset snapshot; 3rd-highest among House of Representatives members elected Feb 2026", "source_url": "https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2026072100355&g=pol", "source_type": "official_disclosure", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Same 2026 House of Representatives asset disclosure and caveats as Aisawa Ichiro row above."}], "role_ja": "衆議院議員", "role_en": "Member, Japan's House of Reps", "headline_en": "In Japan's 2026 disclosure, Aso reported about ¥602 million, the third-highest among House of Representatives members."}, {"person_id": "furukawa_toshiharu", "name_ja": "古川俊治", "name_en": "Furukawa Toshiharu", "country": "JP", "role": "Member, House of Councillors", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "国会議員の歳費は法律で決まっていて、古川さんの歳費は年約1,553万円。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 15528000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2023, "unit_notes": "歳費 (base salary) annual total only: 1,294,000 JPY/month x 12; same statutory rate as House of Representatives members", "source_url": "https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/data/Act/322AC1000000080/613949_1/322AC1000000080_20231020_505AC1000000070_h1.pdf", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "国会議員の歳費、旅費及び手当等に関する法律 第一条 applies identically to both chambers' regular members."}, {"figure_type": "disclosed_assets", "amount": 588500000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "one-time disclosed asset snapshot; highest among House of Councillors members elected July 2025", "source_url": "https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2026010500265&g=pol", "source_type": "official_disclosure", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Asset disclosure for House of Councillors members elected July 2025, published Jan 2026. Same caveats as other Diet/cabinet disclosures."}], "role_ja": "参議院議員", "role_en": "Member of Japan's House of Councillors", "headline_en": "A lawmaker's salary is set by law, and Furukawa's is about ¥15.53 million a year."}, {"person_id": "mori_eisuke", "name_ja": "森英介", "name_en": "Mori Eisuke", "country": "JP", "role": "Speaker, House of Representatives", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "衆議院議長の歳費は法律で決まっていて、森さんの歳費は年約2,604万円。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 26040000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2023, "unit_notes": "歳費 (base salary) annual total only: 2,170,000 JPY/month x 12; excludes 期末手当 bonus", "source_url": "https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/data/Act/322AC1000000080/613949_1/322AC1000000080_20231020_505AC1000000070_h1.pdf", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "国会議員の歳費、旅費及び手当等に関する法律 第一条: 議長 (Speaker) rate is 2,170,000 JPY/month, higher than the regular-member rate. Mori Eisuke became Speaker Feb 18, 2026."}], "role_ja": "衆議院議長", "role_en": "Speaker, Japan's House of Reps", "headline_en": "The Speaker's pay is set by law; Mori earns about ¥26.04 million a year."}, {"person_id": "emperor_naruhito", "name_ja": "徳仁", "name_en": "Emperor Naruhito", "country": "JP", "role": "Emperor", "category": "royalty", "headline_ja": "天皇陛下や皇后陛下など内廷の皇族の生活費(内廷費)は法律で決まっていて、年間3億2,400万円。天皇陛下おひとりの給料というわけではない。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 324000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "内廷費: annual household budget (御手元金) for the Emperor, Empress, and other 内廷 household members, NOT a personal salary", "source_url": "https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/kunaicho/kunaicho/pdf/r08-05.pdf", "source_type": "official_stat", "reliability": "high", "notes": "内廷費 is fixed by 皇室経済法施行法第7条 and has been unchanged at 324 million JPY/year since 1996. It funds the household of the Emperor, Empress, and other resident imperial family (e.g. Crown Prince's family historically); it is not personal disposable income and is not itemized by individual. Figure shown is the 令和7年度 (FY2025) budget line, unchanged in the FY2026 government proposal."}], "role_ja": "天皇陛下", "role_en": "Emperor of Japan", "headline_en": "The living costs for the Emperor, Empress, and their household are set by law at ¥324 million a year, not the Emperor's personal salary."}, {"person_id": "crown_prince_fumihito", "name_ja": "文仁親王（秋篠宮皇嗣）", "name_en": "Crown Prince Fumihito (Akishino)", "country": "JP", "role": "Crown Prince / Head of Akishino-no-miya family", "category": "royalty", "headline_ja": "秋篠宮家の皇族費は法律で決まっていて、家族全体で年間1億2,505万円。秋篠宮さま個人の取り分はそのうち約9,150万円。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 125050000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "皇族費: annual household budget (御手元金) for the entire Akishino-no-miya family (Fumihito, Kiko, Kako), NOT a personal salary", "source_url": "https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/kunaicho/kunaicho/pdf/kouzokuhi.pdf", "source_type": "official_stat", "reliability": "high", "notes": "皇族費 is calculated under 皇室経済法 第6条 and 皇室経済法施行法第8条. Fumihito's personal share is 91,500,000 JPY (base amount x3, reflecting his 皇嗣 status as heir presumptive under a special 2017 abdication law); the rest of the 125,050,000 JPY total covers Princess Kiko and Princess Kako. This is a household allowance for maintaining imperial dignity, not personal salary income. Figure is for 令和7年度 (FY2025)."}], "role_ja": "秋篠宮皇嗣殿下", "role_en": "Crown Prince of Japan", "headline_en": "By law, Japan gives the Akishino family about ¥125 million a year, with Fumihito's own share about ¥91.5 million."}, {"person_id": "imasaki_yukihiko", "name_ja": "今崎幸彦", "name_en": "Imasaki Yukihiko", "country": "JP", "role": "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court", "category": "judiciary", "headline_ja": "最高裁判所長官の給料は法律で決まっていて、今崎さんの年収は約2,514万円。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 25140000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "報酬月額 (base monthly compensation) x 12 = 2,095,000 JPY/month; excludes regional allowance, 期末手当 and 勤勉手当 bonuses", "source_url": "https://yamanaka-bengoshi.jp/2026/08/11/saibankan-kensatsukan-kyuuyogetsugakuhyou/", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Statutory rate under 裁判官の報酬等に関する法律, effective 2026-04-01, as reproduced by a legal-practice blog from the Supreme Court's annual databook (courts.go.jp databook table itself was unreachable directly during this research — its live URL returned a 404 at time of check). Imasaki Yukihiko has served as Chief Justice since Aug 16, 2024."}], "role_ja": "最高裁判所長官", "role_en": "Chief Justice of Japan's Supreme Court", "headline_en": "The Chief Justice's salary is set by law, and Imasaki's yearly pay is about ¥25.14 million."}, {"person_id": "hayashi_michiharu", "name_ja": "林道晴", "name_en": "Hayashi Michiharu", "country": "JP", "role": "Associate Justice of the Supreme Court", "category": "judiciary", "headline_ja": "最高裁判所判事の給料は法律で決まっていて、林さんの年収は約1,834万円。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 18336000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "報酬月額 (base monthly compensation) x 12 = 1,528,000 JPY/month; excludes regional allowance and bonuses", "source_url": "https://yamanaka-bengoshi.jp/2026/08/11/saibankan-kensatsukan-kyuuyogetsugakuhyou/", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Same statutory schedule and access caveat as the Chief Justice row above. Hayashi Michiharu is a currently-sitting Associate Justice as of Feb 2026 per Supreme Court case records."}], "role_ja": "最高裁判所判事", "role_en": "Justice of Japan's Supreme Court", "headline_en": "Supreme Court justices' pay is set by law; Hayashi earns about ¥18.34 million a year."}, {"person_id": "kawahara_ryuji", "name_ja": "川原隆司", "name_en": "Kawahara Ryuji", "country": "JP", "role": "Prosecutor General", "category": "judiciary", "headline_ja": "検事総長の給料は法律で決まっていて、川原さんの年収は約1,834万円。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 18336000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "俸給月額 (base monthly compensation) x 12 = 1,528,000 JPY/month, same statutory level as a Supreme Court Associate Justice; excludes regional allowance and bonuses", "source_url": "https://yamanaka-bengoshi.jp/2026/08/11/saibankan-kensatsukan-kyuuyogetsugakuhyou/", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Statutory rate under 検察官の俸給等に関する法律 (which pegs 検事総長 pay to the same table as judges), as reproduced by a legal-practice blog citing the Supreme Court's official databook. Kawahara Ryuji took office as Prosecutor General on Aug 12, 2026."}], "role_ja": "検事総長", "role_en": "Prosecutor General of Japan", "headline_en": "A Prosecutor General's salary is set by law, and Kawahara's yearly pay is about ¥18.34 million."}, {"person_id": "koike_yuriko", "name_ja": "小池百合子", "name_en": "Koike Yuriko", "country": "JP", "role": "Governor of Tokyo", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "東京都知事の給料は条例で決まっていて、小池さんの年収はボーナスを含めて約3,133万円。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 31330000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "annual total incl. bonus, at the full statutory rate (1,517,000 JPY/month base)", "source_url": "https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/496613", "source_type": "official_disclosure", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Statutory salary set by 東京都特別職の給与に関する条例; Koike had voluntarily halved her own pay from Aug 2016 under 東京都知事の給料等の特例に関する条例 (see https://www.reiki.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/reiki/reiki_honbun/g101RG00004792.html), taking home ~758,500 JPY/month during the cut. That 10-year reduction ended July 31, 2026, so as of Sept 2026 she receives the full statutory rate shown here."}], "role_ja": "東京都知事", "role_en": "Governor of Tokyo", "headline_en": "Tokyo's governor salary is set by law, and Koike's yearly pay, including bonus, is about ¥31.3 million."}, {"person_id": "yokoyama_hideyuki", "name_ja": "横山英幸", "name_en": "Yokoyama Hideyuki", "country": "JP", "role": "Mayor of Osaka City", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "大阪市長の給料は条例で40%カットされていて、横山さんの年収は約1,694万円(カット前の規定額は年約2,003万円)。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 16943688, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "actual annual total paid, after an ordinance-mandated 40% reduction from the statutory base salary of 1,669,000 JPY/month", "source_url": "https://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/somu/page/0000564421.html", "source_type": "official_disclosure", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Osaka's mayoral salary is set by 大阪市特別職の職員の給与に関する条例, reduced by 市長の給料月額の特例に関する条例（令和元年大阪市条例第3号）. The reduction has been extended indefinitely ('当分の間'). Statutory (pre-reduction) base alone would be ~20,028,000 JPY/year before bonus."}], "role_ja": "大阪市長", "role_en": "Mayor of Osaka City", "headline_en": "The Osaka mayor's pay is cut 40% by law, so Yokoyama earns about ¥16.94 million a year (¥20.03 million before the cut)."}, {"person_id": "shohei_ohtani", "name_ja": "大谷翔平", "name_en": "Shohei Ohtani", "country": "JP", "role": "MLB player (Los Angeles Dodgers, pitcher/DH)", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "大谷翔平選手は2026年、年俸とスポンサー収入を合わせて約1億2,700万ドルを稼ぐと見込まれている。10年契約の総額は7億ドル。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "contract_total", "amount": 700000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2023, "unit_notes": "total contract value over 10 years (2024-2033)", "source_url": "https://www.sportico.com/personalities/athletes/2023/shohei-ohtani-dodgers-contract-details-700-1234757983/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Of the $700M, $680M (97%) is deferred, interest-free, to be paid in $68M installments each July 1 from 2034-2043; only $2M/yr salary actually paid 2024-2033. Present value ~$460M (~$46M AAV) per multiple outlets (CBC/MLB.com)."}, {"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 102500000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "annual on-field salary + endorsement earnings, single year", "source_url": "https://www.sportico.com/personalities/athletes/2025/shohei-ohtani-2025-earnings-los-angeles-dodgers-contract-1234874646/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Sportico estimate: ~$2.5M salary (reflecting deferral structure) + ~$100M endorsements; one of only a handful of athletes ever to hit $100M in endorsements in a year."}, {"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 127000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "projected total annual earnings (salary + sponsorship)", "source_url": "https://www.sportico.com/personalities/athletes/2026/mlb-highest-paid-players-2026-shohei-ohtani-1234887383/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Sportico projects ~$2.6M on-field pay (per deferral schedule) plus ~$125M in sponsorship income, the highest endorsement total for an active athlete besides Conor McGregor's 2021 figure."}], "role_ja": "メジャーリーグの野球選手(ドジャース)", "role_en": "MLB player (Los Angeles Dodgers)", "headline_en": "In 2026, Ohtani is expected to earn about $127 million from salary and sponsorships; his 10-year contract totals $700 million."}, {"person_id": "yoshinobu_yamamoto", "name_ja": "山本由伸", "name_en": "Yoshinobu Yamamoto", "country": "JP", "role": "MLB player (Los Angeles Dodgers, pitcher)", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "山本由伸選手は12年3億2,500万ドルの契約を結んでいる。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "contract_total", "amount": 325000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2023, "unit_notes": "total contract value over 12 years (2024-2035); AAV ~$27.08M", "source_url": "https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39165813/japanese-star-yoshinobu-yamamoto-agrees-join-dodgers-sources-say", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Largest contract ever for a pitcher at signing. Includes $50M signing bonus paid in 2024; no deferred money (unlike Ohtani's deal). Dodgers separately paid Orix Buffaloes a ~$50.6M posting fee, not part of player's contract value."}], "role_ja": "メジャーリーグの野球選手(ドジャース)", "role_en": "MLB pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers)", "headline_en": "Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed a 12-year, $325 million contract."}, {"person_id": "roki_sasaki", "name_ja": "佐々木朗希", "name_en": "Roki Sasaki", "country": "JP", "role": "MLB player (Los Angeles Dodgers, pitcher)", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "佐々木朗希選手はメジャーリーグの最低保証年俸である約78万ドルでプレーしている(契約時の契約金は650万ドル)。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "contract_total", "amount": 6500000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "international amateur free-agent signing bonus (not a multi-year contract value)", "source_url": "https://www.truebluela.com/2025/1/22/24347558/roki-sasaki-contract-dodgers", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Because Sasaki was 23 and posted under NPB rules before turning 25/reaching MLB service requirements, he was capped as an 'international amateur' signee limited to bonus-pool money, far below open-market value; he owes 6 years of MLB service before free agency."}, {"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 760000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "MLB league-minimum player salary, single season", "source_url": "https://www.truebluela.com/2025/1/22/24347558/roki-sasaki-contract-dodgers", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Paid the MLB minimum salary in his rookie season due to the amateur international signing structure, despite being a top-tier NPB starter in Japan."}, {"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 780000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "MLB league-minimum player salary, single season", "source_url": "https://www.truebluela.com/2025/1/22/24347558/roki-sasaki-contract-dodgers", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "2026 MLB minimum salary per CBA scale increase."}], "role_ja": "メジャーリーグの野球選手(ドジャース)", "role_en": "MLB pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers)", "headline_en": "Roki Sasaki plays for about $780,000, MLB's minimum salary (his signing bonus was $6.5 million)."}, {"person_id": "kohei_arihara", "name_ja": "有原航平", "name_en": "Kohei Arihara", "country": "JP", "role": "NPB player (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, pitcher)", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "有原航平選手は日本プロ野球選手の中で最も高いとされる年俸、約6億円を得ていると報じられている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 600000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "single-season reported/estimated salary, highest among all Japanese NPB players", "source_url": "https://note.com/mmiyauchi/n/n9c90b4d73bf5", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "NPB does not officially publish individual salaries; figures come from annual team-sourced media salary surveys (year-end/off-season reporting). Arihara topped the overall (pitcher+hitter) ranking for 2025-26 season."}], "role_ja": "プロ野球選手(日本ハム)", "role_en": "NPB pitcher (Nippon-Ham Fighters)", "headline_en": "Arihara is reported to earn about ¥600 million a year, said to be the highest salary in Japanese pro baseball."}, {"person_id": "kensuke_kondo", "name_ja": "近藤健介", "name_en": "Kensuke Kondo", "country": "JP", "role": "NPB player (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, outfielder)", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "近藤健介選手は日本人の野手として最も高いとされる年俸、約5億5,000万円を得ていると報じられている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 550000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "single-season reported/estimated salary, highest among Japanese NPB position players", "source_url": "https://note.com/mmiyauchi/n/n9c90b4d73bf5", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Same media salary-survey caveat as Arihara entry; Kondo is the top-paid Japanese hitter, second overall to Arihara."}], "role_ja": "プロ野球選手(ソフトバンク)", "role_en": "NPB player (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks)", "headline_en": "Kensuke Kondo is reported to earn about ¥550 million a year, said to be tops among Japanese position players."}, {"person_id": "kaoru_mitoma", "name_ja": "三笘薫", "name_en": "Kaoru Mitoma", "country": "JP", "role": "Footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion, Premier League)", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "三笘薫選手のプレミアリーグでの年俸は、日本円で約8億5,700万円と推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 857000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "estimated annual salary (base wages only, converted from ~GBP 4.16M/yr)", "source_url": "https://takara3.com/archives/14668", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "low", "notes": "Club/player do not disclose exact wages; Japanese sports-business blogs estimate ~GBP 80,000/week. Under contract with Brighton through June 2027. Treat figure as a rough estimate; range across sources runs roughly JPY 760M-860M."}], "role_ja": "サッカー選手(イングランド・ブライトン)", "role_en": "Footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion)", "headline_en": "Kaoru Mitoma's Premier League salary is estimated at about ¥857 million a year."}, {"person_id": "takefusa_kubo", "name_ja": "久保建英", "name_en": "Takefusa Kubo", "country": "JP", "role": "Footballer (Real Sociedad, La Liga)", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "久保建英選手のラ・リーガでの年俸は、日本円で約4億2,000万円〜8億8,400万円と推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 420000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "estimated annual salary (converted from ~EUR 2.5M/yr)", "source_url": "https://www.footballchannel.jp/2025/09/02/post769311/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "low", "notes": "September 2025 estimate ranked him 5th-highest earner at Real Sociedad."}, {"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 884000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "estimated annual salary (converted from ~EUR 5.2M/yr)", "source_url": "https://www.footballchannel.jp/2025/10/23/post785883/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "low", "notes": "October 2025 estimate places him 3rd among Japanese players in Europe's top 5 leagues; notably higher than the September 2025 estimate from the same outlet, illustrating how volatile/unreliable these wage estimates are. Treat as low-confidence range (~JPY 420M-884M)."}], "role_ja": "サッカー選手(スペイン・レアル・ソシエダ)", "role_en": "Footballer (Real Sociedad, Spain)", "headline_en": "Takefusa Kubo's La Liga salary is estimated at about ¥420 million to ¥884 million a year."}, {"person_id": "naoya_inoue", "name_ja": "井上尚弥", "name_en": "Naoya Inoue", "country": "JP", "role": "Professional boxer (undisputed champion, super bantamweight)", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "井上尚弥選手は2026年の試合で、ファイトマネーとして約30億円を得たと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "prize_money", "amount": 1100000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "estimated single-fight purse (approx. USD 7.5-8M)", "source_url": "https://nin-niku.hatenablog.com/entry/2025/05/06/213000", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "low", "notes": "Estimate for May 2025 bout vs. Ramon Cardenas; boxing purses are not officially disclosed by promoters, so figures are journalistic estimates."}, {"figure_type": "prize_money", "amount": 3000000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "estimated single-fight purse (most recent major bout)", "source_url": "https://www.ronspo.com/articles/2026/2026050102/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "low", "notes": "Estimated purse for the May 2, 2026 Tokyo Dome unification bout vs. Junto Nakatani, described by promoter Bunbuku's chairman as Inoue's career-high purse; Nakatani's purse estimated separately at ~JPY 500M. Not officially disclosed; treat as a rough media estimate."}], "role_ja": "プロボクサー(世界チャンピオン)", "role_en": "Boxer (undisputed world champion)", "headline_en": "Inoue is estimated to have earned about ¥3 billion in fight money from his 2026 bout."}, {"person_id": "onosato", "name_ja": "大の里", "name_en": "Onosato", "country": "JP", "role": "Sumo wrestler, Yokozuna rank (Japan Sumo Association)", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "大の里は横綱として月給330万円、年間では約3,960万円を受け取る(2027年1月場所からの新給与)。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 33840000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "annual = monthly salary (月給 2,820,000 JPY) x 12 for Yokozuna rank; excludes 褒賞金/懸賞金 and prize money", "source_url": "https://spaia.jp/column/sumo/1508", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "The Japan Sumo Association (日本相撲協会) does not officially publish rikishi salary figures; ~JPY 2.82M/month for Yokozuna is a long-standing, widely-cited media figure. Onosato (大の里) became the 75th Yokozuna on May 28, 2025, currently the sport's only active Yokozuna."}, {"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 39600000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2027, "unit_notes": "annual = new monthly salary (月給 3,300,000 JPY) x 12 for Yokozuna rank, effective January 2027 basho onward; excludes 褒賞金/懸賞金 and prize money", "source_url": "https://www.sumo.or.jp/IrohaKyokaiInformation/detail?id=700", "source_type": "league_or_association", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Japan Sumo Association board approved a rikishi pay-scale revision in July 2026, raising Yokozuna base pay from ~JPY 2.82M to JPY 3.3M/month starting the January 2027 tournament, per multiple news reports of the board decision."}], "role_ja": "大相撲の横綱", "role_en": "Sumo grand champion (Yokozuna)", "headline_en": "As Yokozuna, Onosato earns about ¥3.3 million a month, or about ¥39.6 million a year, from January 2027."}, {"person_id": "sota_fujii", "name_ja": "藤井聡太", "name_en": "Sota Fujii", "country": "JP", "role": "Professional shogi player (multiple-title holder)", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "藤井聡太さんは将棋の対局で、2024年に賞金・対局料として約1億7,556万円を獲得した。2023年には史上最高額の約1億8,634万円を獲得している。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "prize_money", "amount": 175560000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2024, "unit_notes": "annual prize money + game fees (獲得賞金・対局料), calendar year total", "source_url": "https://www.shogi.or.jp/news/2025/02/202410.html", "source_type": "league_or_association", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Published by the Japan Shogi Association (日本将棋連盟); Fujii ranked #1 for the 3rd consecutive year, down from his record 2023 total."}, {"figure_type": "prize_money", "amount": 186340000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2023, "unit_notes": "annual prize money + game fees (獲得賞金・対局料), calendar year total; all-time record", "source_url": "https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUF037W00T00C25A2000000/", "source_type": "league_or_association", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Record year in which Fujii held all 8 major shogi titles simultaneously; figure reported via Japan Shogi Association annual ranking release."}], "role_ja": "将棋のプロ棋士", "role_en": "Professional shogi player", "headline_en": "Sota Fujii earned about ¥175.56 million in shogi prize money in 2024, after a record ¥186.34 million in 2023."}, {"person_id": "yuta_iyama", "name_ja": "井山裕太", "name_en": "Yuta Iyama", "country": "JP", "role": "Professional go (igo) player, Honinbo title holder", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "井山裕太さんは囲碁の対局で、2025年に賞金・対局料として約4,384万円を獲得した。絶頂期の2018年には約1億4,696万円を獲得している。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "prize_money", "amount": 43836527, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "annual prize money + game fees, calendar year total", "source_url": "https://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/news/release/2025_2.html", "source_type": "league_or_association", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Published by the Nihon Ki-in (Japan Go Association). Iyama placed 3rd in 2025, behind long-time rival Ryo Ichiriki (#1, JPY 125.4M) who has now topped the ranking 3 years running; Iyama had previously led the ranking for 12 consecutive years (2010-2021)."}, {"figure_type": "prize_money", "amount": 146960000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2018, "unit_notes": "annual prize money + game fees, calendar year total; career-peak year", "source_url": "https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUD167G50W3A110C2000000/", "source_type": "league_or_association", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Iyama topped the Go prize-money ranking for an 8th consecutive year while holding 5 titles; figures reported via Nihon Ki-in annual ranking data."}], "role_ja": "囲碁のプロ棋士", "role_en": "Professional Go player", "headline_en": "In 2025, Go player Yuta Iyama earned about ¥43.84 million in prize money; in his peak year 2018, he earned about ¥146.96 million."}, {"person_id": "yutaka_take", "name_ja": "武豊", "name_en": "Yutaka Take", "country": "JP", "role": "JRA jockey (central horse racing)", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "武豊騎手はこれまでの騎手人生で獲得した賞金の合計が、日本中央競馬会の歴代1位となる約1,002億円に達している(1年間の金額ではない)。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "prize_money", "amount": 100249305000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "career-total JRA prize money earned (all-time record for a JRA jockey), not a single-year figure", "source_url": "https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/4d696ada3ddc76ccf447268e4f30f92fc8ce9e6b", "source_type": "official_stat", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Figure compiled from official JRA race-by-race prize disbursement data (1st-5th place purses plus bonuses); Take became the first JRA jockey to surpass JPY 100 billion in cumulative career earnings, alongside an all-time record 4,659 wins, as of reporting in mid-2026. Could not locate a clean single-recent-year JRA earnings figure in the time available; career total is used instead and flagged accordingly."}], "role_ja": "競馬の騎手", "role_en": "Horse-racing jockey (JRA, Japan)", "headline_en": "Yutaka Take's career prize money totals about ¥100.2 billion, a JRA record (not a yearly figure)."}, {"person_id": "yuzuru_hanyu", "name_ja": "羽生結弦", "name_en": "Yuzuru Hanyu", "country": "JP", "role": "Professional figure skater (2x Olympic champion, now performs in ice shows)", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "羽生結弦さんはアイスショーや広告などで、年間約1,300万ドルを得ていると推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 13000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "estimated annual income from ice shows, endorsements, YouTube and licensing", "source_url": "https://ifann.net/wiki/yuzuru-hanyu", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "low", "notes": "Forbes does not publish a ranked earnings list for figure skaters, unlike its athlete/female-athlete lists; this figure comes from lower-tier net-worth/biography sites with no primary sourcing, so confidence is low. Reported net worth estimates independently cluster around USD 30-40M."}, {"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 35000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "estimated net worth (midpoint of commonly cited USD 30-40M range)", "source_url": "https://richestlifestyle.com/yuzuru-hanyu-net-worth/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "low", "notes": "Net-worth estimates from celebrity net-worth sites, not from Forbes or an audited source; wide variance across sites, treat as low confidence."}], "role_ja": "プロフィギュアスケーター", "role_en": "Professional figure skater", "headline_en": "Yuzuru Hanyu is estimated to earn about $13 million a year from ice shows, ads, and more."}, {"person_id": "naomi_osaka", "name_ja": "大坂なおみ", "name_en": "Naomi Osaka", "country": "JP", "role": "Professional tennis player (WTA Tour)", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "大坂なおみ選手はテニスの賞金とスポンサー収入を合わせて、2025年は約1,250万ドル。絶頂期の2021年には約5,730万ドルを得た。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 12500000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "annual earnings: on-court prize money + off-court endorsements, single year", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinbirnbaum/2025/12/16/the-worlds-highest-paid-female-athletes-2025/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Forbes' 2025 Highest-Paid Female Athletes list: ~$2.5M on-court + ~$10M off-court endorsements; ranked #8 on the list (topped by Coco Gauff)."}, {"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 57300000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2021, "unit_notes": "annual earnings: on-court prize money + off-court endorsements, single year; career-peak year", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinbirnbaum/2025/12/16/the-worlds-highest-paid-female-athletes-2025/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Osaka's 2021 Forbes total remains the 2nd-highest single-year total ever recorded on Forbes' female athlete earnings list (after Serena Williams' $45.9M peak is actually lower — Osaka's $57.3M is the all-time #1 as of the 2025 list retrospective); included here for context alongside her current (2025) figure."}], "role_ja": "プロテニス選手", "role_en": "Professional tennis player", "headline_en": "Counting prize money and sponsorships, Osaka earned about $12.5 million in 2025, and about $57.3 million at her 2021 peak."}, {"person_id": "hikakin", "name_ja": "ヒカキン", "name_en": "HIKAKIN", "country": "JP", "role": "YouTuber / UUUM talent", "category": "creator", "headline_ja": "ヒカキンさんは広告収入や企業とのコラボ、事業などを合わせて、年間約10億円を得ていると推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 1000000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "estimated annual income across ad revenue, corporate tie-ups, and business ventures", "source_url": "https://nenshubank.com/2025/02/19/hikakin/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "low", "notes": "Blog estimate; figures across sites range widely (~490M to 1B+ JPY). No official disclosure exists for individual YouTuber income."}], "role_ja": "YouTuber", "role_en": "YouTuber", "headline_en": "HIKAKIN is estimated to earn about ¥1 billion a year from ads, brand deals, and other business ventures."}, {"person_id": "usada_pekora", "name_ja": "兎田ぺこら", "name_en": "Usada Pekora", "country": "JP", "role": "VTuber, Hololive Production (Cover Corp.)", "category": "creator", "headline_ja": "兎田ぺこらさんはスーパーチャットやメンバーシップ、グッズ販売などを合わせて、年間約1億5,000万円を得ていると推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 150000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2024, "unit_notes": "estimated annual income incl. superchat, memberships, merchandise; sources cite range 100M-200M+", "source_url": "https://one-carat.com/campus/archives/70888", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "low", "notes": "Chosen as a representative top-earning VTuber. Estimate is inferred from Cover Corp's disclosed talent-payout ratio (~15-20% of revenue) plus superchat tracking, not an individual disclosure. Houshou Marine cited in same range (100M-300M)."}], "role_ja": "VTuber", "role_en": "VTuber (Hololive)", "headline_en": "Usada Pekora is estimated to earn about ¥150 million a year from donations, memberships, and merchandise."}, {"person_id": "hayao_miyazaki", "name_ja": "宮崎駿", "name_en": "Hayao Miyazaki", "country": "JP", "role": "Film director/animator, Studio Ghibli", "category": "entertainment", "headline_ja": "宮崎駿さんの個人事務所「二馬力」の資産は、公表されている直近のデータ(2010年)で約53億7,800万円。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 5378000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2010, "unit_notes": "total reported assets of Miyazaki's personal production office 二馬力 (Nibariki), most recent concrete figure found", "source_url": "https://dashlifefam.com/miyazaki-h3.html", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "low", "notes": "Hard to find a current, well-sourced figure. Base figure dates to ~2010; blogs speculate current assets may be 6B+ JPY as of 2025 but this is unverified. Miyazaki is widely reported to keep personal income modest, directing much of it to Studio Ghibli operations and charity (e.g. a nursery he funded)."}], "role_ja": "映画監督・アニメーター(スタジオジブリ)", "role_en": "Film director/animator (Studio Ghibli)", "headline_en": "Miyazaki's company Nibariki had about ¥5.378 billion in assets, per the latest public data (2010)."}, {"person_id": "akira_toriyama", "name_ja": "鳥山明", "name_en": "Akira Toriyama", "country": "JP", "role": "Manga artist (Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump); deceased March 2024", "category": "entertainment", "headline_ja": "鳥山明さんが2024年に亡くなった際の推定資産(著作権なども含む)は、約100億円とされている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 10000000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2024, "unit_notes": "estimated total estate value (including copyright/royalty assets) at time of death", "source_url": "https://ayu-channel.com/2615.html", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "low", "notes": "Toriyama died March 1, 2024. Estate figure ('100億円以上') is a blog/entertainment-media estimate, not an official probate or tax disclosure. Dragon Ball/Dr. Slump copyrights run through 2094 and continue generating royalties for the estate."}], "role_ja": "漫画家(「ドラゴンボール」作者)", "role_en": "Manga artist (Dragon Ball creator)", "headline_en": "When Akira Toriyama died in 2024, his estimated assets, including copyrights, were about ¥10 billion."}, {"person_id": "eiichiro_oda", "name_ja": "尾田栄一郎", "name_en": "Eiichiro Oda", "country": "JP", "role": "Manga artist (One Piece)", "category": "entertainment", "headline_ja": "尾田栄一郎さんは漫画の原稿料や版権、グッズ収入などを合わせて、年間約31億円を得ていると推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 3100000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "estimated annual income from manga royalties, licensing, and merchandising", "source_url": "https://heikinnenshu.jp/creative/oda.html", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "low", "notes": "Rough blog/fan-site estimate (~31 oku yen); other sites cite figures as high as ~4.85 billion yen. Explicitly low reliability per task instructions. Oda personally donated 800 million yen (under the pen name 'Luffy') to Kumamoto earthquake relief in 2016, cited by bloggers as circumstantial evidence of wealth."}], "role_ja": "漫画家(「ONE PIECE」作者)", "role_en": "Manga artist (One Piece)", "headline_en": "Eiichiro Oda is estimated to earn about ¥3.1 billion a year from manga fees, licensing, and merchandise."}, {"person_id": "kenshi_yonezu", "name_ja": "米津玄師", "name_en": "Kenshi Yonezu", "country": "JP", "role": "Singer-songwriter", "category": "entertainment", "headline_ja": "米津玄師さんは音楽の著作権料やライブ、YouTubeなどを合わせて、年間約8億円を得ていると推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 800000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "estimated annual income from music royalties, streaming/YouTube ad revenue, and touring; wide variance across sources", "source_url": "https://nen-shu.com/yonezu/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "low", "notes": "Estimates vary enormously across blogs (roughly 300M to over 1B JPY depending on tour years); some sites project 2025 income over 1B JPY citing the 'JUNK' world tour. One estimate credits ~270M JPY/year to YouTube ad revenue alone (ranked ~5th among Japanese creators by est. income)."}], "role_ja": "シンガーソングライター", "role_en": "Singer-songwriter", "headline_en": "Kenshi Yonezu is estimated to earn about ¥800 million a year from music royalties, live shows, YouTube, and more."}, {"person_id": "akashiya_sanma", "name_ja": "明石家さんま", "name_en": "Akashiya Sanma", "country": "JP", "role": "Comedian / TV personality", "category": "entertainment", "headline_ja": "明石家さんまさんはテレビ出演やCM、舞台などを合わせて、年間約11億5,000万円を得ていると推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 1150000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "estimated annual income from TV appearances, commercials, and stage/event fees", "source_url": "https://cocosira.com/2025/06/08/%F0%9F%8E%A4-%E3%81%8A%E7%AC%91%E3%81%84%E8%8A%B8%E4%BA%BA-%E5%B9%B4%E5%8F%8E%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%EF%BC%882025%E5%B9%B4%E6%8E%A8%E5%AE%9A%EF%BC%89/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "low", "notes": "From a 2025 blog ranking of comedian income; ranked #2 behind Beat Takeshi (~1.58B JPY est.). Downtown's Hitoshi Matsumoto (~800M) and Masatoshi Hamada (~700M) also listed on same page."}], "role_ja": "お笑いタレント", "role_en": "Comedian / TV personality (Japan)", "headline_en": "Akashiya Sanma is estimated to earn about ¥1.15 billion a year from TV, ads, and stage shows."}, {"person_id": "akio_toyoda", "name_ja": "豊田章男", "name_en": "Akio Toyoda", "country": "JP", "role": "Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "トヨタ自動車の豊田章男会長の役員報酬は、有価証券報告書によると年間約19億4,900万円。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 1949000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "annual disclosed board compensation (fixed pay 395M + bonus + stock compensation), per 有価証券報告書 for FY ended March 2025", "source_url": "https://www.netdenjd.com/archives/588541", "source_type": "company_filing", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Officially disclosed executive compensation (Japanese securities law requires individual disclosure for board members earning ≥100M JPY). Record high for the 4th consecutive year, up 20% from FY2024/3's 1.622 billion yen."}], "role_ja": "トヨタ自動車 会長", "role_en": "Chairman of Toyota", "headline_en": "Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda's pay was about ¥1.949 billion a year, according to company filings."}, {"person_id": "masayoshi_son", "name_ja": "孫正義", "name_en": "Masayoshi Son", "country": "JP", "role": "Chairman & CEO, SoftBank Group Corp.", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "ソフトバンクグループの孫正義会長の役員報酬は年間1億円と公表されているが、個人の資産は2026年時点で約800億ドルと推定され、日本一の富豪とされる。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 100000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "disclosed annual board compensation per SoftBank Group's securities filing (有価証券報告書)", "source_url": "https://irbank.net/E02778/fee?m=%E5%AD%AB%E6%AD%A3%E7%BE%A9", "source_type": "company_filing", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Son's disclosed SBG board salary has been fixed at roughly 100M JPY/year for many years; his enormous personal wealth (see separate net-worth row) derives almost entirely from SoftBank shareholdings, not salary."}, {"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 80000000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Forbes Japan estimated net worth snapshot; #1 on Japan's 2026 rich list", "source_url": "https://forbesjapan.com/articles/detail/98814", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Forbes Japan 長者番付 2026 edition (published June 2026); driven largely by SoftBank Group share price gains tied to AI/Arm/OpenAI-related investment value. Forbes methodology is semi-rigorous (market-value based) but not an official disclosure; real-time Forbes tracker figures fluctuate significantly from this snapshot."}, {"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 28200000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Forbes Japan 長者番付 2025 ranking, #2", "source_url": "https://memorva.jp/ranking/forbes/forbes_japan_richest.php", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "2025 edition; Son's wealth rose sharply again in the 2026 edition (see separate row)."}], "role_ja": "ソフトバンクグループ 会長兼社長", "role_en": "Chairman & CEO of SoftBank Group", "headline_en": "Son is officially paid about ¥100 million a year at SoftBank, but his wealth is estimated at $80 billion in 2026, Japan's richest."}, {"person_id": "tadashi_yanai", "name_ja": "柳井正", "name_en": "Tadashi Yanai", "country": "JP", "role": "Chairman, President & CEO, Fast Retailing Co. (Uniqlo)", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "ファーストリテイリング(ユニクロ)の柳井正会長の役員報酬は年間約5億5,000万円。個人の資産は2026年時点で約650億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 550000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "disclosed annual board compensation per Fast Retailing's 有価証券報告書 for FY ended August 2025", "source_url": "https://irbank.net/E03217/fee?m=%E6%9F%B3%E4%BA%95%E6%AD%A3", "source_type": "company_filing", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Up from 400M JPY disclosed for FY ended August 2024. Officially disclosed per Japanese securities law's ≥100M JPY individual executive-pay disclosure rule."}, {"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 65000000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Forbes Japan estimated net worth snapshot; #2 on Japan's 2026 rich list", "source_url": "https://forbesjapan.com/articles/detail/98814", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Forbes Japan 長者番付 2026 edition (published June 2026), based mainly on Fast Retailing shareholding value. Yanai had topped the list for 4 consecutive years (2022-2025) before Son retook #1 in 2026."}, {"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 48200000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Forbes Japan 長者番付 2025 ranking, #1", "source_url": "https://memorva.jp/ranking/forbes/forbes_japan_richest.php", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "2025 edition published June 2025 (valuation ~May 9, 2025). Top 50 combined assets ~$228B. Superseded by the 2026 edition where Son retook #1 (see separate rows)."}], "role_ja": "ファーストリテイリング(ユニクロ)会長", "role_en": "Chairman of Fast Retailing (Uniqlo)", "headline_en": "Uniqlo chairman Tadashi Yanai earns about ¥550 million a year in pay; his 2026 net worth is estimated at $65 billion."}, {"person_id": "rene_haas", "name_ja": "レネ・ハース", "name_en": "Rene Haas", "country": "JP", "role": "CEO, Arm Holdings (SoftBank Group subsidiary)", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "Armホールディングスのレネ・ハースCEOの報酬は、有価証券報告書によると年間約49億400万円。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 4904000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "disclosed compensation as a SoftBank Group-affiliated officer, per 有価証券報告書 (FY2024/2025 disclosure cycle); highest disclosed among Japan-listed-company officers", "source_url": "https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/920487?display=b", "source_type": "company_filing", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Ranked #1 nationally among Japan-listed company officers with ≥100M JPY disclosed pay, per Toyo Keizai's compilation of 有価証券報告書 disclosures (fiscal years closing May 2024-April 2025). Haas is not Japanese but the disclosure arises under Japanese securities law via Arm's SoftBank Group affiliation."}], "role_ja": "Armホールディングス CEO", "role_en": "CEO of Arm Holdings", "headline_en": "Arm Holdings CEO Rene Haas is disclosed to earn about ¥4.9 billion a year, per company filings."}, {"person_id": "noriyuki_inoue", "name_ja": "井上礼之", "name_en": "Noriyuki Inoue", "country": "JP", "role": "Honorary Chairman, Daikin Industries", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "ダイキン工業の井上礼之名誉会長の役員報酬は、43億円の退任慰労金を含めて年間約44億500万円。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 4405000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "disclosed officer compensation incl. a 4.3 billion yen special retirement/service award, per 有価証券報告書", "source_url": "https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/920487?display=b", "source_type": "company_filing", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Ranked #2 nationally; the bulk of this figure (4.3B JPY of the 4.405B total) is a one-time special service award paid on his retirement from the board, not recurring salary."}], "role_ja": "ダイキン工業 名誉会長", "role_en": "Honorary Chairman of Daikin Industries", "headline_en": "Daikin Industries' Honorary Chairman Noriyuki Inoue received about ¥4.4 billion in one year, including a ¥4.3 billion retirement payment."}, {"person_id": "joseph_michael_depinto", "name_ja": "ジョセフ・マイケル・デピント", "name_en": "Joseph Michael DePinto", "country": "JP", "role": "President & CEO, 7-Eleven Inc. (Seven & i Holdings subsidiary)", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "セブン-イレブンのジョセフ・デピントCEOの役員報酬は、有価証券報告書によると年間約43億4,900万円。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 4349000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "disclosed officer compensation per Seven & i Holdings' 有価証券報告書 (FY2024/2025 disclosure cycle)", "source_url": "https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/920487?display=b", "source_type": "company_filing", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Ranked #3 nationally. DePinto is not Japanese but the disclosure arises under Japanese securities law via Seven & i Holdings' 有価証券報告書."}], "role_ja": "セブン-イレブン・インク CEO", "role_en": "CEO of 7-Eleven Inc.", "headline_en": "7-Eleven CEO Joseph DePinto's pay is about ¥4.349 billion a year, per official filings."}, {"person_id": "takemitsu_takizaki", "name_ja": "滝崎武光", "name_en": "Takemitsu Takizaki", "country": "JP", "role": "Honorary Chairman, Keyence Corporation", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "キーエンスの滝崎武光名誉会長の個人資産は、2025年時点で約207億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 20700000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Forbes Japan 長者番付 2025 ranking, #3", "source_url": "https://memorva.jp/ranking/forbes/forbes_japan_richest.php", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Founder of factory-automation sensor maker Keyence."}], "role_ja": "キーエンス 名誉会長", "role_en": "Honorary Chairman of Keyence", "headline_en": "Keyence's honorary chairman Takemitsu Takizaki is estimated to be worth about $20.7 billion in 2025."}, {"person_id": "nobutada_saji", "name_ja": "佐治信忠", "name_en": "Nobutada Saji", "country": "JP", "role": "Chairman, Suntory Holdings", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "サントリーホールディングスの佐治信忠会長の個人資産は、2025年時点で約105億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 10500000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Forbes Japan 長者番付 2025 ranking, #4", "source_url": "https://memorva.jp/ranking/forbes/forbes_japan_richest.php", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Chairman of beverage/spirits conglomerate Suntory Holdings."}], "role_ja": "サントリーホールディングス 会長", "role_en": "Chairman of Suntory Holdings", "headline_en": "Suntory Holdings Chairman Nobutada Saji's wealth is estimated at about $10.5 billion in 2025."}, {"person_id": "yasumitsu_shigeta", "name_ja": "重田康光", "name_en": "Yasumitsu Shigeta", "country": "JP", "role": "Founder/Chairman, USEN-NEXT HOLDINGS (ex-Hikari Tsushin)", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "USEN-NEXT HOLDINGSの重田康光会長の個人資産は、2025年時点で約69億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 6900000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Forbes Japan 長者番付 2025 ranking, #5", "source_url": "https://memorva.jp/ranking/forbes/forbes_japan_richest.php", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Role/company attribution not independently re-verified this session; flagged for a confidence check if used."}], "role_ja": "USEN-NEXT HOLDINGS 会長", "role_en": "Chairman of USEN-NEXT HOLDINGS", "headline_en": "USEN-NEXT HOLDINGS Chairman Yasumitsu Shigeta's personal wealth is estimated at about $6.9 billion as of 2025."}, {"person_id": "takao_yasuda", "name_ja": "安田隆夫", "name_en": "Takao Yasuda", "country": "JP", "role": "Founder, Pan Pacific International Holdings (Don Quijote)", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "パン・パシフィック(ドン・キホーテ)創業者の安田隆夫さんの個人資産は、2025年時点で約54億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 5400000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Forbes Japan 長者番付 2025 ranking, #6", "source_url": "https://memorva.jp/ranking/forbes/forbes_japan_richest.php", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Founder of the Don Quijote discount-store chain."}], "role_ja": "パン・パシフィック(ドン・キホーテ)創業者", "role_en": "Founder of Don Quijote stores", "headline_en": "Don Quijote founder Takao Yasuda's wealth is estimated at about $5.4 billion as of 2025."}, {"person_id": "hidehisa_takahara", "name_ja": "高原豪久", "name_en": "Hidehisa Takahara", "country": "JP", "role": "President, Unicharm Corporation", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "ユニ・チャームの高原豪久社長の個人資産は、2025年時点で約53億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 5300000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Forbes Japan 長者番付 2025 ranking, #7", "source_url": "https://memorva.jp/ranking/forbes/forbes_japan_richest.php", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "President of hygiene-products maker Unicharm; son of founder Keiichiro Takahara."}], "role_ja": "ユニ・チャーム 社長", "role_en": "President of Unicharm", "headline_en": "Unicharm President Hidehisa Takahara is estimated to be worth about $5.3 billion in 2025."}, {"person_id": "seki_family", "name_ja": "関家一族", "name_en": "Seki family", "country": "JP", "role": "Major shareholder family, DISCO Corporation", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "DISCO(ディスコ)の大株主である関家一族の資産は、2025年時点で約50億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 5000000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Forbes Japan 長者番付 2025 ranking, #8 (family entry)", "source_url": "https://memorva.jp/ranking/forbes/forbes_japan_richest.php", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Family shareholders of semiconductor-equipment maker DISCO Corp; figure represents combined family wealth, not one named individual."}], "role_ja": "DISCO(ディスコ)の大株主一族", "role_en": "Major shareholder family, DISCO Corp.", "headline_en": "The Seki family, major shareholders of DISCO Corp., is estimated to have about $5 billion in 2025."}, {"person_id": "ito_brothers", "name_ja": "伊藤兄弟", "name_en": "Ito brothers", "country": "JP", "role": "Business family (company affiliation not independently confirmed this session)", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "伊藤兄弟の資産は、2025年時点で約49億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 4900000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Forbes Japan 長者番付 2025 ranking, #9 (family entry)", "source_url": "https://memorva.jp/ranking/forbes/forbes_japan_richest.php", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Listed only as 'Ito brothers' in the source table; underlying company not verified in this pass. Flag for follow-up before using in production."}], "role_ja": "実業家一族", "role_en": "Business family", "headline_en": "The Ito brothers' combined wealth is estimated at about $4.9 billion as of 2025."}, {"person_id": "akira_mori", "name_ja": "森章", "name_en": "Akira Mori", "country": "JP", "role": "Chairman, Mori Trust Co. (real estate)", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "森トラストの森章会長の個人資産は、2025年時点で約47億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 4700000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Forbes Japan 長者番付 2025 ranking, #10", "source_url": "https://memorva.jp/ranking/forbes/forbes_japan_richest.php", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Chairman of real-estate developer Mori Trust."}], "role_ja": "森トラスト 会長", "role_en": "Chairman of Mori Trust (real estate)", "headline_en": "Mori Trust chairman Akira Mori's wealth is estimated at about $4.7 billion as of 2025."}, {"person_id": "donald_trump", "name_ja": "ドナルド・トランプ", "name_en": "Donald J. Trump", "country": "US", "role": "President of the United States", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "トランプ大統領の給料は法律で年40万ドルと決まっているが、個人の資産は2026年時点で約70億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 400000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "annual statutory salary", "source_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/102", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "3 U.S.C. §102 sets the President's compensation at $400,000/year plus a $50,000 nontaxable expense allowance; rate unchanged since Jan 20, 2001 (Pub. L. 106-58). Current officeholder as of Sept 2026."}, {"figure_type": "disclosed_assets", "amount": 50000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "OGE Form 278e top asset-value bracket is open-ended: 'Over $50,000,000' (no upper bound); more than two dozen assets/entities incl. Mar-a-Lago Club were reported in this top bracket", "source_url": "https://extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.nsf/PAS+Index/69AEAA9D7455ACD585258E27002DDEE1/%24FILE/Donald-J-Trump-2026-278ANNUAL.pdf", "source_type": "official_disclosure", "reliability": "high", "notes": "OGE 278e reports a bracketed range, not exact figures; amount shown is the lower bound ($50,000,000) of the disclosed open-ended top range category used for many of Trump's largest assets. Actual values are almost certainly much higher and unbounded by the form; see separate Forbes net-worth-estimate row for a point estimate. Filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE), covering calendar year 2025, filed 2026."}, {"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 7000000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Forbes real-time/annual net worth estimate", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-trump/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Forbes estimated Trump's net worth at approximately $7 billion as of Sept 2026 (Forbes 400 list); other outlets (e.g., Bloomberg) have cited somewhat different figures (~$7.6B) reflecting differing valuation methodologies, especially for private real estate and crypto holdings."}], "role_ja": "アメリカ大統領", "role_en": "President of the United States", "headline_en": "President Trump's salary is set by law at $400,000 a year, but his personal wealth is estimated at about $7 billion in 2026."}, {"person_id": "jd_vance", "name_ja": "JD・ヴァンス", "name_en": "JD Vance", "country": "US", "role": "Vice President of the United States", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "ヴァンス副大統領の給料は法律で年23万5,100ドルと決まっている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 235100, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "annual salary actually payable (frozen rate)", "source_url": "https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/26Tables/exec/html/EX.aspx", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "3 U.S.C. §104 ties VP salary to the Executive Schedule Level I rate, nominally $253,100 for 2026 per OPM's 2026-EX table. However, annual appropriations riders have frozen the VP's and certain senior political appointees' PAYABLE salary since 2019 (except a 1.9% bump that year); OPM's 2026 guidance confirms the freeze (last extended through Jan 30, 2026 by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026). $235,100 is the commonly reported actually-paid figure."}, {"figure_type": "disclosed_assets", "amount": 375000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "OGE Form 278e reported Bitcoin holding in range $250,001-$500,000 (held via a Coinbase account)", "source_url": "https://extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.nsf/PAS%2BIndex/021DBF0DD058C1C185258CA9002C93BB/%24FILE/Vance%2C%20JD%202025%20Annual%20278.pdf", "source_type": "official_disclosure", "reliability": "high", "notes": "OGE 278e reports a bracketed range, not an exact figure; amount shown ($375,000) is the midpoint of the disclosed $250,001-$500,000 range for Vance's Bitcoin holding, one line item from his 2025 annual disclosure (filed June 29, 2026 after a 45-day extension). This is one illustrative asset line, not his total disclosed net worth."}, {"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 12000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Forbes net worth estimate", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/kylemullins/2025/07/24/heres-how-much-jd-vance-is-worth/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Forbes estimated Vance's net worth at about $12 million (July 2025 update), up from an earlier ~$10 million estimate; wealth largely from 'Hillbilly Elegy' royalties, prior venture-capital career, and ~$4 million in real estate."}], "role_ja": "アメリカ副大統領", "role_en": "Vice President of the United States", "headline_en": "Vice President Vance's salary is set by law at $235,100 a year."}, {"person_id": "marco_rubio", "name_ja": "マルコ・ルビオ", "name_en": "Marco Rubio", "country": "US", "role": "Secretary of State", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "ルビオ国務長官の給料は年25万3,100ドルと決まっている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 253100, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Executive Schedule Level I annual salary", "source_url": "https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/26Tables/exec/html/EX.aspx", "source_type": "official_stat", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Cabinet secretaries (incl. Secretary of State) are paid at Executive Schedule Level I, set by OPM's 2026 Salary Table No. 2026-EX at $253,100/year. Current Secretary of State as of Sept 2026 is Marco Rubio."}], "role_ja": "アメリカ国務長官", "role_en": "U.S. Secretary of State", "headline_en": "The U.S. Secretary of State's salary is fixed by law at $253,100 a year."}, {"person_id": "elizabeth_warren", "name_ja": "エリザベス・ウォーレン", "name_en": "Elizabeth Warren", "country": "US", "role": "United States Senator (Massachusetts)", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "ウォーレン上院議員の給料は法律で年17万4,000ドルと決まっている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 174000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "annual statutory salary, rank-and-file member", "source_url": "https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/RL/PDF/RL30064/RL30064.44.pdf", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "CRS Report RL30064 'Congressional Salaries and Allowances' (updated Aug 28, 2025) confirms $174,000/year for rank-and-file Members of the Senate and House; salary has been frozen since 2009. Example current sitting Senator."}], "role_ja": "アメリカ上院議員", "role_en": "U.S. Senator (Massachusetts)", "headline_en": "Senator Warren's salary is set by law at $174,000 a year."}, {"person_id": "alexandria_ocasio_cortez", "name_ja": "アレクサンドリア・オカシオコルテス", "name_en": "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez", "country": "US", "role": "United States Representative (NY-14)", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "オカシオコルテス下院議員の給料は法律で年17万4,000ドルと決まっている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 174000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "annual statutory salary, rank-and-file member", "source_url": "https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/RL/PDF/RL30064/RL30064.44.pdf", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Same CRS RL30064 report; rank-and-file House members also earn $174,000/year. Example current sitting Representative."}], "role_ja": "アメリカ下院議員", "role_en": "US Representative (NY-14)", "headline_en": "Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's salary is set by law at $174,000 a year."}, {"person_id": "mike_johnson", "name_ja": "マイク・ジョンソン", "name_en": "Mike Johnson", "country": "US", "role": "Speaker of the House of Representatives", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "下院議長のマイク・ジョンソンさんの給料は年22万3,500ドルと決まっている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 223500, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "annual statutory salary", "source_url": "https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/RL/PDF/RL30064/RL30064.44.pdf", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "CRS RL30064 lists the Speaker's salary at $223,500/year (higher than rank-and-file members). Current Speaker as of Sept 2026 is Mike Johnson (R-LA)."}], "role_ja": "アメリカ下院議長", "role_en": "Speaker of the U.S. House", "headline_en": "House Speaker Mike Johnson's salary is set at $223,500 a year."}, {"person_id": "john_roberts", "name_ja": "ジョン・ロバーツ", "name_en": "John G. Roberts Jr.", "country": "US", "role": "Chief Justice of the United States", "category": "judiciary", "headline_ja": "ロバーツ最高裁長官の給料は年32万700ドルと決まっている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 320700, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "annual judicial salary", "source_url": "https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/about-federal-judges/judicial-compensation", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "uscourts.gov judicial compensation page lists the Chief Justice's 2026 salary at $320,700."}], "role_ja": "アメリカ連邦最高裁判所長官", "role_en": "Chief Justice of the United States", "headline_en": "The U.S. Chief Justice's salary is fixed by law at $320,700 a year."}, {"person_id": "clarence_thomas", "name_ja": "クラレンス・トーマス", "name_en": "Clarence Thomas", "country": "US", "role": "Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States", "category": "judiciary", "headline_ja": "トーマス最高裁判事の給料は年30万6,600ドルと決まっている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 306600, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "annual judicial salary", "source_url": "https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/about-federal-judges/judicial-compensation", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "uscourts.gov lists Associate Justices' 2026 salary at $306,600. Clarence Thomas is the longest-serving current Associate Justice."}], "role_ja": "アメリカ連邦最高裁判所判事", "role_en": "U.S. Supreme Court Justice", "headline_en": "Justice Thomas's salary is set at $306,600 a year."}, {"person_id": "us_circuit_judge", "name_ja": "アメリカの連邦控訴裁判所 裁判官", "name_en": "N/A (role-based salary, e.g. any sitting U.S. Circuit Judge)", "country": "US", "role": "United States Circuit Judge (Court of Appeals)", "category": "judiciary", "headline_ja": "アメリカの控訴裁判所判事の給料は年26万4,900ドルと法律で決まっている(特定の個人ではなく、この職に就く人全員に同じ給料)。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 264900, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "annual judicial salary", "source_url": "https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/about-federal-judges/judicial-compensation", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Same salary for all ~179 sitting circuit judges nationwide; 2026 figure per uscourts.gov. Not tied to one named individual since the salary is uniform across the role."}], "role_ja": "アメリカ連邦控訴裁判所判事", "role_en": "US Circuit Court of Appeals judge", "headline_en": "A US Court of Appeals judge's salary is set by law at $264,900 a year, the same for everyone in that job, not one specific person."}, {"person_id": "us_district_judge", "name_ja": "アメリカの連邦地方裁判所 裁判官", "name_en": "N/A (role-based salary, e.g. any sitting U.S. District Judge)", "country": "US", "role": "United States District Judge", "category": "judiciary", "headline_ja": "アメリカの地方裁判所判事の給料は年24万9,900ドルと法律で決まっている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 249900, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "annual judicial salary", "source_url": "https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/about-federal-judges/judicial-compensation", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Same salary for all ~677 sitting district judgeships nationwide; 2026 figure per uscourts.gov."}], "role_ja": "アメリカ連邦地方裁判所判事", "role_en": "U.S. federal district judge", "headline_en": "A U.S. district judge's salary is set by law at $249,900 a year."}, {"person_id": "gavin_newsom", "name_ja": "ギャビン・ニューサム", "name_en": "Gavin Newsom", "country": "US", "role": "Governor of California", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "カリフォルニア州知事ニューサムさんの給料は年24万5,929ドルで、全米の州知事の中でも最も高い。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 245929, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "annual statutory salary (state's highest-paid elected position)", "source_url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/governor-gavin-newsom-salary-highest/", "source_type": "official_stat", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "California's governor salary is set by the California Citizens Compensation Commission; effective Dec 1, 2025 the rate is $245,929, making Newsom (as of the cited reporting) the highest-paid governor in the country. He previously declined a prior raise on budget grounds, but the official rate still applies to the office."}], "role_ja": "カリフォルニア州知事", "role_en": "Governor of California", "headline_en": "California Governor Gavin Newsom's yearly salary is $245,929, the highest of any U.S. governor."}, {"person_id": "greg_abbott", "name_ja": "グレッグ・アボット", "name_en": "Greg Abbott", "country": "US", "role": "Governor of Texas", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "テキサス州知事アボットさんの給料は年15万3,750ドル。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 153750, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "annual statutory salary", "source_url": "https://ballotpedia.org/Comparison_of_gubernatorial_salaries", "source_type": "official_stat", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Texas Governor's salary is fixed in the biennial General Appropriations Act; has been $153,750 for several recent budget cycles including 2025."}], "role_ja": "テキサス州知事", "role_en": "Governor of Texas", "headline_en": "Texas Governor Greg Abbott's salary is $153,750 a year."}, {"person_id": "kathy_hochul", "name_ja": "キャシー・ホークル", "name_en": "Kathy Hochul", "country": "US", "role": "Governor of New York", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "ニューヨーク州知事ホークルさんの給料は年25万ドル。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 250000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "annual statutory salary", "source_url": "https://ballotpedia.org/Comparison_of_gubernatorial_salaries", "source_type": "official_stat", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "New York law sets the Governor's salary at $250,000/year, among the highest of any US governor. (Note: some 2026 news reports cite Hochul's total taxable income, e.g. ~$1.86M or ~$250,314, which includes non-salary income such as book proceeds and spousal income and should not be confused with the $250,000 statutory office salary.)"}], "role_ja": "ニューヨーク州知事", "role_en": "Governor of New York", "headline_en": "New York Governor Kathy Hochul's salary is $250,000 a year."}, {"person_id": "zohran_mamdani", "name_ja": "ゾーラン・マムダニ", "name_en": "Zohran Mamdani", "country": "US", "role": "Mayor of New York City", "category": "politics", "headline_ja": "ニューヨーク市長マムダニさんの給料は年25万8,750ドル。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 258750, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "annual statutory salary", "source_url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-16/nyc-s-mamdani-rejects-pay-hike-to-305-800-approved-by-lawmakers", "source_type": "official_stat", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Mamdani took office Jan 1, 2026 at the mayoral salary of $258,750 (up from his prior $142,000 NY State Assembly salary). In July 2026 the NYC Council approved raising the mayoral salary to $305,800, but Mamdani publicly declined to accept the increase for himself."}], "role_ja": "ニューヨーク市長", "role_en": "Mayor of New York City", "headline_en": "New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's salary is $258,750 a year."}, {"person_id": "us_astronaut_gs13", "name_ja": "アメリカ航空宇宙局(NASA)の宇宙飛行士(GS-13)", "name_en": "N/A (role-based pay scale, e.g. any GS-13 NASA astronaut)", "country": "US", "role": "NASA Astronaut (civil servant, GS-13)", "category": "science", "headline_ja": "NASAの宇宙飛行士は連邦公務員の給与等級で支払われ、GS-13(1級)だと年約12万2,749ドル(ヒューストン地域手当込み)。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 122749, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "GS-13, Step 1 annual salary with Houston-The Woodlands, TX locality pay (35.00% locality adjustment, 2026 table)", "source_url": "https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2026/HOU.pdf", "source_type": "official_stat", "reliability": "high", "notes": "NASA civil-service astronauts are typically hired/promoted within the GS-13 to GS-15 range (per NASA's astronaut FAQ) and are paid under the OPM General Schedule with the Houston (Johnson Space Center) locality adjustment. GS-13 Step 1 with Houston locality = $122,749/year (2026 OPM locality pay table)."}], "role_ja": "NASAの宇宙飛行士(公務員等級GS-13)", "role_en": "NASA astronaut (civil servant, GS-13)", "headline_en": "NASA astronauts are paid on the federal pay scale; at GS-13 Step 1, that's about $122,749 a year with Houston pay added."}, {"person_id": "us_astronaut_gs15", "name_ja": "アメリカ航空宇宙局(NASA)の宇宙飛行士(GS-15、上級)", "name_en": "N/A (role-based pay scale, e.g. any GS-15 NASA astronaut/senior astronaut)", "country": "US", "role": "NASA Astronaut (civil servant, GS-15)", "category": "science", "headline_ja": "経験を積んだ上級のNASA宇宙飛行士はGS-15になり、年約17万618ドル(ヒューストン地域手当込み)。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 170618, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "GS-15, Step 1 annual salary with Houston-The Woodlands, TX locality pay (35.00% locality adjustment, 2026 table)", "source_url": "https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2026/HOU.pdf", "source_type": "official_stat", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Top of NASA's astronaut civil-service pay band. GS-15 Step 1 with Houston locality = $170,618/year (2026 OPM locality pay table). Note: NASA's 2024+ astronaut candidate classes are reportedly moving to an 'Administratively Determined' pay scale rather than strict GS steps, but the GS-13/GS-15 band remains the standard public benchmark."}], "role_ja": "NASAの宇宙飛行士(公務員等級GS-15、上級)", "role_en": "NASA astronaut (senior, GS-15 pay grade)", "headline_en": "An experienced, senior NASA astronaut reaches GS-15 and earns about $170,618 a year, including Houston locality pay."}, {"person_id": "us_military_e1", "name_ja": "アメリカ軍の新人兵士(E-1)", "name_en": "N/A (role-based pay, e.g. any E-1 enlisted service member)", "country": "US", "role": "Military enlisted member, pay grade E-1", "category": "other", "headline_ja": "アメリカ軍の新兵(階級E-1)の給料は年約2万8,886ドル。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 28886, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "E-1 base pay for <4 months of service: $2,407.20/month (2026 DFAS table); annual figure = monthly x 12", "source_url": "https://www.dfas.mil/Pressroom/Article/4391719/2026-military-pay-tables-on-dfas-website/", "source_type": "official_stat", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Lowest active-duty enlisted base pay, per the 2026 DFAS military pay table (3.8% pay raise effective Jan 1, 2026). Excludes allowances (BAH/BAS) and special pays; E-1 pay is slightly higher after 4 months of service on the same table."}], "role_ja": "アメリカ軍の新兵(階級E-1)", "role_en": "U.S. military recruit (rank E-1)", "headline_en": "A new U.S. military recruit at rank E-1 earns about $28,886 a year in base pay."}, {"person_id": "us_military_o1", "name_ja": "アメリカ軍の新任将校(O-1)", "name_en": "N/A (role-based pay, e.g. any O-1 commissioned officer)", "country": "US", "role": "Military officer, pay grade O-1 (2nd Lieutenant/Ensign)", "category": "other", "headline_ja": "アメリカ軍の新任将校(階級O-1、少尉)の給料は年4万9,800ドル。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 49800, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "O-1 base pay, <2 years of service: $4,150/month (2026 DFAS table); annual figure = monthly x 12", "source_url": "https://www.dfas.mil/Pressroom/Article/4391719/2026-military-pay-tables-on-dfas-website/", "source_type": "official_stat", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Lowest active-duty commissioned-officer base pay, 2026 DFAS table. Excludes allowances (BAH/BAS) and special/incentive pays."}], "role_ja": "アメリカ軍の新任将校(階級O-1)", "role_en": "New U.S. military officer (O-1)", "headline_en": "A new U.S. military officer (rank O-1) earns $49,800 a year in base pay."}, {"person_id": "us_military_o10", "name_ja": "アメリカ軍の最高階級の将官(O-10)", "name_en": "N/A (role-based pay, e.g. any O-10 4-star general/admiral)", "country": "US", "role": "Military officer, pay grade O-10 (4-star General/Admiral)", "category": "other", "headline_ja": "アメリカ軍の最高階級(O-10、大将)の給料は年約22万5,698ドル。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 225698, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "O-10 base pay: $18,808.20/month (2026 DFAS table); annual figure = monthly x 12; O-9/O-10 pay is capped at Executive Schedule Level II ($18,999.90/month for 2026)", "source_url": "https://www.dfas.mil/Pressroom/Article/4391719/2026-military-pay-tables-on-dfas-website/", "source_type": "official_stat", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Highest active-duty officer base pay grade (4-star general/admiral), 2026 DFAS table, subject to a statutory cap tied to Executive Schedule Level II. Excludes allowances and special pays."}], "role_ja": "アメリカ軍の最高階級(O-10、大将)", "role_en": "US 4-star general/admiral (O-10)", "headline_en": "The US military's highest rank (O-10, 4-star general) earns about $225,698 a year."}, {"person_id": "jay_bhattacharya", "name_ja": "ジェイ・バタチャリヤ", "name_en": "Jay Bhattacharya", "country": "US", "role": "Director, National Institutes of Health", "category": "science", "headline_ja": "アメリカ国立衛生研究所(NIH)所長のバッタチャリヤさんの給料は年22万8,000ドル。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 228000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Executive Level II annual rate (widely reported basis for the NIH Director's pay); NIH Director's exact individual salary was not separately confirmed in a public payroll database", "source_url": "https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/26Tables/exec/html/EX.aspx", "source_type": "official_stat", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Jay Bhattacharya became the 18th Director of NIH, effective April 1, 2025. The NIH Director role is commonly reported as compensated at Executive Schedule Level II, which OPM's 2026 table sets at $228,000/year; this is a reasonable proxy figure, not a confirmed line-item payroll record for this individual."}], "role_ja": "アメリカ国立衛生研究所(NIH)所長", "role_en": "Director of the U.S. NIH", "headline_en": "NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya's salary is about $228,000 a year."}, {"person_id": "us_professor_avg", "name_ja": "アメリカの大学教授(正教授)の平均年収", "name_en": "N/A / AAUP survey average (not a named individual)", "country": "US", "role": "Professor (AAUP average, full professor rank)", "category": "science", "headline_ja": "アメリカの大学教授(正教授)の平均年収は約16万3,836ドルという調査結果がある。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 163836, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "AAUP 2025-26 Faculty Compensation Survey average salary for full professors, 9/10-month contract, ACROSS ALL surveyed institution types (768 institutions, ~359,000 full-time faculty); a doctoral-institution-only breakdown is available at data.aaup.org but was not separately confirmed for this fragment", "source_url": "https://www.aaup.org/preliminary-2025-26-faculty-compensation-survey-results", "source_type": "league_or_association", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "AGGREGATE BENCHMARK, NOT A NAMED INDIVIDUAL: included because AAUP's annual survey is the standard citation for 'how much do professors make.' Full-professor average across all ranks/institution types rose 2.3% nominally from fall 2024 to fall 2025-26; doctoral-university-specific full-professor averages are typically somewhat higher than this all-institution figure."}], "role_ja": "アメリカの大学教授(正教授、平均)", "role_en": "U.S. professor (average, full rank)", "headline_en": "A survey found that U.S. full professors earn about $163,836 a year on average."}, {"person_id": "nobel_prize", "name_ja": "ノーベル賞の賞金", "name_en": "N/A (prize amount, not tied to one laureate)", "country": "US", "role": "Nobel laureate (per full, undivided Nobel Prize)", "category": "science", "headline_ja": "ノーベル賞の賞金は1つの賞につき約126万3,000ドル(2026年、スウェーデン・クローナで1,200万クローナ)。複数人で受賞した場合は分け合う。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "prize_money", "amount": 1263000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "SEK 12.0 million per full Nobel Prize (2026 amount, set by the Nobel Foundation); USD figure is an approximate conversion at ~9.5 SEK/USD (Sept 2026) — actual prize is denominated and paid in Swedish kronor. If a prize is shared by 2-3 laureates, the SEK 12.0 million is divided among them.", "source_url": "https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/facts/the-nobel-prize-money/", "source_type": "official_stat", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Per nobelprize.org, 'The prize money for 2026 is set at Swedish kronor (SEK) 12.0 million per full Nobel Prize,' up from SEK 11.0 million in 2025. Included as a global science-prize benchmark relevant to a US-focused kids' database (many US scientists are Nobel laureates); not a US-government figure."}], "role_ja": "ノーベル賞受賞者(賞金の話)", "role_en": "Nobel Prize laureate (full prize amount)", "headline_en": "Each full Nobel Prize is worth about $1.263 million (12 million Swedish kronor in 2026), split if shared by winners."}, {"person_id": "juan_soto", "name_ja": "フアン・ソト", "name_en": "Juan Soto", "country": "other", "role": "MLB outfielder", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "フアン・ソト選手はメジャーリーグ史上最大となる15年7億6,500万ドルの契約を結び、2025年の総収入(給料+スポンサー収入)は約1億1,400万ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "contract_total", "amount": 765000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2024, "unit_notes": "Total guaranteed value of 15-year contract with NY Mets (2025-2039); could rise to $805M if the team voids an opt-out clause", "source_url": "https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/_/id/25959/juan-soto", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Record MLB free-agent deal, signed Dec 2024; includes $75M signing bonus and deferred-money structure."}, {"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 114000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Total 12-month earnings (salary + endorsements) per Forbes' World's Highest-Paid Athletes 2025 list, rank #7", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/2025/05/15/the-worlds-10-highest-paid-athletes-2025/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "First year of new Mets contract plus endorsement income."}], "role_ja": "メジャーリーグの野球選手(ニューヨーク・メッツ)", "role_en": "MLB outfielder (New York Mets)", "headline_en": "Juan Soto signed MLB's biggest-ever deal, 15 years for $765 million, and earned about $114 million total in 2025."}, {"person_id": "patrick_mahomes", "name_ja": "パトリック・マホームズ", "name_en": "Patrick Mahomes", "country": "US", "role": "NFL quarterback", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "パトリック・マホームズ選手はチーフスと8年5億475万ドルの契約を結んでいる。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "contract_total", "amount": 504750000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Total value of 8-year Chiefs extension (built on his 2020 deal, with two years/added value in 2026); average annual value ~$63.1M; can reach $522.25M with incentives", "source_url": "https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/21751/patrick-mahomes", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "First NFL contract valued over $500M; $397M guaranteed at signing."}], "role_ja": "アメフト選手(NFL、カンザスシティ・チーフス)", "role_en": "NFL quarterback (Kansas City Chiefs)", "headline_en": "Patrick Mahomes signed an 8-year, $504.75 million contract with the Chiefs."}, {"person_id": "stephen_curry", "name_ja": "ステフィン・カリー", "name_en": "Stephen Curry", "country": "US", "role": "NBA point guard", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "ステフィン・カリー選手の2026年の総収入(NBAの給料+スポンサー収入)は約1億2,470万ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "contract_total", "amount": 215353664, "currency": "USD", "year": 2021, "unit_notes": "4-year supermax extension signed 2021 with Golden State Warriors, covering 2022-23 through 2025-26 seasons; AAV $53.8M", "source_url": "https://www.spotrac.com/nba/player/_/id/6287/stephen-curry", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "2025-26 season base salary alone is $59.6M, a single-season NBA record at signing."}, {"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 124700000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Total 12-month earnings: ~$59.7M on-court + ~$65M endorsements/business, per Forbes 2026 highest-paid athletes list, rank #6", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/2026/05/22/the-worlds-10-highest-paid-athletes-2026/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": ""}], "role_ja": "バスケットボール選手(NBA、ゴールデンステート・ウォリアーズ)", "role_en": "NBA player (Golden State Warriors)", "headline_en": "Stephen Curry's total 2026 earnings (NBA salary plus sponsorships) are estimated at about $124.7 million."}, {"person_id": "lebron_james", "name_ja": "レブロン・ジェームズ", "name_en": "LeBron James", "country": "US", "role": "NBA forward", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "レブロン・ジェームズ選手のNBAの年俸は約5,263万ドル、スポンサー収入なども合わせた総収入は約1億3,780万ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 52627153, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "2025-26 season base salary with LA Lakers (player option year)", "source_url": "https://www.spotrac.com/nba/player/_/id/2257/lebron-james", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Reports indicate he later agreed to join the Philadelphia 76ers for 2026-27 at a far smaller salary."}, {"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 137800000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Total 12-month earnings incl. NBA salary + endorsements (lifetime Nike deal, SpringHill Company media business); Forbes 2026 list rank #4, ~$85M of it off-court", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/2026/05/22/the-worlds-10-highest-paid-athletes-2026/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Illustrates salary vs. total-earnings gap alongside the separate NBA-salary row above."}], "role_ja": "バスケットボール選手(NBA、ロサンゼルス・レイカーズ)", "role_en": "NBA player (Los Angeles Lakers)", "headline_en": "LeBron James's NBA salary is about $52.63 million; with endorsements his total earnings are about $137.8 million."}, {"person_id": "lionel_messi", "name_ja": "リオネル・メッシ", "name_en": "Lionel Messi", "country": "other", "role": "MLS forward (Inter Miami)", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "リオネル・メッシ選手のインテル・マイアミでの年俸は約2,050万ドル、スポンサー収入なども合わせた2026年の総収入は約1億4,000万ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 20500000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2023, "unit_notes": "MLS-reported base salary ~$12M plus guaranteed compensation totaling ~$20.5M/season under his original 2023 deal (extended through 2028); excludes separate Apple TV/Adidas revenue share", "source_url": "https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37975000/lionel-messi-mls-apple-adidas-inter-miami", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Also holds unquantified revenue-share stakes in Apple TV's MLS Season Pass and Adidas sales tied to his popularity, plus a future ownership stake in Inter Miami -- described by industry sources as unprecedented in US pro sports."}, {"figure_type": "contract_total", "amount": 150000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2023, "unit_notes": "Headline value of original 2.5-year Inter Miami deal (2023-2025), ~$60M/year before the separate Apple/Adidas revenue-share arrangements", "source_url": "https://www.sportico.com/personalities/athletes/2023/lionel-messi-career-earnings-billion-mls-1234730823/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Since extended three more years through the 2028 season."}, {"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 140000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Total 12-month earnings per Forbes 2026 highest-paid athletes list, rank #3", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/2026/05/22/the-worlds-10-highest-paid-athletes-2026/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": ""}], "role_ja": "サッカー選手(アメリカ・インテル・マイアミ)", "role_en": "Soccer player (Inter Miami, USA)", "headline_en": "Lionel Messi's Inter Miami salary is about $20.5 million; with sponsorships, his total 2026 earnings are about $140 million."}, {"person_id": "caitlin_clark", "name_ja": "ケイトリン・クラーク", "name_en": "Caitlin Clark", "country": "US", "role": "WNBA guard", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "ケイトリン・クラーク選手のWNBAでの給料は年8万ドルほどだが、スポンサー収入を合わせた2025年の総収入は約1,610万ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 76535, "currency": "USD", "year": 2024, "unit_notes": "2024 rookie-season base salary under the WNBA rookie wage scale (No. 1 overall pick); 4-year deal totals $338,056", "source_url": "https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10116524-caitlin-clarks-indiana-fever-contract-details-after-going-no-1-in-2024-wnba-draft", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Widely cited to illustrate the WNBA salary-vs-endorsement gap versus male rookies drafted #1 in NBA/NFL."}, {"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 16100000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Total 2025 earnings: ~$114K WNBA salary + ~$16M from 10+ endorsement deals (Nike, Gatorade, State Farm, Wilson, etc.)", "source_url": "https://www.sportico.com/personalities/athletes/2025/caitlin-clark-wnba-salary-sponsors-1234878215/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Forbes' independent estimate for the same year was $12.1M; estimates vary by methodology (Sportico ranked her #6 among all female athletes)."}], "role_ja": "バスケットボール選手(WNBA、インディアナ・フィーバー)", "role_en": "WNBA guard (Indiana Fever)", "headline_en": "Clark's WNBA salary is about $80,000 a year, but her total 2025 earnings with sponsorships are estimated at about $16.1 million."}, {"person_id": "kevin_durant", "name_ja": "ケビン・デュラント", "name_en": "Kevin Durant", "country": "US", "role": "NBA forward", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "ケビン・デュラント選手の2026年の総収入は約1億380万ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 103800000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Total 12-month earnings, Forbes 2026 highest-paid athletes list, rank #9", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/2026/05/22/the-worlds-10-highest-paid-athletes-2026/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Traded to Houston Rockets in 2026; income supplemented by Boardroom media company and 35V investment firm plus endorsements (CeraVe, Dick's Sporting Goods, FanDuel)."}], "role_ja": "バスケットボール選手(NBA、ヒューストン・ロケッツ)", "role_en": "NBA forward (Houston Rockets)", "headline_en": "Kevin Durant's total 2026 income is estimated at about $103.8 million."}, {"person_id": "dak_prescott", "name_ja": "ダク・プレスコット", "name_en": "Dak Prescott", "country": "US", "role": "NFL quarterback", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "ダク・プレスコット選手の2025年の総収入は約1億3,700万ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 137000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Total 12-month earnings, Forbes 2025 highest-paid athletes list, rank #4", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/2025/05/15/the-worlds-10-highest-paid-athletes-2025/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Dallas Cowboys quarterback; figure driven mainly by NFL salary/contract payout that year."}], "role_ja": "アメフト選手(NFL、ダラス・カウボーイズ)", "role_en": "NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)", "headline_en": "Dak Prescott's estimated total earnings in 2025 were about $137 million."}, {"person_id": "mrbeast", "name_ja": "MrBeast(ミスタービースト)", "name_en": "MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson)", "country": "US", "role": "YouTuber / content creator", "category": "creator", "headline_ja": "MrBeast(ミスタービースト)さんはYouTubeなどでの収入が、2025年3月〜2026年3月の1年間で約3億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 85000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Estimated 2025 earnings, Forbes Top Creators list rank #1 (4th consecutive year atop the list)", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2025/06/16/forbes-top-creators-2025/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "MrBeast publicly disputed Forbes' methodology/figure as inaccurate; illustrates how estimates vary."}, {"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 300000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Estimated earnings for the 12-month period March 2025-March 2026, ~4.6x the #2-ranked creator", "source_url": "https://www.visualcapitalist.com/50-highest-paid-creators-in-2026/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "low", "notes": "Large year-to-year swing versus the $85M 2025 figure shows how much estimates vary; excludes equity-based brand deals."}], "role_ja": "YouTuber(アメリカ)", "role_en": "YouTuber / content creator", "headline_en": "MrBeast is estimated to have earned about $300 million from YouTube and other work between March 2025 and March 2026."}, {"person_id": "taylor_swift", "name_ja": "テイラー・スウィフト", "name_en": "Taylor Swift", "country": "US", "role": "Singer-songwriter", "category": "entertainment", "headline_ja": "テイラー・スウィフトさんの2025年の収入(音楽・ツアーなど)は約2億200万ドル、資産全体は約16億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 1600000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Estimated net worth as of December 2025", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/profile/taylor-swift/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Reached billionaire status in Oct 2023 via Eras Tour earnings and music-catalog value; some mid-2026 estimates put her net worth near $2B after she reacquired her early masters."}, {"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 202000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Estimated 2025 earnings from touring/music, Forbes Highest-Paid Musicians of 2025 list, rank #2", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/martinadilicosa/2025/12/30/the-highest-paid-musicians-of-2025/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "The Weeknd topped the same list with $298M."}], "role_ja": "シンガーソングライター(アメリカ)", "role_en": "American singer-songwriter", "headline_en": "Taylor Swift's 2025 income (music, touring, etc.) is estimated at about $202 million, with total wealth around $1.6 billion."}, {"person_id": "adam_sandler", "name_ja": "アダム・サンドラー", "name_en": "Adam Sandler", "country": "US", "role": "Actor", "category": "entertainment", "headline_ja": "アダム・サンドラーさんの2025年の俳優としての収入は約4,800万ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 48000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Estimated total 2025 acting earnings (mainly via long-term Netflix output deal), not a single per-film fee; Forbes Highest-Paid Actors of 2025 list, rank #1", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/2026/03/13/the-highest-paid-actors-of-2025/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Netflix deal pays out regardless of individual film box-office performance."}], "role_ja": "俳優(アメリカ)", "role_en": "Actor (United States)", "headline_en": "Adam Sandler's 2025 acting income is estimated at about $48 million."}, {"person_id": "tom_cruise", "name_ja": "トム・クルーズ", "name_en": "Tom Cruise", "country": "US", "role": "Actor", "category": "entertainment", "headline_ja": "トム・クルーズさんの2025年の俳優としての収入は約4,600万ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 46000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Estimated total 2025 acting earnings, Forbes Highest-Paid Actors of 2025 list, rank #2", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattcraig/2026/03/13/the-highest-paid-actors-of-2025/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": ""}], "role_ja": "俳優(アメリカ)", "role_en": "Actor (United States)", "headline_en": "Tom Cruise's acting earnings for 2025 are estimated at about $46 million."}, {"person_id": "kai_cenat", "name_ja": "Kai Cenat(カイ・セナット)", "name_en": "Kai Cenat", "country": "US", "role": "Twitch streamer", "category": "creator", "headline_ja": "Kai Cenat(カイ・セナット)さんの2025年の配信者としての収入は約850万ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_earnings_est", "amount": 8500000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Forbes' 2025 Top Creators estimate, rank #28", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2025/06/16/forbes-top-creators-2025/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Other outlets estimate $30M+/year including subathon ('Mafiathon') event revenue; large variance depending on methodology."}], "role_ja": "配信者(Twitch)", "role_en": "Twitch streamer", "headline_en": "Kai Cenat is estimated to have earned about $8.5 million as a streamer in 2025."}, {"person_id": "xqc", "name_ja": "xQc(エックスキューシー)", "name_en": "xQc", "country": "US", "role": "Twitch streamer", "category": "creator", "headline_ja": "xQc(エックスキューシー)さんの資産は約2,500万ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 25000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Rough net-worth estimate", "source_url": "https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/streamers/how-xqc-rich-streamer-s-net-worth-2025-explored", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "low", "notes": "Annual income estimates vary widely (~$2-4M/yr from streaming alone vs. a reported $100M multi-year Kick platform exclusivity deal with disputed actual payout); no single authoritative figure found."}], "role_ja": "配信者(Twitch)", "role_en": "Streamer (Twitch)", "headline_en": "xQc's net worth is estimated at about $25 million."}, {"person_id": "us_nfl_rookie_min", "name_ja": "NFLの新人選手の最低年俸", "name_en": "us_nfl_rookie_min", "country": "US", "role": "NFL rookie minimum salary", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "NFLの新人選手の最低保証年俸は約88万5,000ドル(2026年シーズン)。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 885000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Rookie (0 credited seasons) minimum salary per current CBA (2020-2030), 2026 league year", "source_url": "https://overthecap.com/collective-bargaining-agreement/article/7", "source_type": "league_or_association", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Minimum rises on a 6-tier ladder with credited seasons, topping out at $1.3M for players with 7+ seasons."}], "role_ja": "NFLの新人選手(最低保証年俸)", "role_en": "NFL rookie (minimum salary)", "headline_en": "An NFL rookie's guaranteed minimum salary is about $885,000 for the 2026 season."}, {"person_id": "us_nba_rookie_min", "name_ja": "NBAの新人選手の最低年俸", "name_en": "us_nba_rookie_min", "country": "US", "role": "NBA rookie minimum salary", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "NBAの新人選手の最低保証年俸は約136万1,969ドル(2025-26シーズン)。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 1361969, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Minimum salary for a player with 0 years of NBA experience, 2025-26 season, per CBA scale", "source_url": "https://www.spotrac.com/nba/cba/minimum", "source_type": "league_or_association", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Minimum salary increases with each additional year of service under the CBA."}], "role_ja": "NBAの新人選手(最低保証年俸)", "role_en": "NBA rookie (minimum salary)", "headline_en": "The minimum guaranteed salary for an NBA rookie is about $1,361,969 for the 2025-26 season."}, {"person_id": "us_mlb_min", "name_ja": "メジャーリーグの最低保証年俸", "name_en": "us_mlb_min", "country": "US", "role": "MLB minimum salary", "category": "sports", "headline_ja": "MLBの最低保証年俸は78万ドル(2026年シーズン)。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 780000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "League-wide minimum salary for players without enough service time for arbitration/free agency, 2026 season, per 2022-2026 CBA", "source_url": "https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/cba/minimum", "source_type": "league_or_association", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Set as a fixed dollar figure rising $20,000/year since 2022 (unlike NFL/NBA, not tied to a revenue percentage); current CBA expires after the 2026 season."}], "role_ja": "メジャーリーグの選手(最低保証年俸)", "role_en": "MLB player (league minimum)", "headline_en": "MLB's guaranteed minimum salary for the 2026 season is $780,000."}, {"person_id": "tim_cook", "name_ja": "ティム・クック", "name_en": "Tim Cook", "country": "US", "role": "CEO, Apple Inc.", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "アップルのティム・クックCEOの報酬は、株式などを含めて年間約7,429万ドル。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 74294811, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Total compensation per DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table (salary + stock awards + non-equity incentive + other comp), not base salary alone", "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000130817926000008/aapl014016-def14a.htm", "source_type": "company_filing", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Apple FY2025 (ended Sept 27, 2025) DEF 14A proxy, filed Jan 8, 2026; Cook's base salary ($3M) unchanged since 2016, most of total comp is stock awards ($57.5M)."}], "role_ja": "アップル CEO", "role_en": "CEO of Apple", "headline_en": "Apple CEO Tim Cook's total pay, including stock, is about $74.29 million a year."}, {"person_id": "sundar_pichai", "name_ja": "サンダー・ピチャイ", "name_en": "Sundar Pichai", "country": "US", "role": "CEO, Alphabet Inc. / Google", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "グーグル(アルファベット)のサンダー・ピチャイCEOの報酬は年間約1,091万ドルだが、2026年からの新しい契約では最大6億9,200万ドルにもなる株式報酬が用意されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 10906079, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Total compensation per DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table (salary + other comp); no new stock award granted in this fiscal year", "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001652044/000130817926000342/goog-20260424.htm", "source_type": "company_filing", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Alphabet DEF 14A filed April 2026 covering fiscal 2025. Pichai's reported total comp swings enormously year to year because Alphabet grants him large multi-year equity awards only periodically (e.g. ~$226M in 2022, much lower in years with no new grant like 2023-2025); do not treat any single year's figure as his 'typical' pay."}, {"figure_type": "contract_total", "amount": 692000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Headline maximum value of new 2026-2028 multi-year performance-linked pay package (PSUs + RSUs + Waymo- and Wing-linked stock); contingent on hitting stock-performance and business-unit valuation targets, not guaranteed cash", "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204426000026/goog-20260304.htm", "source_type": "company_filing", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Approved by Alphabet board March 4, 2026; base salary stays $2M/year. Illustrates the huge year-to-year variance noted above: most of this value would only be realized years from now if performance targets (incl. Waymo/Wing growth) are met."}], "role_ja": "グーグル(アルファベット)CEO", "role_en": "CEO of Google (Alphabet)", "headline_en": "Google CEO Sundar Pichai was paid about $10.91 million in a year, but a new 2026 deal could give him stock worth up to $692 million."}, {"person_id": "satya_nadella", "name_ja": "サティア・ナデラ", "name_en": "Satya Nadella", "country": "US", "role": "Chairman & CEO, Microsoft Corp.", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "マイクロソフトのサティア・ナデラCEOの報酬は、株式などを含めて年間約9,650万ドル。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 96496790, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Total compensation per DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table (salary + stock awards + non-equity incentive + other comp), not base salary alone", "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000119312525245150/d908201ddef14a.htm", "source_type": "company_filing", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Microsoft fiscal year 2025 (July 2024-June 2025) DEF 14A, filed Oct 21, 2025; up 22% from FY2024's $79.1M, driven mainly by $84.2M in performance stock awards."}], "role_ja": "マイクロソフト会長兼CEO", "role_en": "Chairman and CEO of Microsoft", "headline_en": "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's pay, including stock, is about $96.5 million a year."}, {"person_id": "jensen_huang", "name_ja": "ジェンスン・フアン", "name_en": "Jensen Huang", "country": "US", "role": "President & CEO, NVIDIA Corp.", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "エヌビディアのジェンスン・フアンCEOの報酬は年間約3,634万ドル。個人の資産は2026年時点で約1,540億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 36343830, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Total compensation per DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table (salary + stock awards + non-equity incentive + other comp), not base salary alone", "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001045810/000104581026000036/nvda-20260512.htm", "source_type": "company_filing", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Nvidia fiscal year 2026 (ended ~Jan 2026) DEF 14A, filed May 12, 2026; down 27% from FY2025's $49.9M. Like Pichai, Huang's reported pay varies a lot year to year depending on the size of that year's equity grant."}, {"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 154000000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Net worth estimate from Forbes' annual World's Billionaires List 2026 (rank #8)", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2026/03/10/forbes-worlds-billionaires-list-2026-the-top-200/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026, published March 10, 2026. Huang's Forbes net worth (mostly Nvidia stock he holds) is vastly larger than his reported annual pay from Nvidia's proxy (see annual_salary row above), since most of it is pre-existing ownership, not yearly compensation."}], "role_ja": "エヌビディア社長兼CEO", "role_en": "President & CEO of NVIDIA", "headline_en": "NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's pay is about $36.34 million a year, and his wealth is estimated at about $154 billion in 2026."}, {"person_id": "andy_jassy", "name_ja": "アンディ・ジャシー", "name_en": "Andy Jassy", "country": "US", "role": "CEO, Amazon.com Inc.", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "アマゾンのアンディ・ジャシーCEOの報酬は年間約207万ドル。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 2069861, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Total compensation per DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table (base salary $365,000 + other comp, mostly security/travel costs); Jassy received no new stock award this year", "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018724/000110465926041026/tm261382-1_def14a.htm", "source_type": "company_filing", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Amazon DEF 14A filed 2026 covering 2025. Reported total pay is unusually low for a mega-cap CEO because Jassy already holds large previously-granted stock (about $242M unvested at year-end) and received no new award in 2025."}], "role_ja": "アマゾンCEO", "role_en": "CEO of Amazon", "headline_en": "Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's pay is about $2.07 million a year."}, {"person_id": "mark_zuckerberg", "name_ja": "マーク・ザッカーバーグ", "name_en": "Mark Zuckerberg", "country": "US", "role": "CEO, Meta Platforms Inc.", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "メタのマーク・ザッカーバーグCEOの給料はわずか1ドルだが、株式などの報酬を合わせると年間約2,510万ドル。個人の資産は2026年時点で約2,220億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 25100000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Total compensation per DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table: $1 base salary plus ~$25.1M in 'other compensation' (personal security program and private aircraft use), no bonus or new equity award", "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000162828026025532/meta-20260416.htm", "source_type": "company_filing", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Zuckerberg has taken a symbolic $1 base salary for years; nearly all his reported 'pay' is Meta's cost of providing him security and jet travel, not cash income to him."}, {"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 222000000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Net worth estimate from Forbes' annual World's Billionaires List 2026 (rank #5)", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2026/03/10/forbes-worlds-billionaires-list-2026-the-top-200/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026, published March 10, 2026."}], "role_ja": "メタCEO", "role_en": "CEO of Meta", "headline_en": "Meta CEO Zuckerberg takes a $1 salary, but total pay is about $25.1 million a year; his 2026 net worth is $222 billion."}, {"person_id": "warren_buffett", "name_ja": "ウォーレン・バフェット", "name_en": "Warren Buffett", "country": "US", "role": "Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "バークシャー・ハサウェイのウォーレン・バフェットCEOの給料は年10万ドルだけで、ボーナスや株式報酬は受け取っていない。それでも個人の資産は2026年時点で約1,490億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "annual_salary", "amount": 100000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Base salary only, per DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table; Buffett takes no bonus and no equity awards. Total reported compensation including ~$289K of personal security costs was about $389,488.", "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312526106253/d882687ddef14a.htm", "source_type": "company_filing", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Buffett's $100,000 salary has been unchanged for over 40 years, despite Berkshire being one of the largest US companies and Buffett being one of the world's richest people (see his net-worth row below) - a striking illustration that CEO pay and personal wealth are not the same thing."}, {"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 149000000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Net worth estimate from Forbes' annual World's Billionaires List 2026 (rank #9)", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2026/03/10/forbes-worlds-billionaires-list-2026-the-top-200/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026, published March 10, 2026. Contrast with Buffett's $100,000 salary row above: his wealth comes almost entirely from decades of Berkshire stock ownership, not annual pay."}], "role_ja": "バークシャー・ハサウェイ会長兼CEO", "role_en": "Chairman & CEO of Berkshire Hathaway", "headline_en": "Warren Buffett's salary is just $100,000 a year with no bonus or stock, yet his wealth is estimated at about $149 billion in 2026."}, {"person_id": "elon_musk", "name_ja": "イーロン・マスク", "name_en": "Elon Musk", "country": "US", "role": "CEO, Tesla Inc.", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "イーロン・マスクさんの資産は2026年時点で世界一とされ、約9,290億ドル(フォーブスの年間ランキングでは約8,390億ドル)と推定されている。テスラの新しい報酬制度では、最大1兆ドルにもなる株式が用意されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "contract_total", "amount": 55800000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2018, "unit_notes": "Headline potential value of the 2018 Tesla CEO Performance Award (stock options across 12 tranches) if all growth/market-cap milestones are met; contingent, not a cash salary, and its legal status has been disputed for years", "source_url": "https://www.gibsondunn.com/delaware-reinstates-musk-pay-package-slashes-345-million-fee-award/", "source_type": "law", "reliability": "high", "notes": "Saga: voided/rescinded by the Delaware Court of Chancery in Jan 2024; Tesla shareholders re-ratified it by ~72% vote at the June 2024 annual meeting; on Dec 19, 2025 the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the rescission and reinstated the award in full (awarding the plaintiff only $1 nominal damages). As of this research (Sept 2026) the 2018 award stands reinstated."}, {"figure_type": "contract_total", "amount": 1000000000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "unit_notes": "Headline maximum value of the new (separate, 2025) Tesla CEO pay package over roughly a decade if extreme performance milestones (e.g. $50B-$400B annual profit tiers, 20M vehicle deliveries, 1M robotaxis) are met; purely contingent stock award, not cash", "source_url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/tesla-shareholders-musk-pay.html", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Approved by ~75% of voting Tesla shareholders on Nov 6, 2025, despite both major proxy advisors (ISS, Glass Lewis) recommending against it. This is separate from, and in addition to, the 2018 award above."}, {"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 929000000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Forbes real-time net worth estimate (fluctuates daily with stock prices and private-company valuations)", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Figure as fetched Sept 25, 2026 (Forbes shows this updating live, ranked #1 richest person that day). Other trackers on the same date showed different figures (roughly $890B-$1.03T) because methodologies for valuing restricted stock, options and private stakes (SpaceX, xAI) differ."}, {"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 839000000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Net worth estimate from Forbes' annual World's Billionaires List 2026 (rank #1), as of the list's March 2026 valuation date - a fixed snapshot, distinct from the real-time figure above", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2026/03/10/forbes-worlds-billionaires-list-2026-the-top-200/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026, published March 10, 2026; Musk gained an estimated $497B in the preceding year, the largest single-year wealth gain Forbes has recorded."}], "role_ja": "テスラCEO", "role_en": "CEO of Tesla", "headline_en": "Musk is ranked the world's richest in 2026, worth about $929B (Forbes list: $839B); Tesla's new plan could pay up to $1T in stock."}, {"person_id": "larry_page", "name_ja": "ラリー・ペイジ", "name_en": "Larry Page", "country": "US", "role": "Co-founder, Google / Alphabet", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "グーグル共同創業者のラリー・ペイジさんの資産は、2026年時点で約2,570億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 257000000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Net worth estimate from Forbes' annual World's Billionaires List 2026 (rank #2)", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2026/03/10/forbes-worlds-billionaires-list-2026-the-top-200/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026, published March 10, 2026."}], "role_ja": "グーグル共同創業者", "role_en": "Co-founder of Google", "headline_en": "Google co-founder Larry Page's wealth is estimated at about $257 billion in 2026."}, {"person_id": "sergey_brin", "name_ja": "セルゲイ・ブリン", "name_en": "Sergey Brin", "country": "US", "role": "Co-founder, Google / Alphabet", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "グーグル共同創業者のセルゲイ・ブリンさんの資産は、2026年時点で約2,370億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 237000000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Net worth estimate from Forbes' annual World's Billionaires List 2026 (rank #3)", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2026/03/10/forbes-worlds-billionaires-list-2026-the-top-200/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026, published March 10, 2026."}], "role_ja": "グーグル共同創業者", "role_en": "Co-founder of Google/Alphabet", "headline_en": "Google co-founder Sergey Brin's wealth is estimated at about $237 billion as of 2026."}, {"person_id": "jeff_bezos", "name_ja": "ジェフ・ベゾス", "name_en": "Jeff Bezos", "country": "US", "role": "Founder & Executive Chairman, Amazon.com Inc.", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "アマゾン創業者のジェフ・ベゾスさんの資産は、2026年時点で約2,240億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 224000000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Net worth estimate from Forbes' annual World's Billionaires List 2026 (rank #4)", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2026/03/10/forbes-worlds-billionaires-list-2026-the-top-200/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026, published March 10, 2026."}], "role_ja": "アマゾン創業者", "role_en": "Founder of Amazon", "headline_en": "Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is estimated to be worth about $224 billion in 2026."}, {"person_id": "larry_ellison", "name_ja": "ラリー・エリソン", "name_en": "Larry Ellison", "country": "US", "role": "Co-founder & Chairman/CTO, Oracle Corp.", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "オラクル共同創業者のラリー・エリソンさんの資産は、2026年時点で約1,900億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 190000000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Net worth estimate from Forbes' annual World's Billionaires List 2026 (rank #6)", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2026/03/10/forbes-worlds-billionaires-list-2026-the-top-200/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026, published March 10, 2026."}], "role_ja": "オラクル共同創業者", "role_en": "Co-founder of Oracle", "headline_en": "Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison's wealth is estimated at about $190 billion in 2026."}, {"person_id": "bernard_arnault", "name_ja": "ベルナール・アルノー", "name_en": "Bernard Arnault", "country": "other", "role": "Chairman & CEO, LVMH (France)", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "LVMHのベルナール・アルノーさん(と家族)の資産は、2026年時点で約1,710億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 171000000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Net worth estimate (Arnault & family) from Forbes' annual World's Billionaires List 2026 (rank #7)", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2026/03/10/forbes-worlds-billionaires-list-2026-the-top-200/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "French national, not a US executive; included because he ranks in Forbes' global top 10. Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026, published March 10, 2026."}], "role_ja": "LVMH会長兼CEO", "role_en": "Chairman and CEO of LVMH (France)", "headline_en": "Bernard Arnault and his family are estimated to be worth about $171 billion in 2026."}, {"person_id": "amancio_ortega", "name_ja": "アマンシオ・オルテガ", "name_en": "Amancio Ortega", "country": "other", "role": "Founder, Inditex / Zara (Spain)", "category": "business", "headline_ja": "ZARAを創業したアマンシオ・オルテガさんの資産は、2026年時点で約1,480億ドルと推定されている。", "figures": [{"figure_type": "net_worth_est", "amount": 148000000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "unit_notes": "Net worth estimate from Forbes' annual World's Billionaires List 2026 (rank #10)", "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2026/03/10/forbes-worlds-billionaires-list-2026-the-top-200/", "source_type": "media_estimate", "reliability": "medium", "notes": "Spanish national, not a US executive; included because he ranks in Forbes' global top 10. Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026, published March 10, 2026."}], "role_ja": "ZARA創業者", "role_en": "Founder of Zara (Inditex)", "headline_en": "Zara founder Amancio Ortega's wealth is estimated at about $148 billion in 2026."}]