# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akira-endo
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:00:02.983Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akira-endo"
name: "Akira Endō"
slug: "akira-endo"
description: "Akira Endo  was a Japanese biochemist whose research into the relationship between fungi and cholesterol biosynthesis led to the development of statin drugs, which are some of the best-selling pharmaceuticals in history."
tagline: "Japanese agricultural chemist and biochemist (1933 - 2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Akira_Endo_cropped_3_Akira_Endo_201111.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1933-11-14"
deathDate: "2024-06-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.73801866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ендо Акіра"
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    title: "Endō Akira"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump