# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-kuroki
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:39:31.712Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-kuroki"
name: "Ben Kuroki"
slug: "ben-kuroki"
description: "Ben Kuroki was the only American of Japanese descent in the United States Army Air Forces to serve in combat operations in the Pacific theater of World War II. He flew a total of 58 combat missions over Europe, North Africa, and Japan during World War II. He was also an advocate for Japanese-Americans after World War II."
tagline: "United States Air Force airmen"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Kuroki_(SDASM_Archives).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1917-05-16"
deathDate: "2015-09-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.365517333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kuroki"
    title: "Ben Kuroki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A"
    title: "بين كوروكي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "بين كوروكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kuroki"
    title: "Ben Kuroki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kuroki"
    title: "Ben Kuroki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E9%BB%92%E6%9C%A8"
    title: "ベン黒木"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B8%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Куроки, Бен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4886028"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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