# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernardo-the-japanese
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:28:38.817Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernardo-the-japanese"
name: "Bernardo the Japanese"
slug: "bernardo-the-japanese"
description: "Bernardo the Japanese  was an early Japanese Christian convert of the 16th century, born in Kagoshima, and the first Japanese person to set foot in Europe. Bernardo was one of the first converts of Saint Francis Xavier, and one of his two disciples. Bernardo was baptized in 1549. He followed Xavier in Japan and India."
tagline: "Japanese Christian convert"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francis_Xavier_and_Anjir%C5%8D_and_Bernardo_the_Japanese_in_Xavier_Park.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
deathDate: "1557"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.11
  momentum:             8.135593220338983
  historical:           8.983445333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B9%BF%E5%85%92%E5%B3%B6%E7%9A%84%E4%BC%AF%E7%88%BE%E7%B4%8D%E5%A4%9A"
    title: "鹿兒島的伯爾納多"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonec_Bernardo"
    title: "Japonec Bernardo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_the_Japanese"
    title: "Bernardo the Japanese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_de_Kagoshima"
    title: "Bernardo de Kagoshima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_dari_Jepang"
    title: "Bernardo dari Jepang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B9%BF%E5%85%90%E5%B3%B6%E3%81%AE%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89"
    title: "鹿児島のベルナルド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_z_Kagoshimy"
    title: "Bernardo z Kagoshimy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_de_Kagoshima"
    title: "Bernardo de Kagoshima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_de_Kagoshima"
    title: "Bernardo de Kagoshima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%8B"
    title: "Бернардо из Кагосимы"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2616045"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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