# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gen-nakatani
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:31:27.871Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gen-nakatani"
name: "Gen Nakatani"
slug: "gen-nakatani"
description: "Gen Nakatani  is a Japanese politician who was Director General of the Japan Defense Agency in the first cabinet of former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi in 2001-2002 and was appointed the Minister of Defense by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2014. Nakatani was again named to the position of Minister of Defense for the cabinet of Shigeru Ishiba in 2024."
tagline: "Japanese politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gen_Nakatani_20241003.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1957-10-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.29220133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/gen_nakatani"
    handle:    "gen_nakatani"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/nakatani.gen_office/"
    handle:    "nakatani.gen_office"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/gen.nakatani.1"
    handle:    "gen.nakatani.1"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.nakatanigen.com/"
sources:
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    title: "中谷元"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gen Nakatani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Nakatani"
    title: "Gen Nakatani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Nakatani"
    title: "Gen Nakatani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Nakatani"
    title: "Gen Nakatani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Nakatani"
    title: "Gen Nakatani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Nakatani"
    title: "Gen Nakatani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Nakatani"
    title: "Gen Nakatani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Nakatani"
    title: "Gen Nakatani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E8%B0%B7%E5%85%83"
    title: "中谷元"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%93%D1%8D%D0%BD"
    title: "Накатани, Гэн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Nakatani"
    title: "Gen Nakatani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakatani_Gen"
    title: "Nakatani Gen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5530859"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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