# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/genichi-taguchi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:12:17.339Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/genichi-taguchi"
name: "Genichi Taguchi"
slug: "genichi-taguchi"
description: "Genichi Taguchi  was a Japanese engineer and statistician. From the 1950s on, Taguchi developed a methodology for applying statistics to improve the quality of manufactured goods. Taguchi methods have been controversial among some conventional Western statisticians, but others have accepted many of the concepts introduced by him as valid extensions to the body of knowledge."
tagline: "Japanese engineer and statistician"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1924-01-01"
deathDate: "2012-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.428198433420366
  historical:           14.46498
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump