# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/goto-shinpei
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:49:10.304Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/goto-shinpei"
name: "Gotō Shinpei"
slug: "goto-shinpei"
description: "Count Gotō Shinpei  was a Japanese politician, physician and cabinet minister of the Taishō and early Shōwa period Empire of Japan. He served as the head of civilian affairs of Japanese Taiwan, the first director of the South Manchuria Railway, the seventh mayor of Tokyo City, the first Chief Scout of Japan, the first Director-General of NHK, the third principal of Takushoku University, and in a number of cabinet posts. Gotō was one of the most important politicians and administrators in Japanese national government during a time of modernization and reform in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was also an advocate for Japanese colonialism."
tagline: "Japanese statesman (1857-1929)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shimpei_Got%C5%8D.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1857-07-24"
deathDate: "1929-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.04
  momentum:             0.6279321544568748
  historical:           18.41962133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%8C%E8%97%A4%E6%96%B0%E5%B9%B3"
    title: "後藤新平"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%BE%D9%89"
    title: "جوتو شينپى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got%C5%8D_Shinpei"
    title: "Gotō Shinpei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got%C5%8D_Shinpei"
    title: "Gotō Shinpei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got%C5%8D_Shimpei"
    title: "Gotō Shimpei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got%C5%8D_Shinpei"
    title: "Gotō Shinpei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotoo_Shinpei"
    title: "Gotoo Shinpei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got%C5%8D_Shinpei"
    title: "Gotō Shinpei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%BE%DB%8C"
    title: "گوتو شینپی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got%C5%8D_Shinpei"
    title: "Gotō Shinpei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got%C5%8D_Shinpei"
    title: "Gotō Shinpei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got%C5%8D_Shinpei"
    title: "Gotō Shinpei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%8C%E8%97%A4%E6%96%B0%E5%B9%B3"
    title: "後藤新平"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B3%A0%ED%86%A0_%EC%8B%A0%ED%8E%98%EC%9D%B4"
    title: "고토 신페이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got%C5%8D_Shinpei"
    title: "Gotō Shinpei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got%C5%8D_Shimpei"
    title: "Gotō Shimpei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinpei_Got%C5%8D"
    title: "Shinpei Gotō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%8D%D0%B9"
    title: "Гото Симпэй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got%C5%8D_Shinpei"
    title: "Gotō Shinpei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got%C5%8D_Shinpei"
    title: "Gotō Shinpei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%8E%E8%97%A4%E6%96%B0%E5%B9%B3"
    title: "后藤新平"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Got%C3%B4_Sinpei"
    title: "Gotô Sinpei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562492"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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