# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hajime-furuta
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:58:02.259Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hajime-furuta"
name: "Hajime Furuta"
slug: "hajime-furuta"
description: "Hajime Furuta  is a former governor of Gifu Prefecture in Japan. He held the office for five terms between 2005 and 2025. A native of Gifu City, he was chosen as the final torchbearer for the National Sports Festival when it was held in Gifu City while he was a senior at Gifu Prefectural Senior High School. He entered the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo and joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in 1971."
tagline: "Governor of Gifu Prefecture in Japan"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E5%B2%90%E9%98%9C%E7%9C%8C_%E7%9F%A5%E4%BA%8B_%E5%8F%A4%E7%94%B0%E8%82%87.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1947-09-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.06
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.575273333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/hajime_furuta"
    handle:    "hajime_furuta"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/furuta_hajime/"
    handle:    "furuta_hajime"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/hajimefuruta8"
    handle:    "hajimefuruta8"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.furutahajime.net/index.cgi"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E7%94%B0%E8%82%87"
    title: "古田肇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajime_Furuta"
    title: "Hajime Furuta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajime_Furuta"
    title: "Hajime Furuta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajime_Furuta"
    title: "Hajime Furuta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E7%94%B0%E8%82%87"
    title: "古田肇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajime_Furuta"
    title: "Hajime Furuta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furuta_Hajime"
    title: "Furuta Hajime"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q982638"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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