# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/haruko-obokata
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:16:47.126Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/haruko-obokata"
name: "Haruko Obokata"
slug: "haruko-obokata"
description: "Haruko Obokata  is a former stem-cell biologist and research unit leader at Japan's Laboratory for Cellular Reprogramming, Riken Center for Developmental Biology. She claimed in 2014 to have developed a radical and remarkably easy way to generate stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) cells that could be grown into tissue for use anywhere in the body. In response to allegations of irregularities in Obokata's research publications involving STAP cells, Riken launched an investigation that discovered examples of scientific misconduct on the part of Obokata. Attempts to replicate Obokata's STAP cell results failed. The ensuing STAP cell scandal gained worldwide attention."
tagline: "Japanese stem-cell researcher (born 1983)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1983-06-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.346804
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ჰარუკო ობოკატა"
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    title: "오보카타 하루코"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump