# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hidetaka-nishiyama
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:03:38.577Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hidetaka-nishiyama"
name: "Hidetaka Nishiyama"
slug: "hidetaka-nishiyama"
description: "Hidetaka Nishiyama  was a Japanese karateka, known for helping to establish the Japan Karate Association, and later pioneering Shotokan karate in the United States. At the time of his death in 2008, he was one of the surviving students of Shotokan founder Gichin Funakoshi. He was posthumously awarded the rank of 10th dan."
tagline: "Martial artist (1928–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hidetaka_Nishiyama.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1928-10-10"
deathDate: "2008-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.9407665505226478
  historical:           15.37790133333333
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump