# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hiroshi-shimomura
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:56:03.127Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hiroshi-shimomura"
name: "Hiroshi Shimomura"
slug: "hiroshi-shimomura"
description: "Hiroshi Shimomura was a Japanese official who served as minister of state and director general of the Cabinet Intelligence Bureau in 1945, at the end of World War II. In that capacity, he was involved in realising the Emperor's surrender broadcast."
tagline: "Japanese official, poet, and educator (1875–1957); director general of the Cabinet Intelligence Bureau in 1945"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shimomura_Hiroshi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1875-05-11"
deathDate: "1957-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.710226666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "هیروشی شیمومورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "هيروشي شيمومورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Shimomura"
    title: "Hiroshi Shimomura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8B%E6%9D%91%E5%AE%8F"
    title: "下村宏"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8B%E6%9D%91%E5%AE%8F"
    title: "下村宏"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simomura_Hirosi"
    title: "Simomura Hirosi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3847097"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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