# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hiroshi-shirai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:11:49.323Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hiroshi-shirai"
name: "Hiroshi Shirai"
slug: "hiroshi-shirai"
description: "Hiroshi Shirai  was a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He was the founder of the Istituto Shotokan Italia, a subdivision of FIKTA and of the SCI. Shirai held the title of Shihan and was responsible for taking the dan examinations within SCI and, together with Carlo Fugazza, for those within the FIKTA."
tagline: "Martial artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hiroshi_Shirai.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1937-07-31"
deathDate: "2024-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.32
  momentum:             8.171539372679439
  historical:           6.781609333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%96_%D0%A8%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97"
    title: "Хіросі Шіраї"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Shirai"
    title: "Hiroshi Shirai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Shirai"
    title: "Hiroshi Shirai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Shirai"
    title: "Hiroshi Shirai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Shirai"
    title: "Hiroshi Shirai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%99%BD%E4%BA%95%E5%AF%9B_(%E7%A9%BA%E6%89%8B%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "白井寛 (空手家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8"
    title: "Сираи, Хироси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q348074"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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