# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ichizo-kobayashi
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:19:14.453Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ichizo-kobayashi"
name: "Ichizō Kobayashi"
slug: "ichizo-kobayashi"
description: "Ichizō Kobayashi , occasionally referred to by his pseudonym Itsuō (逸翁), was a Japanese industrialist and politician. He is best known as the founder of Hankyu Railway, the Takarazuka Revue, and Toho. He served as Minister of Commerce and Industry between 1940 and 1941."
tagline: "Japanese industrialist (1873–1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ichizo_Kobayashi_by_Shigeru_Tamura.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1873-01-23"
deathDate: "1957-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.824800000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%89"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Ichiz%C5%8D"
    title: "Kobayashi Ichizō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichiz%C5%8D_Kobayashi"
    title: "Ichizō Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichiz%C5%8D_Kobayashi"
    title: "Ichizō Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichiz%C5%8D_Kobayashi"
    title: "Ichizō Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%89"
    title: "小林一三"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B3%A0%EB%B0%94%EC%95%BC%EC%8B%9C_%EC%9D%B4%EC%B9%98%EC%A1%B0"
    title: "고바야시 이치조"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%89"
    title: "小林一三"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5364081"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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