# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/isao-iijima
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:31:58.968Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/isao-iijima"
name: "Isao Iijima"
slug: "isao-iijima"
description: "Isao Ijima  was a Japanese zoologist known for his studies of sponges (Porifera) — including his circumscription of the genus Staurocalyptus — leeches (Hirudinea), flatworms (Turbellaria), birds, and fish. Professor of Zoology at Tokyo Imperial University, he is considered the founder of parasitology in Japan and was the first President of the Ornithological Society of Japan. Taxa named in his honour include Ijima's sea snake and Ijima's leaf warbler."
tagline: "Japanese zoologist (1861–1921)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ijima_Isao.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1861-07-24"
deathDate: "1921-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.277646666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao_Iijima"
    title: "Isao Iijima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0sao_%C4%B0cima"
    title: "İsao İcima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao_Ijima"
    title: "Isao Ijima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao_Ijima"
    title: "Isao Ijima"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iijima_Isao"
    title: "Iijima Isao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A3%AF%E5%B3%B6%E9%AD%81"
    title: "飯島魁"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11666392"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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