# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jiro-horikoshi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:44:56.290Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jiro-horikoshi"
name: "Jiro Horikoshi"
slug: "jiro-horikoshi"
description: "Jiro Horikoshi  was a Japanese aeronautical engineer. He was the chief engineer of several Japanese fighter aircraft designs used during World War II, most notably the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter, as well as the NAMC YS-11."
tagline: "Japanese engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jiro_Horikoshi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1903-06-22"
deathDate: "1982-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.759568204121686
  historical:           22.575312
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump