# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jiro-taniguchi
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:55:18.811Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jiro-taniguchi"
name: "Jiro Taniguchi"
slug: "jiro-taniguchi"
description: "Jiro Taniguchi  was a Japanese manga writer/artist. His works belong to the gekiga, or \"dramatic pictures\", genre of manga. In France he was knighted a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011."
tagline: "Japanese manga artist (1947-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jir%C5%8D_Taniguchi_-_Lucca_Comics_and_Games_2011_-_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-08-14"
deathDate: "2017-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.07
  momentum:             15
  historical:           20.29117866666667
  currentAttention:     20.10714285714286
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3035044/"
    handle:    "nm3035044"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "جيرو تانيغوتشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jirō Taniguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jirō Taniguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiro_Taniguchi"
    title: "Jiro Taniguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jir%C5%8D_Taniguchi"
    title: "Jirō Taniguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jir%C5%8D_Taniguchi"
    title: "Jirō Taniguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jirō Taniguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Taniguchi Jirō"
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    title: "Jirō Taniguchi"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jiro Taniguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jirō Taniguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiro_Taniguchi"
    title: "Jiro Taniguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Танигути, Дзиро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jiro Taniguchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jirō Taniguchi"
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    title: "Jiro Taniguchi"
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    title: "谷口治郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q723853"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/236137"
    title: "Jirô Taniguchi"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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