# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-heco
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:16:35.085Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-heco"
name: "Joseph Heco"
slug: "joseph-heco"
description: "Joseph Heco was the first Japanese person to be naturalized as a United States citizen and the first to publish a Japanese language newspaper."
tagline: "Japanese journalist (1837–1897)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Heco.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1837-09-20"
deathDate: "1897-12-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.16
  momentum:             7.817589576547232
  historical:           6.182833333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B5%9C%E7%94%B0%E5%BD%A6%E8%94%B5"
    title: "浜田彦蔵"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "چوزيف هيكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamada_Hikozo"
    title: "Hamada Hikozo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamada_Hikoz%C5%8D"
    title: "Hamada Hikozō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Heco"
    title: "Joseph Heco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Heco"
    title: "Joseph Heco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Heco"
    title: "Joseph Heco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q753228"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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