# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/junichi-sasai
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:31:57.275Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/junichi-sasai"
name: "Junichi Sasai"
slug: "junichi-sasai"
description: "Lieutenant Commander Junichi Sasai  was a Japanese naval aviator and fighter ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Sasai was killed leading his fighter squadron during an attack on Henderson Field during the Battle of Guadalcanal."
tagline: "Japanese Naval aviation officer (1918–1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ens_Junichi_Sasai_May1941.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1918-02-13"
deathDate: "1942-08-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.54
  momentum:             1.005394801373222
  historical:           9.680784
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%B9%E4%BA%95%E9%86%87%E4%B8%80"
    title: "笹井醇一"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "چونيكى ساساى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junichi_Sasai"
    title: "Junichi Sasai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junichi_Sasai"
    title: "Junichi Sasai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junichi_Sasai"
    title: "Junichi Sasai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junichi_Sasai"
    title: "Junichi Sasai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junichi_Sasai"
    title: "Junichi Sasai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun'ichi_Sasai"
    title: "Jun'ichi Sasai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%B9%E4%BA%95%E9%86%87%E4%B8%80"
    title: "笹井醇一"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun%E2%80%99ichi_Sasai"
    title: "Jun’ichi Sasai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B7%D1%8E%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%82%D1%96_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%97"
    title: "Дзюніті Сасаї"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710684"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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