# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kan-shimozawa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:43:19.669Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kan-shimozawa"
name: "Kan Shimozawa"
slug: "kan-shimozawa"
description: "Kan Shimozawa  was a Japanese novelist and historical writer best known for originating the character Zatoichi. He was awarded the Kikuchi Kan Prize in 1962 for a series of works set at the end of the Tokugawa period and the Meiji era."
tagline: "Japanese writer"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/qavm2tzFo6BTRrmOxXBupEPgJQG.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1892-02-01"
deathDate: "1968-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.032585333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793753/"
    handle:    "nm0793753"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%90%E6%AF%8D%E6%BE%A4%E5%AF%AC"
    title: "子母澤寬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "كان شيموزاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimozawa_Kan"
    title: "Shimozawa Kan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kan_Shimozawa"
    title: "Kan Shimozawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kan_Shimozawa"
    title: "Kan Shimozawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "کان شیموزاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kan_Shimozawa"
    title: "Kan Shimozawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kan_Shimozawa"
    title: "Kan Shimozawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%90%E6%AF%8D%E6%BE%A4%E5%AF%9B"
    title: "子母澤寛"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11447916"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3435"
    title: "Kan Shimozawa"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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