# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kazuyo-sejima
# Generated: 2026-09-06T20:48:18.141Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kazuyo-sejima"
name: "Kazuyo Sejima"
slug: "kazuyo-sejima"
description: "Kazuyo Sejima  is a Japanese architect and director of her own firm, Kazuyo Sejima & Associates. In 1995, she co-founded the firm SANAA. In 2010, Sejima was the second woman to receive the Pritzker Prize, which was awarded jointly with Nishizawa. They were only the second partnership to be honored with this prize."
tagline: "Japanese architect (1956-)"
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gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
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  slug: "architects"
profileType:
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  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1956-10-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           24.118924
  currentAttention:     6.984459577440197
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 74
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.sanaa.co.jp"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump