# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/keiji-shibazaki
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:42:36.281Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/keiji-shibazaki"
name: "Keiji Shibazaki"
slug: "keiji-shibazaki"
description: "Keiji Shibazaki  was a Rear Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He was the commander of the Japanese garrison on the island of Betio of the Tarawa atoll during World War II. Shibazaki and all his senior officers were killed by naval gunfire on the first day of the Battle of Tarawa. He was posthumously promoted to vice-admiral."
tagline: "Japanese admiral (1894–1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shibazaki_Keiji.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1894-04-09"
deathDate: "1943-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.13
  momentum:             4.900532041881247
  historical:           10.08388
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%B4%E5%B4%8E%E6%83%A0%E6%AC%A1"
    title: "柴崎惠次"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%DA%86%D9%89_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "كيچى شيبازاكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibazaki_Keiji"
    title: "Shibazaki Keiji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiji_Shibazaki"
    title: "Keiji Shibazaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiji_Shibazaki"
    title: "Keiji Shibazaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiji_Shibasaki"
    title: "Keiji Shibasaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiji_Shibasaki"
    title: "Keiji Shibasaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%B4%E5%B4%8E%E6%81%B5%E6%AC%A1"
    title: "柴崎恵次"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiji_Shibazaki"
    title: "Keiji Shibazaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiji_Shibazaki"
    title: "Keiji Shibazaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiji_Shibazaki"
    title: "Keiji Shibazaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q164472"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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