# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenichi-horie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:55:35.149Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenichi-horie"
name: "Kenichi Horie"
slug: "kenichi-horie"
description: "Kenichi Horie  is a Japanese solo yachtsman. In 1962 he became the first person to sail solo and non-stop across the Pacific Ocean. He has made other significant solo voyages, usually involving boats exhibiting some sort of environmentally friendly theme, including his 2008 voyage across the Western Pacific Ocean in a wave-powered boat, the Suntory Mermaid II."
tagline: "Japanese sailor"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1938-09-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.943094666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www1.suntory-mermaid2.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenichi_Horie"
    title: "Kenichi Horie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "كينيتشي هوري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenichi_Horie"
    title: "Kenichi Horie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A0%80%E6%B1%9F%E8%AC%99%E4%B8%80"
    title: "堀江謙一"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenichi_Horie"
    title: "Kenichi Horie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A0%80%E6%B1%9F%E8%AC%99%E4%B8%80"
    title: "堀江謙一"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1738748"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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