# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenichiro-ueno
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:06:53.737Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenichiro-ueno"
name: "Kenichiro Ueno"
slug: "kenichiro-ueno"
description: "Kenichiro Ueno  is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Nagahama, Shiga and graduate of Kyoto University, he joined the Ministry of Home Affairs in 1990. After an unsuccessful run 2003, he was elected for the first time in 2005. In 2010, he ran for governor of Shiga, but lost to incumbent Yukiko Kada. He has served as Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare since 21 October 2025."
tagline: "Japanese politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenichiro_Ueno_2026.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1965-08-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.11
  momentum:             2.763201594154766
  historical:           5.076696
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 255
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Ueno_Kenichiro"
    handle:    "Ueno_Kenichiro"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ueno_kenichiro/"
    handle:    "ueno_kenichiro"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/100003561880790"
    handle:    "100003561880790"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://uenokenichiro.jp/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWTwUA0QhM2zO_Dy6rkQVmA"
    handle:    "@uenokenichiro"
    followers: 255
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenichiro_Ueno"
    title: "Kenichiro Ueno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken'ichir%C5%8D_Ueno"
    title: "Ken'ichirō Ueno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8A%E9%87%8E%E8%B3%A2%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E"
    title: "上野賢一郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenichiro_Ueno"
    title: "Kenichiro Ueno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8A%E9%87%8E%E8%B3%A2%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E"
    title: "上野賢一郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6389276"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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