# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenji-fujimoto
# Generated: 2026-09-06T21:44:59.488Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenji-fujimoto"
name: "Kenji Fujimoto"
slug: "kenji-fujimoto"
description: "Kenji Fujimoto  is a Japanese chef who was the personal sushi chef of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il from 1988 to 2001. Fujimoto, who uses a pseudonym and whose real name is not public knowledge, published a memoir in 2003 entitled I was Kim Jong-il's Cook, detailing many of his experiences with Kim Jong Il. Fujimoto correctly predicted that Kim Jong Un would be appointed as his father's successor as Supreme Leader instead of Kim Jong-nam or Kim Jong-chul, which was contrary to the prevailing consensus of experts on North Korean politics. Fujimoto's prediction proved true in December 2011."
tagline: "Japanese chef"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Chefs"
  slug: "chefs"
profileType:
  name: "Chef"
  slug: "chef"
birthDate: "1947"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.01774933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 76
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%97%A4%E6%9C%AC%E5%81%A5%E4%BA%8C"
    title: "藤本健二"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "كينجي فوجيموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "كينجى فوجيموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Fujimoto"
    title: "Kenji Fujimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Fujimoto"
    title: "Kenji Fujimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Fujimoto"
    title: "Kenji Fujimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Fujimoto"
    title: "Kenji Fujimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Fujimoto"
    title: "Kenji Fujimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%97%A4%E6%9C%AC%E5%81%A5%E4%BA%8C"
    title: "藤本健二"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%9B%84%EC%A7%80%EB%AA%A8%ED%86%A0_%EA%B2%90%EC%A7%80"
    title: "후지모토 겐지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Fujimoto"
    title: "Kenji Fujimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Fujimoto"
    title: "Kenji Fujimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Fujimoto"
    title: "Kenji Fujimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709842"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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