# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenji-hirata
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:53:52.363Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenji-hirata"
name: "Kenji Hirata"
slug: "kenji-hirata"
description: "Kenji Hirata  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Ōita, Ōita, he was elected for the first time in 1995 as a member of the New Frontier Party. In November 2011, he was elected as the President of the House of Councillors."
tagline: "Japanese politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenji_Hirata_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1944-01-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.413896
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E7%94%B0%E5%81%A5%E4%BA%8C"
    title: "平田健二"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "كينجي هيراتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "كينجى هيراتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Hirata"
    title: "Kenji Hirata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Hirata"
    title: "Kenji Hirata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Hirata"
    title: "Kenji Hirata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E7%94%B0%E5%81%A5%E4%BA%8C"
    title: "平田健二"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%9E%88%EB%9D%BC%ED%83%80_%EA%B2%90%EC%A7%80"
    title: "히라타 겐지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q536655"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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