# Kenji Yanagiya

> Warrant Officer Kenji Yanagiya  was a member of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Zero fighter aces who fought the Battle of Solomon Islands in October 1942 – June 1943. He is best known as the only escort fighter pilot of the Yamamoto mission to have survived the war.

*Japanese flying ace*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/kenji-yanagiya

## Identity
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1919
- **Died:** 2008-02-29
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.0 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 4.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [كينچى ياناجيا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%DA%86%D9%89_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A7)
- [Kenji Yanagiya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Yanagiya)
- [Kenji Yanagiya](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Yanagiya)
- [柳谷謙治](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%B3%E8%B0%B7%E8%AC%99%E6%B2%BB)
- [柳谷谦治](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%B3%E8%B0%B7%E8%B0%A6%E6%B2%BB)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6389388)

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