# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenji-yanagiya
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:45:22.610Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenji-yanagiya"
name: "Kenji Yanagiya"
slug: "kenji-yanagiya"
description: "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."
tagline: "Japanese flying ace"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenji_Yanagiya_0.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1919"
deathDate: "2008-02-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.59
  momentum:             5.020098948670376
  historical:           4.62502
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "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"
    title: "كينچى ياناجيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Yanagiya"
    title: "Kenji Yanagiya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Yanagiya"
    title: "Kenji Yanagiya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%B3%E8%B0%B7%E8%AC%99%E6%B2%BB"
    title: "柳谷謙治"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%B3%E8%B0%B7%E8%B0%A6%E6%B2%BB"
    title: "柳谷谦治"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6389388"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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