# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenkichi-sonogashira
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:08:22.639Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenkichi-sonogashira"
name: "Kenkichi Sonogashira"
slug: "kenkichi-sonogashira"
description: "Kenkichi Sonogashira  is a Japanese chemist and was a professor of chemistry at Osaka University in Japan. He discovered the Sonogashira coupling in 1975. Sonogashira was later a professor at Osaka City University and retired in 2004."
tagline: "Japanese chemist"
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country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1931-10-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.05586592178770949
  historical:           7.212960000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump