# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kijiro-nambu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:40:28.600Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kijiro-nambu"
name: "Kijirō Nambu"
slug: "kijiro-nambu"
description: "Kijirō Nambu  was a Japanese firearms designer and career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army. He founded the Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company, a major manufacturer of Japanese military firearms during the period. He was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1914. Because of his prolific firearms designs, Nambu has been described as the \"John Browning of Japan.\""
tagline: "Military officer and firearms designer (1869-1949) of Japan"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Japanese-edition-of-Alfred-Hitchcocks-Mystery-Magazine-1961-Special-May-Issue-10.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1869-09-22"
deathDate: "1949-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.76
  momentum:             0.3703703703703704
  historical:           14.02696933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E9%83%A8%E9%BA%92%E6%AC%A1%E9%83%8E"
    title: "南部麒次郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كيجيرو نانبو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كيجيرو نانبو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kijir%C5%8D_Nambu"
    title: "Kijirō Nambu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nambu_Kijir%C5%8D"
    title: "Nambu Kijirō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kijir%C5%8D_Nambu"
    title: "Kijirō Nambu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kijir%C5%8D_Nambu"
    title: "Kijirō Nambu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kijir%C5%8D_Nambu"
    title: "Kijirō Nambu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kijir%C5%8D_Nambu"
    title: "Kijirō Nambu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E9%83%A8%E9%BA%92%E6%AC%A1%E9%83%8E"
    title: "南部麒次郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%9C%EB%B6%80_%EA%B8%B0%EC%A7%80%EB%A1%9C"
    title: "난부 기지로"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kijir%C5%8D_Nambu"
    title: "Kijirō Nambu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kijir%C5%8D_Nambu"
    title: "Kijirō Nambu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Намбу, Кидзиро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid%C5%BEiro_Nambu"
    title: "Kidžiro Nambu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BE_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83"
    title: "Кідзіро Намбу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q703019"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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