# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kokichi-tsuburaya
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:44:29.985Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kokichi-tsuburaya"
name: "Kōkichi Tsuburaya"
slug: "kokichi-tsuburaya"
description: "Kōkichi Tsuburaya  was a Japanese athlete who competed mainly as a marathoner. Kokichi was also a 1st lieutenant in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force."
tagline: "Japanese long-distance runner (track and field)(1940–1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/K%C5%8Dkichi_Tsuburaya_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1940-05-13"
deathDate: "1968-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.786408
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kōkichi Tsuburaya"
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    title: "Kokichi Tsuburaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kōkichi Tsuburaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kōkichi Tsuburaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kōkichi Tsuburaya"
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    title: "Kōkichi Tsuburaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kōkichi Tsuburaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Цубурая, Кокити"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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