# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/koya-nishikawa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:12:26.982Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/koya-nishikawa"
name: "Koya Nishikawa"
slug: "koya-nishikawa"
description: "Koya Nishikawa  is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Shioya District, Tochigi he attended Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology as both undergraduate and graduate students. After college, he worked at the government Tochigi Prefecture from 1967 to 1978. He was elected to the assembly of Tochigi Prefecture for the first time in 1979 and then to the Diet for the first time in 1996."
tagline: "Japanese politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Koya_Nishikawa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-12-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.27
  momentum:             5.870129870129871
  historical:           5.698958666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/nishikawakoya"
    handle:    "nishikawakoya"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.nishikawa-koya.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dya_Nishikawa"
    title: "Kōya Nishikawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dya_Nishikawa"
    title: "Kōya Nishikawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koya_Nishikawa"
    title: "Koya Nishikawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E5%B7%9D%E5%85%AC%E4%B9%9F"
    title: "西川公也"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E5%B7%9D%E5%85%AC%E4%B9%9F"
    title: "西川公也"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "کویا نیشیکاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6435116"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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