# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kozo-watanabe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:26:37.249Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kozo-watanabe"
name: "Kozo Watanabe"
slug: "kozo-watanabe"
description: "Kōzō Watanabe  was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Tajima, Fukushima and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture in 1959 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1969 as an independent. He later joined the Liberal Democratic Party and eventually the DPJ. According to The Economist, he \"represented agriculture interests in the Diet\"."
tagline: "Japanese politician (1932-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kozo_Watanabe_20101130.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1932-05-24"
deathDate: "2020-08-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.913724
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "كوزو واتانابي (سياسي ياباني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Watanabe_(Democratic_Party_politician)"
    title: "Kōzō Watanabe (Democratic Party politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%A1%E9%83%A8%E6%81%92%E4%B8%89"
    title: "渡部恒三"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%99%80%ED%83%80%EB%82%98%EB%B2%A0_%EA%B3%A0%EC%A1%B0"
    title: "와타나베 고조"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Watanabe_(Democratic_Party_politician)"
    title: "Kōzō Watanabe (Democratic Party politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5366641"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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