# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marutei-tsurunen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:16:14.308Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marutei-tsurunen"
name: "Marutei Tsurunen"
slug: "marutei-tsurunen"
description: "Marutei Tsurunen is a Finnish-born Japanese retired politician, translator, and author. He is the first foreign-born Japanese of European origin to serve as a member of the Diet of Japan. He was a member of the Democratic Party of Japan, where he served as Director General of the International Department. He served in the House of Councillors from 2002 until losing reelection in 2013 and retiring from politics."
tagline: "Finnish-Japanese politician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1940-04-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.34
  momentum:             10
  historical:           13.14468933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TsurunenMarutei"
    handle:    "TsurunenMarutei"
sources:
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    title: "弦念丸呈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماروتى تسورونين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marutey_Tsurunen"
    title: "Marutey Tsurunen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marutei_Tsurunen"
    title: "Marutei Tsurunen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marutei_Tsurunen"
    title: "Marutei Tsurunen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marutei_Tsurunen"
    title: "Marutei Tsurunen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marutei_Tsurunen"
    title: "Marutei Tsurunen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marutei_Tsurunen"
    title: "Marutei Tsurunen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marutei_Tsurunen"
    title: "Marutei Tsurunen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marutei_Tsurunen"
    title: "Marutei Tsurunen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marutei_Tsurunen"
    title: "Marutei Tsurunen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marutei_Tsurunen"
    title: "Marutei Tsurunen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%84%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8D%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4"
    title: "ツルネン・マルテイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%93%B0%EB%A3%A8%EB%84%A8_%EB%A7%88%EB%A3%A8%ED%85%8C%EC%9D%B4"
    title: "쓰루넨 마루테이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marutei_Tsurunen"
    title: "Marutei Tsurunen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marutei_Tsurunen"
    title: "Marutei Tsurunen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q498238"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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