# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masaaki-imai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:06:58.911Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masaaki-imai"
name: "Masaaki Imai"
slug: "masaaki-imai"
description: "Masaaki Imai , 1930–⁠2023, was a Japanese organizational theorist and management consultant known for his work on quality management, specifically on kaizen. Known as the father of Continuous Improvement (CI), Masaaki Imai has been a\npioneer and leader in spreading the kaizen philosophy all over the world."
tagline: "Japanese business theorist and consultant (1930–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Masaaki_imai-1511438732.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1930-09-01"
deathDate: "2023-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.41
  momentum:             5.223880597014924
  historical:           6.364725333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaki_Imai"
    title: "Masaki Imai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماساكي إيماي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماساكى ايماى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Imai"
    title: "Masaaki Imai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Imai"
    title: "Masaaki Imai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Imai"
    title: "Masaaki Imai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B8"
    title: "Масааки Имаи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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