# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masao-kato
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:48:06.011Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masao-kato"
name: "Masao Kato"
slug: "masao-kato"
description: "Kato Masao Honorary Oza, also known as Kato Kensei, was a Japanese professional go player. A late bloomer, Kato won 46 titles, including the Oza eight times in a row. He also became the second player to reach 1,200 career wins, behind Rin Kaiho."
tagline: "Japanese Go player (1947-2004)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1947-03-15"
deathDate: "2004-12-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.56346533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%A0%E8%97%A4%E6%AD%A3%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "加藤正夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "ماساو كاتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_Kat%C5%8D"
    title: "Masao Katō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kato_Masao"
    title: "Kato Masao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_Kat%C5%8D"
    title: "Masao Katō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kato_Masao"
    title: "Kato Masao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_Kat%C5%8D"
    title: "Masao Katō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%A0%E8%97%A4%E6%AD%A3%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "加藤正夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B0%80%ED%86%A0_%EB%A7%88%EC%82%AC%EC%98%A4"
    title: "가토 마사오"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BE"
    title: "Като, Масао"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_Kato"
    title: "Masao Kato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B0_%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%95"
    title: "มาซาโอะ คาโต"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_Kato"
    title: "Masao Kato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1370481"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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