# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masatoshi-takeichi
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:58:53.455Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masatoshi-takeichi"
name: "Masatoshi Takeichi"
slug: "masatoshi-takeichi"
description: "Masatoshi Takeichi  is a Japanese cell biologist known for his identification of the cadherin class of adhesion molecules, which plays important roles in the construction of tissues. He shared the 2005 Japan Prize with Erkki Ruoslahti for \"fundamental contribution in elucidating the molecular mechanisms of cell adhesion\"."
tagline: "Biologist in Japan"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Masatoshi_Takeichi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1943-11-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.65
  momentum:             7.391304347826086
  historical:           7.425416
  currentAttention:     41.06280193236715
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.cdb.riken.jp/ctp/ENGLISH/index-English.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%B9%E5%B8%82%E9%9B%85%E4%BF%8A"
    title: "竹市雅俊"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masatoshi_Takeichi"
    title: "Masatoshi Takeichi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masatoshi_Takeichi"
    title: "Masatoshi Takeichi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masatoshi_Takeichi"
    title: "Masatoshi Takeichi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%B9%E5%B8%82%E9%9B%85%E4%BF%8A"
    title: "竹市雅俊"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masatoshi_Takeichi"
    title: "Masatoshi Takeichi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8D%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8"
    title: "Такэити, Масатоси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%96_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%97%D1%82%D1%96"
    title: "Масатосі Такеїті"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6144808"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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