# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michiaki-takahashi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:58:46.612Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michiaki-takahashi"
name: "Michiaki Takahashi"
slug: "michiaki-takahashi"
description: "Michiaki Takahashi  was a Japanese virologist, best known for inventing the first chickenpox vaccine. He developed the \"Oka\" vaccine by producing v-Oka, a live-attenuated virus strain of varicella zoster virus."
tagline: "Japanese virologist (1928-2013)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1928-02-17"
deathDate: "2013-12-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.90422
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "高橋理明"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%C3%A7iaki_Takaha%C5%9Fi"
    title: "Miçiaki Takahaşi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8"
    title: "Мичиаки Такахаши"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Μιτσιάκι Τακαχάσι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiaki_Takahashi"
    title: "Michiaki Takahashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiaki_Takahashi"
    title: "Michiaki Takahashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiaki_Takahashi"
    title: "Michiaki Takahashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%A9%8B%E7%90%86%E6%98%8E"
    title: "高橋理明"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "മിചിയാക്കി തകാഹാഷി"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiaki_Takahashi"
    title: "Michiaki Takahashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiaki_Takahashi"
    title: "Michiaki Takahashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Такахаси, Митиаки"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "மிச்சியாகி தகாகாசி"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%82%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%96"
    title: "Мітіакі Такахасі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15993288"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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