# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mieko-yoshimura
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:45:08.215Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mieko-yoshimura"
name: "Mieko Yoshimura"
slug: "mieko-yoshimura"
description: "Mieko Yoshimura  is governor of Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. She was elected on 25 January 2009. She defeated the sitting governor of Yamagata Prefecture, Hiroshi Saitō in an upset. A native of Ōe, Yamagata, she worked at a help-wanted advertising company before becoming a notary public for the city government of Yamagata. She soon became a member of Yamagata Prefecture's Education Committee before running for governor in 2008. She is Yamagata's first female governor and the sixth in Japanese history."
tagline: "Japanese politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mieko_Yoshimura_20220616cherry02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1951-05-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.45
  momentum:             2.558453237410072
  historical:           9.033881333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/miekoyoshimuraattakai"
    handle:    "miekoyoshimuraattakai"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://blog.yoshimuramieko.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshimura_Mieko"
    title: "Yoshimura Mieko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "ميكو يوشيمورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieko_Yoshimura"
    title: "Mieko Yoshimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieko_Yoshimura"
    title: "Mieko Yoshimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieko_Yoshimura"
    title: "Mieko Yoshimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieko_Yoshimura"
    title: "Mieko Yoshimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieko_Yoshimura"
    title: "Mieko Yoshimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieko_Yoshimura"
    title: "Mieko Yoshimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E6%9D%91%E7%BE%8E%E6%A0%84%E5%AD%90"
    title: "吉村美栄子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieko_Yoshimura"
    title: "Mieko Yoshimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529418"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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