# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mineko-iwasaki
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:19:29.602Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mineko-iwasaki"
name: "Mineko Iwasaki"
slug: "mineko-iwasaki"
description: "Mineko Iwasaki  is a Japanese businesswoman, author and former geisha. Iwasaki was the most famous geisha in Japan until her sudden retirement at the age of 29. Known for her performances for celebrity and royalty during her geisha life, Iwasaki was the heir apparent to her geisha house while she was just a young apprentice."
tagline: "Japanese Geisha"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mineko_Iwasaki_Moscow_2008.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-11-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.32
  momentum:             13.96838686097385
  historical:           16.08364933333333
  currentAttention:     60.99925428784488
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mineko_Iwasaki"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Минеко Ивасаки"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineko_Iwasaki"
    title: "Mineko Iwasaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineko_Iwasaki"
    title: "Mineko Iwasaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineko_Iwasaki"
    title: "Mineko Iwasaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineko_Iwasaki"
    title: "Mineko Iwasaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineko_Iwasaki"
    title: "Mineko Iwasaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineko_Iwasaki"
    title: "Mineko Iwasaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineko_Iwasaki"
    title: "Mineko Iwasaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivaszaki_Mineko"
    title: "Ivaszaki Mineko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineko_Iwasaki"
    title: "Mineko Iwasaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E5%B4%8E%E7%A9%B6%E9%A6%99"
    title: "岩崎究香"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%99%80%EC%82%AC%ED%82%A4_%EB%AF%B8%EB%84%A4%EC%BD%94"
    title: "이와사키 미네코"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineko_Iwasaki"
    title: "Mineko Iwasaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Ивасаки, Минэко"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineko_Iwasaki"
    title: "Mineko Iwasaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineko_Iwasaki"
    title: "Mineko Iwasaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%96"
    title: "Мінеко Івасакі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E5%B4%8E%E5%B3%B0%E5%AD%90"
    title: "岩崎峰子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q267957"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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