# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nankichi-niimi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:27:39.092Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nankichi-niimi"
name: "Nankichi Niimi"
slug: "nankichi-niimi"
description: "Nankichi Niimi  was a Japanese author, sometimes known as the Hans Christian Andersen of Japan."
tagline: "Japanese writer (1913–1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Katarai-no-isu-statue-Nankichi-reading-to-2female-student-in-Anjo-.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1913-07-30"
deathDate: "1943-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.486045333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11357301/"
    handle:    "nm11357301"
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E7%BE%8E%E5%8D%97%E5%90%89"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niimi_Nankichi"
    title: "Niimi Nankichi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankichi_Niimi"
    title: "Nankichi Niimi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankichi_Niimi"
    title: "Nankichi Niimi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E7%BE%8E%E5%8D%97%E5%90%89"
    title: "新美南吉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E7%BE%8E%E5%8D%97%E5%90%89"
    title: "新美南吉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1989968"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2595749"
    title: "Nankichi Niimi"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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