# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/naoki-eiga
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:09:07.618Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/naoki-eiga"
name: "Naoki Eiga"
slug: "naoki-eiga"
description: "Naoki Eiga is a Japanese kendoka who in 2000 won the individual event at World Kendo Championship (WKC) as well as the highest title in Kendo: All Japan Kendo Champion. His progress toward the championship was documented by the Japanese broadcaster NHK in a 2003 program named A Single Blow. He currently holds the rank of Kyoshi Hachidan (教士八段) and is the head of technical Instruction in the Hokkaido Police Educational Department and head instructor of the Hokkaido University Kendo Club."
tagline: "Japanese kendoka"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1967"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.46
  momentum:             1.811320754716981
  historical:           5.709398666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoki_Eiga"
    title: "Naoki Eiga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "ناوكى ايجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoki_Eiga"
    title: "Naoki Eiga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A0%84%E8%8A%B1%E7%9B%B4%E8%BC%9D"
    title: "栄花直輝"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoki_Eiga"
    title: "Naoki Eiga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoki_Eiga"
    title: "Naoki Eiga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q439707"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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