# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikko
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:23:38.824Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikko"
name: "Nikkō"
slug: "nikko"
description: "Nikkō Shōnin , Buddhist name Hawaki-bō Byakuren Ajari Nikkō (伯耆房白蓮阿闍梨日興), was one of the six senior disciples of Nichiren and was the former Chief Priest of Kuon-ji temple in Mount Minobu, Japan. Various Nichiren sects in Japan claim to have been founded by Nikkō, the most prominent being Nichiren Shōshū and some lineages within Nichiren Shū."
tagline: "Japanese Buddhist monk"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nikko_Shonin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1246-03-26"
deathDate: "1333-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.51
  momentum:             0.3392330383480826
  historical:           8.783805333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%81"
    title: "พระนิกโก"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikk%C3%B3_(mnich)"
    title: "Nikkó (mnich)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikk%C5%8D_(Priester)"
    title: "Nikkō (Priester)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikk%C5%8D_Sh%C5%8Dnin"
    title: "Nikkō Shōnin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikk%C5%8D_Sh%C5%8Dnin"
    title: "Nikkō Shōnin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikk%C5%8D_(pendeta)"
    title: "Nikkō (pendeta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikk%C5%8D_(monaco_buddista_giapponese)"
    title: "Nikkō (monaco buddista giapponese)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E8%88%88"
    title: "日興"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikk%C5%8D_Sh%C5%8Dnin"
    title: "Nikkō Shōnin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikko_Shonin"
    title: "Nikko Shonin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q373169"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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