# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/saburo-sakai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:49:45.567Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/saburo-sakai"
name: "Saburō Sakai"
slug: "saburo-sakai"
description: "Saburō Sakai  was a Japanese naval aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Sakai had 28 aerial victories, including shared ones, according to official Japanese records, though he and his ghostwriter Martin Caidin claimed much higher numbers."
tagline: "Japanese flying ace (1916–2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sakai_as_young_pilot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1916-08-25"
deathDate: "2000-09-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.4
  momentum:             0.06074696265186741
  historical:           20.81627333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9D%82%E4%BA%95%E4%B8%89%E9%83%8E"
    title: "坂井三郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "سابورو ساكاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saburo_Sakai"
    title: "Saburo Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabur%C5%8D_Sakai"
    title: "Saburō Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakai_Sabur%C5%8D"
    title: "Sakai Saburō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabur%C5%8D_Sakai"
    title: "Saburō Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabur%C5%8D_Sakai"
    title: "Saburō Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "سابورو ساکای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabur%C5%8D_Sakai"
    title: "Saburō Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabur%C5%8D_Sakai"
    title: "Saburō Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szakai_Szabur%C3%B3"
    title: "Szakai Szaburó"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabur%C5%8D_Sakai"
    title: "Saburō Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabur%C5%8D_Sakai"
    title: "Saburō Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9D%82%E4%BA%95%E4%B8%89%E9%83%8E"
    title: "坂井三郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%B9%B4%EC%9D%B4_%EC%82%AC%EB%B6%80%EB%A1%9C"
    title: "사카이 사부로"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saburo_Sakai"
    title: "Saburo Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabur%C5%8D_Sakai"
    title: "Saburō Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saburo_Sakai"
    title: "Saburo Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabur%C5%8D_Sakai"
    title: "Saburō Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Сакаи, Сабуро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saburo_Sakai"
    title: "Saburo Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabur%C3%B3_Sakai"
    title: "Saburó Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saburo_Sakai"
    title: "Saburo Sakai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A3_%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%81"
    title: "ซาบูโร ซาไก"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakai_Sabur%C5%8D"
    title: "Sakai Saburō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352469"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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