# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sazo-idemitsu
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:00:55.618Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sazo-idemitsu"
name: "Sazō Idemitsu"
slug: "sazo-idemitsu"
description: "Sazō Idemitsu  was a Japanese businessman and founder of the petroleum company Idemitsu Kosan. He graduated from Kobe University. He was also an art collector, especially fond of Sengai Gibon and of Georges Rouault. He is the father of the Japanese experimental video artist, Mako Idemitsu."
tagline: "20th century Japanese Businessman, founder of Idemitsu Kosan"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saz%C5%8D_Idemitsu.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1885-08-22"
deathDate: "1981-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.008578666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88_%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "سازو آیدمتسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idemitsu_Saz%C5%8D"
    title: "Idemitsu Sazō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saz%C5%8D_Idemitsu"
    title: "Sazō Idemitsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%87%BA%E5%85%89%E4%BD%90%E4%B8%89"
    title: "出光佐三"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saz%C5%8D_Idemitsu"
    title: "Sazō Idemitsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saz%C5%8D_Idemitsu"
    title: "Sazō Idemitsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7429431"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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