# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shigematsu-sakaibara
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:45:29.029Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shigematsu-sakaibara"
name: "Shigematsu Sakaibara"
slug: "shigematsu-sakaibara"
description: "Shigematsu Sakaibara  was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Japanese garrison commander on Wake Island during World War II, and a convicted war criminal. He was responsible for ordering the Wake Island massacre, in which 98 American civilians were murdered by Japanese soldiers. Following Japan's surrender, Sakaibara was tried for war crimes and executed for his involvement."
tagline: "Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Japanese garrison commander on Wake Island during World War II"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shigematsu_Sakaibara_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1898-12-28"
deathDate: "1947-06-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.31
  momentum:             1.448837325100832
  historical:           4.851012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigematsu_Sakaibara"
    title: "Shigematsu Sakaibara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigematsu_Sakaibara"
    title: "Shigematsu Sakaibara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigematsu_Sakaibara"
    title: "Shigematsu Sakaibara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigematsu_Sakaibara"
    title: "Shigematsu Sakaibara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%85%92%E4%BA%95%E5%8E%9F%E7%B9%81%E6%9D%BE"
    title: "酒井原繁松"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3482058"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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