# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shigeru-so
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:23:56.736Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shigeru-so"
name: "Shigeru So"
slug: "shigeru-so"
description: "Shigeru So  is a Japanese retired long-distance runner who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: 1976 and 1984. He won the 1985 edition of the Tokyo Marathon. His twin brother Takeshi So is also a retired Olympic marathoner, and finished fourth in Los Angeles, California (1984). Both Shigeru So and his twin brother Takeshi So were known for attending training camps in New Zealand, including at Mount Taranaki."
tagline: "Japanese long-distance runner, coach, qigong master"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1953-01-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.242228
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/shigeru_so"
    handle:    "shigeru_so"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%83"
    title: "Со, Сигэру"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%87-%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "شيغه-رو سو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "شيجه رو سو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_S%C5%8D"
    title: "Shigeru Sō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_So"
    title: "Shigeru So"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_S%C5%8D"
    title: "Shigeru Sō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%97%E8%8C%82"
    title: "宗茂"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_So"
    title: "Shigeru So"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q450131"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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