# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shimizu-no-jirocho
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:53:19.384Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shimizu-no-jirocho"
name: "Shimizu no Jirochō"
slug: "shimizu-no-jirocho"
description: "Shimizu Jirochō  was a famous yakuza and entrepreneur. He is considered a folk hero in Japan. Born Chōgorō Yamamoto (山本潮五郎), he was adopted by his uncle Jirohachi Yamamoto who was a rice wholesaler. Due to the fall of his adoptive family he became a bakuto (gambler) and thereafter the biggest yakuza boss of the Tōkaidō region. Jirochō was also a philanthropist, business leader, and a patriot. In the late 19th century, Jirochō dominated the port of Shimizu and two main routes; Tōkaidō and Nakasendō, which connected the two former capitals, Kyoto and Edo. He had henchmen such as Omasa (大政), Komasa (小政), and Mori no Ishimatsu (森の石松). His life is distinguished as a violent crime boss, but also by humane, political, and economic development in his later years. There are multiple accounts about his life which makes it difficult to distinguish fact from legend. His legendary status is depicted in many movies and TV dramas."
tagline: "Yakuza of the late-Edo period to early-Meiji period (1820-1893)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait-Chogoro-Yamamoto-(Shimizu-Jirocho).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1820-02-14"
deathDate: "1893-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.93
  momentum:             0.6445506175065356
  historical:           8.491754666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%9C%EB%AF%B8%EC%A6%88%EB%85%B8_%EC%A7%80%EB%A1%9C%EC%B4%88"
    title: "시미즈노 지로초"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "شيميزو جيروتشو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "شيميزو چيروتشو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimizu_Jirocho"
    title: "Shimizu Jirocho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%85%E6%B0%B4%E6%AC%A1%E9%83%8E%E9%95%B7"
    title: "清水次郎長"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "시미즈노 지로쵸"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%91_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%83"
    title: "Дзиротё из Симидзу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimizu_Jirocho"
    title: "Shimizu Jirocho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%85%E6%B0%B4%E6%AC%A1%E9%83%8E%E9%95%B7"
    title: "清水次郎長"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11561011"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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