# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shin-kato
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:45:17.789Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shin-kato"
name: "Shin Kato"
slug: "shin-kato"
description: "Shin Kato  was a Japanese professional Go player. Born in Tokyo, Kato became a student of Hirose Heijiro in 1907. He turned professional a year later with the Hoensha. He was promoted to 8 dan in 1942. He participated in the 1st Honinbo tournament where he finished runner-up to Riichi Sekiyama."
tagline: "Japanese Go player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1891-11-05"
deathDate: "1952-07-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.23
  momentum:             1.052631578947368
  historical:           5.670446666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Kato"
    title: "Shin Kato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "شين كاتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "شين كاتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%A0%E8%97%A4%E4%BF%A1"
    title: "加藤信"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Kat%C5%8D"
    title: "Shin Katō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Kat%C5%8D"
    title: "Shin Katō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7497188"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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