# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shiro-saigo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:40:41.395Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shiro-saigo"
name: "Shiro Saigo"
slug: "shiro-saigo"
description: "Shiro Saigo  was one of the earliest disciples of Judo. Saigo, together with Tsunejiro Tomita, became first in history of judo to be awarded Shodan by the founder of judo Jigoro Kano, who established the kyu-dan ranking system. He was one of the Kōdōkan Shitennō or Four Guardians of the Kodokan along with Yoshitsugu Yamashita, Sakujiro Yokoyama, and Tsunejiro Tomita."
tagline: "Japanese judoka (1866–1922)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saigo-Shiro.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1866-02-04"
deathDate: "1922-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.35115866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E9%84%89%E5%9B%9B%E9%83%8E"
    title: "西鄉四郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "شيرو سايجو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiro_Saigo"
    title: "Shiro Saigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saig%C5%8D_Shir%C5%8D"
    title: "Saigō Shirō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiro_Saigo"
    title: "Shiro Saigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiro_Saigo"
    title: "Shiro Saigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saig%C5%8D_Shir%C5%8D"
    title: "Saigō Shirō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E9%83%B7%E5%9B%9B%E9%83%8E"
    title: "西郷四郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BE_%D0%A8%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BE"
    title: "Сайгоо Широо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiro_Saigo"
    title: "Shiro Saigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiro_Saigo"
    title: "Shiro Saigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B3%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Сайго, Сиро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2637587"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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