# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shiso-kanakuri
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:11:32.001Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shiso-kanakuri"
name: "Shiso Kanakuri"
slug: "shiso-kanakuri"
description: "Shizo Kanakuri  was a Japanese marathon runner celebrated as the \"father of marathon\" in Japan. He holds the Guinness World Record for the longest time to complete a marathon with a time of 54 years 8 months 6 days 5 hours 32 minutes 20.3 seconds. Kanakuri retired from the men's marathon event at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics without informing the authorities, but Sveriges Television gave him the opportunity to complete his marathon in 1967."
tagline: "Japanese long-distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shiso_Kanaguri_1924.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1891-08-20"
deathDate: "1983-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.54668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Шизо Канакури"
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    title: "Shizo Kanakuri"
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    title: "Shizo Kanakuri"
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    title: "Shizo Kanakuri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "金栗四三"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Сидзо Канакури"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Šizo Kanakuri"
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    title: "Shizo Kanakuri"
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    title: "Shizō Kanakuri"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump