# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sho-en
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:03:23.849Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sho-en"
name: "Shō En"
slug: "sho-en"
description: "Shō En, also known as Kanemaru (金丸), was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1470 to 1476. The official histories of the kingdom place his birth on Izena Island, although nothing is known concretely about his origins or family. Later folk tradition in the kingdom traced him to the mythical Shunten dynasty. He is said to have settled in northern Okinawa around the 1440s after a water dispute on his home island, eventually settling in Shuri and serving as a retainer for Shō Taikyū, the Prince of Goeku. Taikyū became king in 1454 and appointed Kanemaru as his treasurer, granting him lordship over Uchima. Shō Toku succeeded his father after his death in 1460. The official histories depict Toku as a cruel ruler who forced Kanemaru into seclusion. Kanemaru was chosen to succeed him after Toku's death in 1470, after which he killed Toku's surviving family and took the regnal name Shō En."
tagline: "First king of the Ryukyu Kingdom"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/King_Sho_En.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1415"
deathDate: "1476"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.077184
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%9A%E5%9C%93%E7%8E%8B"
    title: "尚圓王"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si%C3%B4ng_I%C3%A8ng"
    title: "Siông Ièng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_En"
    title: "Shō En"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_En"
    title: "Shō En"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_En"
    title: "Shō En"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_En"
    title: "Shō En"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%9A%E5%86%86%E7%8E%8B"
    title: "尚円王"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%87%BC%EC%97%94%EC%99%95"
    title: "쇼엔왕"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_En"
    title: "Shō En"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%91_%D0%AD%D0%BD"
    title: "Сё Эн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8C%D0%BE_%D0%95%D0%BD"
    title: "Сьо Ен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_En"
    title: "Shō En"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%9A%E5%9C%93%E7%8E%8B"
    title: "尚圓王"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si%C5%8Dng_O%C3%A2n"
    title: "Siōng Oân"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1074326"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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