# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sho-jun
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:11:03.998Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sho-jun"
name: "Shō Jun"
slug: "sho-jun"
description: "Baron Shō Jun  was a prince of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, the fourth son of King Shō Tai, the last king of the kingdom. He played a major role in founding many 20th century institutions in Okinawa, including the Ryūkyū Shimpō newspaper, the Bank of Okinawa, the Taishō Gekijō theater, and a canning factory, and was a major figure in both the Japanese political and investment worlds of his time."
tagline: "Son of Shō Tai, the last king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom (1873–1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E5%B0%9A%E9%A0%86.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1873-05-02"
deathDate: "1945-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.039708
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Jun_(1873%E2%80%931945)"
    title: "Shō Jun (1873–1945)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%9A%E9%A0%86"
    title: "尚順"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%87%BC%EC%A4%80"
    title: "쇼준"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Jun_(1873)"
    title: "Shō Jun (1873)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%9A%E9%A0%86"
    title: "尚順"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q711899"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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