# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sho-taikyu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:11:13.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sho-taikyu"
name: "Shō Taikyū"
slug: "sho-taikyu"
description: "Shō Taikyū (1410–1460) was a king of the first Shō dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom of the western Pacific island of Okinawa, reigning from 1454 to 1460. Although described in the official histories of Ryukyu and the Ming annals as a relative of the previous rulers, he may have been an unrelated ruler of the castle of Goeku, taking power amidst a succession crisis between two other lords which resulted in the destruction of Shuri Castle. He rebuilt the castle during his reign and saw the transformation of Shuri into the political and economic center of Okinawa. A sponsor of Zen Buddhism, he invited Japanese monks to settle in the kingdom and authorized the foundation of four Buddhist temples in his kingdom. He commissioned a number of large bronze bells, including the inscribed Bridge of Nations Bell which was displayed at Shuri. The kingdom's first domestic coinage was produced during his reign."
tagline: "King of the Ryūkyū Kingdom"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Taise_Ts%C5%ABh%C5%8D_-_Dr._Luke_Roberts_01.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1415"
deathDate: "1460"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.53
  momentum:             0.6493506493506492
  historical:           10.50234266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "尚泰久王"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si%C3%B4ng_T%C3%A1i-gi%C5%AB"
    title: "Siông Tái-giū"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Taiky%C5%AB"
    title: "Shō Taikyū"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Taiky%C5%AB"
    title: "Shō Taikyū"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Taiky%C5%AB"
    title: "Shō Taikyū"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%9A%E6%B3%B0%E4%B9%85%E7%8E%8B"
    title: "尚泰久王"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%87%BC%ED%83%80%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%90%EC%99%95"
    title: "쇼타이큐왕"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Taiky%C5%AB"
    title: "Shō Taikyū"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%91_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D1%8E"
    title: "Сё Тайкю"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8C%D0%BE_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D1%8E"
    title: "Сьо Тайкю"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Taiky%C5%AB"
    title: "Shō Taikyū"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%9A%E6%B3%B0%E4%B9%85%E7%8E%8B"
    title: "尚泰久王"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1139919"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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