# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shobushi-kanji
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:19:54.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shobushi-kanji"
name: "Shōbushi Kanji"
slug: "shobushi-kanji"
description: "Shobushi Kanji  was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Kōfu, Yamanashi. He was the first sumo wrestler to die from COVID-19, and is also thought to be the first person in their 20s to die from the virus in Japan."
tagline: "Japanese sumo wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shokiri-1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1991-11-04"
deathDate: "2020-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.0477
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C"
    title: "شوبوشی کانجی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shobushi_Kanji"
    title: "Shobushi Kanji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8B%9D%E6%AD%A6%E5%A3%AB%E5%B9%B9%E5%A3%AB"
    title: "勝武士幹士"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%87%BC%EB%B6%80%EC%8B%9C_%EA%B0%84%EC%A7%80"
    title: "쇼부시 간지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shobushi_Kanji"
    title: "Shobushi Kanji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shobushi_Kanji"
    title: "Shobushi Kanji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shobushi_Kanji"
    title: "Shobushi Kanji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shobushi_Kanji"
    title: "Shobushi Kanji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94249876"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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