# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shohei-ooka
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:52:50.060Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shohei-ooka"
name: "Shōhei Ōoka"
slug: "shohei-ooka"
description: "Shōhei Ōoka was a Japanese novelist, literary critic, and lecturer and translator of French literature who was active during the Shōwa period. Ōoka belongs to the group of postwar writers whose Pacific War experiences at home and abroad figure prominently in their works. Over his lifetime, he contributed short stories and critical essays to almost every literary magazine in Japan."
tagline: "Japanese writer (1909–1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Syouhei_Oooka.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1909-03-06"
deathDate: "1988-12-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.46
  momentum:             0.8582787652011226
  historical:           18.967148
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0648958/"
    handle:    "nm0648958"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Оока Шохей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ōoka Shōhei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shōhei Ōoka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "שוהיי אוקא"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shōhei Ōoka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dhei_%C5%8Coka"
    title: "Shōhei Ōoka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E5%B2%A1%E6%98%87%E5%B9%B3"
    title: "大岡昇平"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A8%E1%83%9D%E1%83%B0%E1%83%94%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%90"
    title: "შოჰეი ოოკა"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Оока, Сёхэй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dhei_%C5%8Coka"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/14bdf4af-0b38-428b-942c-d1bf686ed028"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q385747"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/134408"
    title: "Shohei Ooka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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