# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shoichi-nakagawa
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:04:33.095Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shoichi-nakagawa"
name: "Shōichi Nakagawa"
slug: "shoichi-nakagawa"
description: "Shōichi Nakagawa  was a Japanese conservative politician in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as Minister of Finance from 24 September 2008 to 17 February 2009. He previously held the posts of Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi. He was regarded as one of Japan's most attractive public figures. On 4 October 2009, he was found dead in his Tokyo apartment. The cause of his death is yet to be determined; although no suicide note was found, there was also no indication of foul play."
tagline: "Minister of Finance of Japan (1953-2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shoichi_Nakagawa_1998.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953-07-19"
deathDate: "2009-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.962896
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "中川昭一"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shōichi Nakagawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dichi_Nakagawa"
    title: "Shōichi Nakagawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dichi_Nakagawa"
    title: "Shōichi Nakagawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shōichi Nakagawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shōichi Nakagawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dichi_Nakagawa"
    title: "Shōichi Nakagawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dichi_Nakagawa"
    title: "Shōichi Nakagawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shōichi Nakagawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shoichi Nakagawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump