# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takadaya-kahei
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:55:07.060Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takadaya-kahei"
name: "Takadaya Kahei"
slug: "takadaya-kahei"
description: "Takadaya Kahei  was a Japanese merchant credited with transforming the trading outpost of Hakodate in Japan's northern island of Hokkaidō into a thriving city. He is also recognised for opening the northern Etorofu sea route to the Kuril island fisheries and helping settle territorial disputes with Russia over the islands."
tagline: "Japanese merchant (1769-1827)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TakadayaKahei_TakataiKachi_pre1816_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1769-02-07"
deathDate: "1827-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.96
  momentum:             5.355285961871751
  historical:           5.756234666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takadaya_Kahei"
    title: "Takadaya Kahei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takataya_Kahei"
    title: "Takataya Kahei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takadaya_Kahei"
    title: "Takadaya Kahei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%8D%D0%B9"
    title: "Такадая Кахэй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E7%94%B0%E5%B1%8B%E5%98%89%E5%85%B5%E8%A1%9B"
    title: "高田屋嘉兵衛"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahei_Takadaya"
    title: "Kahei Takadaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4450102"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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