# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takashi-matsuoka
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:50:02.940Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takashi-matsuoka"
name: "Takashi Matsuoka"
slug: "takashi-matsuoka"
description: "Cloud of Sparrows (2002) is the first historic novel by author Takashi Matsuoka featuring the struggle of Genji, the young Great Lord of Akaoka, in the year 1861. This is only six years after Japan opened to the West and features three American missionaries who become involved with Genji, notably, Emily who hopes to find solace in Japan and build a church and Matthew, a product of the American West who seeks revenge."
tagline: "American writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-01-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.42
  momentum:             8.285714285714283
  historical:           7.003348
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559638/"
    handle:    "nm0559638"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8"
    title: "Мацуока, Такаси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "تاكاشي ماتسوكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%83%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Такаши Мацуока"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Matsuoka"
    title: "Takashi Matsuoka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Matsuoka"
    title: "Takashi Matsuoka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Matsuoka"
    title: "Takashi Matsuoka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Matsuoka"
    title: "Takashi Matsuoka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2657294"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1200842"
    title: "Takashi Matsuoka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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