# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takeichi-nishi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:17:06.164Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takeichi-nishi"
name: "Takeichi Nishi"
slug: "takeichi-nishi"
description: "Colonel Baron Takeichi Nishi  was an Imperial Japanese Army officer, equestrian show jumper, and Olympic Gold Medalist at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. Near the end of the Second World War he commanded the 26th Tank Regiment during the Battle of Iwo Jima and died during the defense of the island."
tagline: "Japanese Army officer and equestrian (1902-1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baron_Nishi_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1902-07-12"
deathDate: "1945-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.47
  momentum:             9.99279944699753
  historical:           21.37836533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  221
  category: 245
sources:
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    title: "Nishi Takeichi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeichi_Nishi"
    title: "Takeichi Nishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تاكيتشي نيشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تاكيتشى نيشى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Takeichi Nishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takei%C4%8Di_Ni%C5%A1i"
    title: "Takeiči Niši"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeichi_Nishi"
    title: "Takeichi Nishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeichi_Nishi"
    title: "Takeichi Nishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Takeichi Nishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تاکیچی نیشی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeichi_Nishi"
    title: "Takeichi Nishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeichi_Nishi"
    title: "Takeichi Nishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeichi_Nishi"
    title: "Takeichi Nishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeichi_Nishi"
    title: "Takeichi Nishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeichi_Nishi"
    title: "Takeichi Nishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E7%AB%B9%E4%B8%80"
    title: "西竹一"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%88%EC%8B%9C_%EB%8B%A4%EC%BC%80%EC%9D%B4%EC%B9%98"
    title: "니시 다케이치"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeichi_Nishi"
    title: "Takeichi Nishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeichi_Nishi"
    title: "Takeichi Nishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeichi_Nishi"
    title: "Takeichi Nishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeichi_Nishi"
    title: "Takeichi Nishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8D%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8"
    title: "Ниси, Такэити"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeichi_Nishi"
    title: "Takeichi Nishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeichi_Nishi"
    title: "Takeichi Nishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%96%D1%81%D1%96_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%97%D1%82%D1%96"
    title: "Нісі Такеїті"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q531122"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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