# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takiji-kobayashi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:39:00.421Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takiji-kobayashi"
name: "Takiji Kobayashi"
slug: "takiji-kobayashi"
description: "Takiji Kobayashi  was a Japanese writer of proletarian literature. He is best known for his short novel Kani Kōsen, or Crab Cannery Ship, published in 1929. It tells the story of the hard life of cannery workers, fishermen and seamen on board a cannery ship and the beginning of their revolt against the company and its managers. Kobayashi died due to violent torture after being arrested by the Special Higher Police two years later, at the age of 29."
tagline: "Japanese writer (1903–1933)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Takiji_Kobayashi_photograph%2C_sitting.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1903-10-13"
deathDate: "1933-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.99850533333333
  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/nm0462065/"
    handle:    "nm0462065"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Takiji Kobayashi"
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    title: "Takiji Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Takiji Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Takiji Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кобаяси, Такидзи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump