# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takuma-nishimura
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:02:10.325Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takuma-nishimura"
name: "Takuma Nishimura"
slug: "takuma-nishimura"
description: "Takuma Nishimura  was a Japanese army general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, active in the invasion and occupation of British Malaya. After the Japanese surrender, he was tried and convicted in British Singapore as a war criminal for his role in the Sook Ching massacres. After four years imprisonment he was handed to Australian authorities for trial on the Parit Sulong Massacre and executed by hanging by the then Australian Territory of Papua and New Guinea."
tagline: "Japanese general (1889–1951)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Takuma_Nishimura.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1889-09-01"
deathDate: "1951-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.29
  momentum:             6.691729323308271
  historical:           11.00223733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E6%9D%91%E7%90%A2%E7%A3%A8"
    title: "西村琢磨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تاكوما نيشيمورا (عسكرى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takuma_Nishimura"
    title: "Takuma Nishimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takuma_Nishimura"
    title: "Takuma Nishimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "تاکوما نیشیمورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takuma_Nishimura"
    title: "Takuma Nishimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%94_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94_(%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%9C)"
    title: "טאקומה נישימורה (גנרל)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisimura_Takuma"
    title: "Nisimura Takuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takuma_Nishimura_(militare)"
    title: "Takuma Nishimura (militare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E6%9D%91%E7%90%A2%E7%A3%A8"
    title: "西村琢磨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takuma_Nishimura"
    title: "Takuma Nishimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0_(%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB)"
    title: "Нисимура, Такума (генерал)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "தக்குமா நிசிமுரா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370554"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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