# Tanaka Shōsuke

> Tanaka Shōsuke was a Japanese merchant in the early Edo period. He is the first recorded Japanese to have travelled to the Americas in 1610. Returning to Japan in 1611, he again went to North America in 1613, with the embassy of Hasekura Tsunenaga. In total, he accomplished two round trips between Japan and North America and helped establish trade and diplomatic relations between Japan and the Spanish Empire. According to Sumpu-ki, he was a representative of the great Osaka merchant Gotō Shōsaburō.

*Japanese trader, diplomat, technician; early Japanese contact with the Americas*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/tanaka-shosuke

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1501
- **Died:** 1601
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 9.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Танака Сьосуке](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D1%8C%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B5)
- [Tanaka Şosuke](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_%C5%9Eosuke)
- [Šósuke Tanaka](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0%C3%B3suke_Tanaka)
- [Tanaka Shōsuke](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_Sh%C5%8Dsuke)
- [Tanaka Shōsuke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_Sh%C5%8Dsuke)
- [تاناکا شوسوکه](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%87)
- [Tanaka Shōsuke](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_Sh%C5%8Dsuke)
- [Tanaka Shōsuke](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaka_Sh%C5%8Dsuke)
- [田中勝介](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E4%B8%AD%E5%8B%9D%E4%BB%8B)
- [타나카 쇼스케](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%83%80%EB%82%98%EC%B9%B4_%EC%87%BC%EC%8A%A4%EC%BC%80)
- [Танака Шосуке](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A8%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B5)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3482793)

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