# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tetsuzo-iwamoto
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:30:22.605Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tetsuzo-iwamoto"
name: "Tetsuzō Iwamoto"
slug: "tetsuzo-iwamoto"
description: "Lieutenant Junior Grade Tetsuzō Iwamoto  was one of the top scoring aces among Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) fighter pilots. He entered the Imperial Navy in 1934 and completed pilot training in December 1936. His first combat occurred over China in early 1938. He emerged as one of the top aces of the Imperial Japan during World War II, credited with at least 80 aerial victories, including 14 victories in China. Subsequently, he flew Zeros from the aircraft carrier Zuikaku from December 1941 to May 1942, including at the Battle of the Coral Sea. Iwamoto decorated his planes with victory markings of cherry blossom flowers, with a single or double blossom flower referring to a shot down enemy fighter or bomber aircraft respectively."
tagline: "Japanese flying ace (1916–1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tetsuzo_Iwamoto.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1916-06-15"
deathDate: "1955-05-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.06
  momentum:             22.98565523948456
  historical:           12.73262
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Tetsuzō Iwamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تيتسوزو ايواموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Iwamoto Tetsuzō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuz%C5%8D_Iwamoto"
    title: "Tetsuzō Iwamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%B2%D9%88_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "تتسزو ایواموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuz%C5%8D_Iwamoto"
    title: "Tetsuzō Iwamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuz%C5%8D_Iwamoto"
    title: "Tetsuzō Iwamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuz%C5%8D_Iwamoto"
    title: "Tetsuzō Iwamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuz%C5%8D_Iwamoto"
    title: "Tetsuzō Iwamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E6%9C%AC%E5%BE%B9%E4%B8%89"
    title: "岩本徹三"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "이와모토 데쓰조"
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    title: "Ивамото, Тецудзо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecuz%C3%B3_Iwamoto"
    title: "Tecuzó Iwamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "岩本徹三"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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