# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tokuji-hayakawa
# Generated: 2026-08-15T20:34:57.096Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tokuji-hayakawa"
name: "Tokuji Hayakawa"
slug: "tokuji-hayakawa"
description: "Tokuji Hayakawa  was a Japanese businessman and the founder of Hayakawa Kinzoku Kōgyō. He invented and patented the “Tokubijō” belt buckle in 1912 and invented the \"Ever Ready Sharp\" mechanical pencil in 1915."
tagline: "Japanese businessman (1893-1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tokuji_Hayakawa_1925.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1893-11-03"
deathDate: "1980-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.89216
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "早川德次 (夏普)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توكوجي هاياكاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%89_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "توكوجى هاياكاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayakawa_Tokuji"
    title: "Hayakawa Tokuji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokuji_Hayakawa"
    title: "Tokuji Hayakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "توکوجی هایاکاوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokuji_Hayakawa"
    title: "Tokuji Hayakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A9%E5%B7%9D%E5%BE%B3%E6%AC%A1_(%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97)"
    title: "早川徳次 (シャープ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%98%EC%95%BC%EC%B9%B4%EC%99%80_%ED%86%A0%EC%BF%A0%EC%A7%80"
    title: "하야카와 토쿠지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokuji_Hayakawa"
    title: "Tokuji Hayakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokuji_Hayakawa"
    title: "Tokuji Hayakawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722643"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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