# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/toshio-hirano
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:19:15.247Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/toshio-hirano"
name: "Toshio Hirano"
slug: "toshio-hirano"
description: "Toshio Hirano  is a Japanese immunologist and academic, best known for his discovery of interleukin-6. Since August 2011, he has served as the 17th President of Osaka University."
tagline: "Japanese immunologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Crafoordpriset_2009-press_conference_20.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
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birthDate: "1947-04-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             23.7280701754386
  historical:           9.846116
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "平野俊夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توشيو هيرانو"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Toshio Hirano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Toshio Hirano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshio_Hirano"
    title: "Toshio Hirano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "平野俊夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Toshio Hirano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Хирано, Тосио"
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    title: "Тошіо Хірано"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump