# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/uesugi-kagetora
# Generated: 2026-09-01T01:20:03.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/uesugi-kagetora"
name: "Uesugi Kagetora"
slug: "uesugi-kagetora"
description: "Uesugi Kagetora  was the seventh son of Hōjō Ujiyasu; known as Hōjō Saburō, he was adopted by Uesugi Kenshin, and was meant to be Kenshin's heir. However, in 1578, he was attacked in his castle at Otate by Uesugi Kagekatsu—Kagetora's respective brother-in-law—and was subsequently defeated. Kagetora committed suicide the following year in Samegao Castle."
tagline: "Samurai of the Sengoku period; son of Hōjō Ujiyasu, adopted by Uesugi Kenshin."
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1552"
deathDate: "1579-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.31
  momentum:             13.36778493982003
  historical:           9.695277333333333
  currentAttention:     56.00636435958631
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8A%E6%9D%89%E6%99%AF%E8%99%8E"
    title: "上杉景虎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uesugi_Kagetora"
    title: "Uesugi Kagetora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%AF%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "اوئه‌سوگی کاگه‌تورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uesugi_Kagetora"
    title: "Uesugi Kagetora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uesugi_Kagetora"
    title: "Uesugi Kagetora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8A%E6%9D%89%E6%99%AF%E8%99%8E"
    title: "上杉景虎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%B0%EC%97%90%EC%8A%A4%EA%B8%B0_%EA%B0%80%EA%B2%8C%ED%86%A0%EB%9D%BC"
    title: "우에스기 가게토라"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uesugi_Kagetora"
    title: "Uesugi Kagetora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Уэсуги Кагэтора"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uesugi_Kagetora"
    title: "Uesugi Kagetora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1190934"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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