# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wasaburo-oishi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:40:51.807Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wasaburo-oishi"
name: "Wasaburo Oishi"
slug: "wasaburo-oishi"
description: "Wasaburo Oishi  was a Japanese meteorologist. Born in Tosu, Saga, he is best known for his discovery of the high-altitude air currents now known as the jet stream. He was also an important Esperantist, serving as the second board president of the Japanese Esperanto Institute from 1930 to 1945."
tagline: "Japanese meteorologist (1874–1950)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1874-03-15"
deathDate: "1950-12-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.9
  momentum:             15.94062708472315
  historical:           9.051413333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasaburo_Oishi"
    title: "Wasaburo Oishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasaburo_Oishi"
    title: "Wasaburo Oishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oishi_Wasaburo"
    title: "Oishi Wasaburo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasaburo_Oishi"
    title: "Wasaburo Oishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cishi_Wasabur%C5%8D"
    title: "Ōishi Wasaburō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E7%9F%B3%E5%92%8C%E4%B8%89%E9%83%8E"
    title: "大石和三郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%EC%9D%B4%EC%8B%9C_%EC%99%80%EC%82%AC%EB%B6%80%EB%A1%9C"
    title: "오이시 와사부로"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oishi_Wasaburo"
    title: "Oishi Wasaburo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasaburo_Ooishi"
    title: "Wasaburo Ooishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasabur%C5%8D_%C5%8Cishi"
    title: "Wasaburō Ōishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180013"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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