# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yi-sun-sin
# Generated: 2026-08-31T23:26:00.157Z

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name: "Yi Sun-sin"
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description: "A 16th-century Korean admiral who never lost a sea battle — 23 straight wins, many against fleets that outnumbered him ten-to-one. At Myeongnyang, he took 13 ships against 133 and walked away with the water."
tagline: "Korean (Joseon) naval commander (1545 – 1598)"
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birthDate: "1545-04-28"
deathDate: "1598-12-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Yi Sun-sin was born April 28, 1545, in Joseon Korea, entering a world that would later demand every ounce of his tactical brilliance. When Japan invaded in the Imjin War, he commanded naval forces that were routinely outgunned and undersupplied, yet he engineered victory after victory through raw strategic vision and innovation. His record stood at a minimum of 23 engagements without a single defeat. The apex came at Myeongnyang, where his 13 vessels shattered a Japanese armada of at least 133 ships — a disparity that should have been suicide. He kept his wartime journals, the Nanjung Ilgi, now preserved by UNESCO. On December 16, 1598, in the Battle of Noryang — the war's final major clash — a gunshot found him, and he died on deck as the guns went quiet.