# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yoko-sano
# Generated: 2026-08-20T20:38:40.956Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yoko-sano"
name: "Yōko Sano"
slug: "yoko-sano"
description: "Yōko Sano  was a Japanese writer and illustrator of children's books."
tagline: "Japanese novelist (1938-2010)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-06-28"
deathDate: "2010-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.8999
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "يوكو سانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "يوكو سانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dko_Sano"
    title: "Yōko Sano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dko_Sano"
    title: "Yōko Sano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%90%E9%87%8E%E6%B4%8B%E5%AD%90"
    title: "佐野洋子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3574287"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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