# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yoko-shimada
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:25:49.911Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yoko-shimada"
name: "Yōko Shimada"
slug: "yoko-shimada"
description: "Yoko Shimada  was a Japanese actress, best known to Western audiences for her portrayal of Mariko in the 1980 miniseries Shōgun."
tagline: "Japanese actress (1953−2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ShimadaY.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1953-05-17"
deathDate: "2022-07-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.86
  momentum:             0.5491361902625085
  historical:           19.41038533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793577/"
    handle:    "nm0793577"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Shimada"
    title: "Yoko Shimada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dko_Shimada"
    title: "Yōko Shimada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yōko Shimada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "시마다 요코"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dko_Shimada"
    title: "Yōko Shimada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Shimada"
    title: "Yoko Shimada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%2C_%D0%81%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Симада, Ёко"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yoko Shimada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Shimada"
    title: "Yoko Shimada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Shimada"
    title: "Yoko Shimada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271854"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/80607"
    title: "Yoko Shimada"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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