# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yoshio-kodama
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:00:13.752Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yoshio-kodama"
name: "Yoshio Kodama"
slug: "yoshio-kodama"
description: "Yoshio Kodama  was a Japanese right-wing ultranationalist and a prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan. The most famous kuromaku, or behind-the-scenes power broker, of the 20th century, he was active in Japan's political arena and criminal underworld from the 1930s to the 1970s, and became enormously wealthy through his involvement in smuggling operations."
tagline: "Japanese criminal (1911-1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/19460326_kodama_yoshio.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1911-02-18"
deathDate: "1984-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.390524
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%92%E7%8E%89%E8%AD%BD%E5%A3%AB%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "兒玉譽士夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "يوشيو كوداما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodama_Yoshio"
    title: "Kodama Yoshio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshio_Kodama"
    title: "Yoshio Kodama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshio_Kodama"
    title: "Yoshio Kodama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7_%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%A6%D9%88"
    title: "کوداما یوشیئو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshio_Kodama"
    title: "Yoshio Kodama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%90%E7%8E%89%E8%AA%89%E5%A3%AB%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "児玉誉士夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B3%A0%EB%8B%A4%EB%A7%88_%EC%9A%94%EC%8B%9C%EC%98%A4"
    title: "고다마 요시오"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshio_Kodama"
    title: "Yoshio Kodama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshio_Kodama"
    title: "Yoshio Kodama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%2C_%D0%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BE"
    title: "Кодама, Ёсио"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshio_Kodama"
    title: "Yoshio Kodama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Йосіо Кодама"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q703958"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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