# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yoshio-masui
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:02:25.534Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yoshio-masui"
name: "Yoshio Masui"
slug: "yoshio-masui"
description: "Yoshio Masui  was a Japanese-Canadian cell biologist. Masui retired in 1997 and held the position of Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto."
tagline: "Japanese biologist (1931–2024)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1931-01-01"
deathDate: "2024-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.410116
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A2%9E%E4%BA%95%E7%A6%8E%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "增井禎夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "يوشيو ماسوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshio_Masui"
    title: "Yoshio Masui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshio_Masui"
    title: "Yoshio Masui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshio_Masui"
    title: "Yoshio Masui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshio_Masui"
    title: "Yoshio Masui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A2%97%E4%BA%95%E7%A6%8E%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "増井禎夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%8A%A4%EC%9D%B4_%EC%9A%94%EC%8B%9C%EC%98%A4"
    title: "마스이 요시오"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q977903"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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