Kenji Gotō

Japanese journalist and hostage in Syria

Person human Q11488414

Facts

24 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: September 22, 1967
Date of death: January 30, 2015, January 31, 2015^[4]^[8]
Place of birth: Sendai
Place of death: Syria
Country of citizenship: Japan^[10]
Occupation: journalist, war correspondent, writer
Educated at: Hosei University^[11]
Religion or worldview: Christianity^[12]
Mother: Junko Ishido^[9]
Official website: ipgoto.com^[18]
Cause of death: decapitation^[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese^[20]
Family name: Gotō^[15]
Given name: Kenji^[16]
Manner of death: homicide^[19]
Name in kana: ごとうけんじ^[22]
Name in native language: 後藤健二^[21]
Number of children: +3^[23]
P14698: 1ee72dae-2125-4065-8f87-bfeec160d581
P14750: E65E-5446-5537-75E2-FDB1
Significant event: ISILによる日本人拘束事件^[17]
Social media followers: 22k (22k–26k, n=4)^[24]

🏷️ Also known as

en Kenji Goto en Kenji Gotou en Kenji Gotō en Kenji Gotô ar كينجي غوتو de Kenji Gotou de Kenji Gotō de Kenji Gotô fa کنجی گوتو fr Kenji Goto fr Kenji Gotô fr Kenji Gotou ja 後藤健二 ja 後藤健二 ko 고토 겐지 pl Kenji Gotō ru Гото, Кэндзи ru Кэндзи Гото

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VIAF cluster ID: 257932423
CiNii Research ID: 1140845216754572288
Freebase ID: /m/012nmk66
IMDb ID: nm2702343
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA15453224
NDL Authority ID: 00961884
WikiTree person ID: 後藤-9
X (Twitter) username: kenjigotoip

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Occupation 3

writer, journalist, war correspondent

Cause of death 1

decapitation

Country of citizenship 1

Japan

Educated at 1

Hosei University

Given name 1

Kenji

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Japanese

Manner of death 1

homicide

Place of birth 1

Sendai

Place of death 1

Syria

Religion or worldview 1

Christianity

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Born in Sendai^[1], he… he was born on September 22, 1967^[2]. He passed away in Syria^[3]. He died on January 30, 2015^[4]. He worked as a journalist^[5], war correspondent^[6], and writer^[7].

FAQs

Where was Kenji Gotō born?

Kenji Gotō was born in Sendai^[1].

Where did Kenji Gotō die?

Kenji Gotō died in Syria^[3].

Who were Kenji Gotō's parents?

Kenji Gotō's mother was Junko Ishido^[9].

What did Kenji Gotō do for work?

Kenji Gotō worked as journalist^[5], war correspondent^[6], and writer^[7].

Where did Kenji Gotō go to school?

Kenji Gotō was educated at Hosei University^[11].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Kenji Gotō — place of birth (P19): Sendai. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Kenji Gotō — place of death (P20): Syria. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Kenji Gotō — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Kenji Gotō — mother (P25): Junko Ishido. foxnews.com. foxnews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Kenji Gotō — country of citizenship (P27): Japan. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Kenji Gotō — educated at (P69): Hosei University. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Kenji Gotō — occupation (P106): journalist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Kenji Gotō — occupation (P106): war correspondent. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Kenji Gotō — occupation (P106): writer. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Kenji Gotō — religion or worldview (P140): Christianity. reuters.com. reuters.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Kenji Gotō — cause of death (P509): decapitation. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Kenji Gotō — date of birth (P569): September 22, 1967. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Kenji Gotō — date of death (P570): January 30, 2015. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Kenji Gotō — date of death (P570): January 31, 2015. IMDb. Retrieved 2019-10-20. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Kenji Gotō — family name (P734): Gotō. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Kenji Gotō — given name (P735): Kenji. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Kenji Gotō — significant event (P793): ISILによる日本人拘束事件. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Kenji Gotō — official website (P856): http://ipgoto.com/. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Kenji Gotō — manner of death (P1196): homicide. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Kenji Gotō — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Japanese. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Kenji Gotō — name in native language (P1559): {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '後藤健二'}. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Kenji Gotō — name in kana (P1814): ごとうけんじ. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Kenji Gotō — number of children (P1971): {'amount': '+3'}. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Kenji Gotō — social media followers (P8687): {'amount': '+22867'}. wikidata.org.

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