Kobun Chino Otogawa

American Buddhist monk (1938–2002)
Person human Q5964204
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Summary

Kobun Chino Otogawa was born on February 1, 1938[1], in Niigata[2]. He died on July 26, 2002[3], in Switzerland[4]. He worked as a Buddhist monk[5]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,381 views/month, #7,164 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Japan[7]
  • Educated at: Kyoto University[8], Komazawa University[9]
  • Religion or worldview: Buddhism[10]
  • Sex or gender: male[11]
  • Commons category: Kobun Chino Otagowa[12]
  • Cause of death: drowning[13]
  • Manner of death: accidental death[14]
  • Name in native language: 乙川 弘文[15]
  • Name in kana: おとがわ こうぶん[16]

Why It Matters

Kobun Chino Otogawa is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

FAQs

Where was Kobun Chino Otogawa born?

Kobun Chino Otogawa's place of birth was Niigata[2].

Where did Kobun Chino Otogawa die?

Kobun Chino Otogawa died in Switzerland[4].

What did Kobun Chino Otogawa do for work?

Kobun Chino Otogawa worked as a Buddhist monk[5].

Where did Kobun Chino Otogawa go to school?

Kobun Chino Otogawa was educated at Kyoto University[8] and Komazawa University[9].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . id.ndl.go.jp. id.ndl.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . id.ndl.go.jp. id.ndl.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Higa4 · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name in native language → {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '乙川 弘文'}
    Country of citizenship → Japan
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Country of citizenship: Japan, 国籍を追加 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/bd82197cbdf|details]])"
  2. 13d ago · Higa4 · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'en', 'es', 'ja', 'zh']
    Name in kana → おとがわ こうぶん
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Name in kana: おとがわ こうぶん, 読み仮名を追加 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/3c6bb10ed44|details]])"
  3. 20w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → Buddhist monk
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ Religion or worldview: Buddhism"
  4. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Switzerland
    Cause of death → drowning
    Instance of → human
    Manner of death → accidental death
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32118|batch #32118]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (31)"
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