Kenji Ogiwara

Japanese politician and former Nordic combined skier
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Summary

Kenji Ogiwara was born on December 20, 1969[1], in Kusatsu[2]. He has worked as a Nordic combined skier[3] and politician[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,029 views/month, #7,283 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Japan[6]
  • Native language: Japanese[7]
  • Position held: mayor of Nagano[8], 経済産業大臣政務官[9]
  • Employer: Ueda Women's Junior College[10], Kitano Construction[11]
  • Educated at: Waseda University[12]
  • Award received: Holmenkollen Medal[13]
  • Sex or gender: male[14]
  • Member of political party: Liberal Democratic Party[15]
  • Commons category: Kenji Ogiwara[16]
  • Sport: Nordic combined[17]
  • Family name: Ogiwara[18]
  • Given name: Kenji[19]
  • Student of: Manabu Ono[20]
  • Participant in: 1994 Winter Olympics[21], 1992 Winter Olympics[22], 1998 Winter Olympics[23], 2002 Winter Olympics[24]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Japanese[25]
  • Name in native language: 荻原健司[26]
  • Name in kana: おぎわら けんじ[27]
  • Blood type: O[28]
  • Height: 169 cm[29]
  • Mass: 59 kg[30]
  • Sibling: Tsugiharu Ogiwara[31]
  • Writing language: Japanese[32]
  • P14411: 71237[33]
  • P14565: 0000163757[34]

Why It Matters

Kenji Ogiwara has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] He is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

Where was Kenji Ogiwara born?

Kenji Ogiwara's place of birth was Kusatsu[2].

What did Kenji Ogiwara do for work?

Kenji Ogiwara worked as a Nordic combined skier[3] and politician[4].

Where did Kenji Ogiwara go to school?

Kenji Ogiwara was educated at Waseda University[12].

What awards did Kenji Ogiwara receive?

Honors received include Holmenkollen Medal[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [3] ↑ . International Ski and Snowboard Federation database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . International Ski and Snowboard Federation database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Nihon Tarento Meikan. Retrieved . talent.yahoo.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Pudox · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position held → member of the House of Councillors, mayor of Nagano, 経済産業大臣政務官
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'mn', 'n
    P14411 → 71237
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Position held: 経済産業大臣政務官, peploop: add position from ja.wikipedia (rev 110573898) ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/0216ceab44|details]])"
  2. 5w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14565 → 0000163757
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14565: 0000163757, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296353704|荻原健司 (#296353704)]] for {{P|14565}}"
  3. 9w ago · CommonsDelinker · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Ogiwara Kenji.jpg
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: 長野県長野市 市長 荻原健司.jpg, Removing [[:c:File:長野県長野市_市長_荻原健司.jpg|長野県長野市_市長_荻原健司.jpg]], it has been deleted from Commons by [[:c:User:Yasu|Yasu]] because: per "
  4. 18w ago · PromePw · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Kenji
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Given name: Kenji"
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