# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ai-takano
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:45:16.026Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ai-takano"
name: "Ai Takano"
slug: "ai-takano"
description: "Motonari Takano , better known as Ai Takano  and nicknamed Motchin, was a Japanese singer. He is best known for his performances of the theme songs for the anime Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger, Pettonton, and Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion. Takano also sung the songs in Ai Shite Knight for the fictional in-story band, Bee Hive, even though the singer character, Gou, is voiced by singer Isao Sasaki. Before starting his anisong career, Takano was drummer of The Golden Cups and a vocalist of Creation."
tagline: "Japanese singer and drummer (1951-2006)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1951-01-12"
deathDate: "2006-04-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.2
  momentum:             4.210526315789472
  historical:           7.946154666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ikiiki.biz/index.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1069898"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "أي تاكانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "اى تاكانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Takano"
    title: "Ai Takano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Takano"
    title: "Ai Takano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E9%AB%98%E9%87%8E"
    title: "アイ高野"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Takano"
    title: "Ai Takano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Takano"
    title: "Ai Takano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/357272bb-80d2-4eaf-883c-51136852602b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3275501"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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