# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ak-69
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:22:41.181Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ak-69"
name: "AK-69"
slug: "ak-69"
description: "AK-69, also known as Kalassy Nikoff (エーケーシックスティーナイン／カラシニコフ) is a Japanese hip-hop artist from Komaki, Aichi. As a rapper, AK-69 uses his stage name; while singing, he is usually known as \"Kalassy Nikoff.\" AK-69 also goes by the alias \"REDSTA.\" In 2004, he began producing a fashion line known as \"BAGARCH.\" The single \"Public Enemy\" was nominated in 2011 for Best Hip Hop Music Video in the MTV Music Aid Japan, and won the same award at the 2011 Space Shower Music Video Awards. At the 2011 Billboard Japan Awards, AK-69 was selected as Independent Artist of the Year."
tagline: "Rapper"
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: "1978-08-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           73.25
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.685218666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  205
  category: null
totalFollowers: 440000
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/AK69.official"
    handle:    "AK69.official"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ak69_official/"
    handle:    "ak69_official"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ak-69.jp/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/AK69_official"
    handle:    "AK69_official"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13226699/"
    handle:    "nm13226699"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Wet9Sqa5LrEjBeV4k6edh"
    handle:    "AK-69"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcXY1U92HVxjhW3SDdDbTyw"
    handle:    "@ak69_official"
    followers: 440000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4353264"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-69"
    title: "AK-69"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-69"
    title: "AK-69"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-69"
    title: "AK-69"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e0842d77-0db8-47f0-8307-6e0183fc733a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1350015"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3498689"
    title: "AK-69"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views