# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akihiro-yamada
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:51:06.428Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akihiro-yamada"
name: "Akihiro Yamada"
slug: "akihiro-yamada"
description: "Akihiro Yamada ; born February 10, 1957, in Kōchi) is a Japanese illustrator and manga artist. During his career, Yamada has branched out into making book covers, character design for video games, theatre costume and set design, concept design for live-action film, and more, though his passion continues to be working on manga. He is known for delicate images reminiscent of suiboku and depiction of fantasy subjects. His most popular work is perhaps with The Twelve Kingdoms franchise. He won the Seiun Award in 1996 in the Best Artist category. He currently lives in Kyoto."
tagline: "Japanese illustrator"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1957-02-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.152274666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1639349/"
    handle:    "nm1639349"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://kirakuya-honpo.hustle.ne.jp/yamada-akihiro/"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E7%94%B0%E7%AB%A0%E5%8D%9A"
    title: "山田章博"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "أكيهيرو يامادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihiro_Yamada"
    title: "Akihiro Yamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihiro_Yamada"
    title: "Akihiro Yamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E7%94%B0%E7%AB%A0%E5%8D%9A"
    title: "山田章博"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihiro_Yamada"
    title: "Akihiro Yamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Ямада, Акихиро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%85%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Ямада Акіхіро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2829038"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1570046"
    title: "Akihiro Yamada"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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