# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akiko-yano
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:58:19.574Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akiko-yano"
name: "Akiko Yano"
slug: "akiko-yano"
description: "Akiko Yano  is a Japanese pop and jazz musician and singer. Born in Tokyo, she was raised in Aomori and began her singing career in the mid-1970s. She has been called \"one of the major musical talents of the Japanese popular music world\". Her vocals and eclectic style have often been compared to her slightly later English contemporary Kate Bush."
tagline: "Japanese singer-songwriter"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/hvxKBkHN0ycCRR5agukqq0bgldL.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1955-02-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           67.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.31442
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  211
  category: null
totalFollowers: 34600
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/piyano.akiko"
    handle:    "piyano.akiko"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/akikoyano_staff/"
    handle:    "akikoyano_staff"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.akikoyano.com/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Yano_Akiko"
    handle:    "Yano_Akiko"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0946205/"
    handle:    "nm0946205"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4edePQHgbrc5h00ChgnQns"
    handle:    "4edePQHgbrc5h00ChgnQns"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx07WsvWgLP7Heo3FAJ-AWQ"
    handle:    "@akiko_yano"
    followers: 34600
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/143916"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "اكيكو يانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiko_Yano"
    title: "Akiko Yano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiko_Yano"
    title: "Akiko Yano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiko_Yano"
    title: "Akiko Yano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiko_Yano"
    title: "Akiko Yano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiko_Yano"
    title: "Akiko Yano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiko_Yano"
    title: "Akiko Yano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiko_Yano"
    title: "Akiko Yano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiko_Yano"
    title: "Akiko Yano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%A2%E9%87%8E%E9%A1%95%E5%AD%90"
    title: "矢野顕子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%BC%EB%85%B8_%EC%95%84%ED%82%A4%EC%BD%94"
    title: "야노 아키코"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b215b03a-8e0b-48ca-b832-bbbd0db504f0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107424"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78352"
    title: "Akiko Yano"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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