# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akira-sakata
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:52:16.191Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akira-sakata"
name: "Akira Sakata"
slug: "akira-sakata"
description: "Akira Sakata is a Japanese free jazz saxophonist."
tagline: "Japanese jazz saxophonist, actor, researcher (1945-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Akira_Sakata_Kongsberg_Jazzfestival_2018_(154320).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1945-02-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.720954666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1238782/"
    handle:    "nm1238782"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4gNrCuzqGe2udz3MK7IFFO"
    handle:    "4gNrCuzqGe2udz3MK7IFFO"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.akira-sakata.com/english/about/about.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/211593"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "اكيرا ساكاتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Sakata"
    title: "Akira Sakata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Sakata"
    title: "Akira Sakata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Sakata"
    title: "Akira Sakata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9D%82%E7%94%B0%E6%98%8E"
    title: "坂田明"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Sakata"
    title: "Akira Sakata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/35d1a07f-45a5-4648-b0aa-af843cd38a07"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418888"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2395749"
    title: "Akira Sakata"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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