# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/atsushi-sakurai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:49:31.119Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/atsushi-sakurai"
name: "Atsushi Sakurai"
slug: "atsushi-sakurai"
description: "Atsushi Sakurai  was a Japanese musician. He was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Buck-Tick from 1985 until his death in 2023. Initially joining as their drummer in 1983, Sakurai fronted the band for 38 years and 23 studio albums, nearly all of which reached the top ten on Japan's Oricon chart. Sakurai and Buck-Tick are commonly credited as among the founders of the visual kei movement."
tagline: "Japanese musician (1966-2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Atsushi_Sakurai_90s.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1966-03-07"
deathDate: "2023-10-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.2
  momentum:             1.533942558746736
  historical:           17.218028
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TheMortal2015"
    handle:    "TheMortal2015"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/the_mortal2015/"
    handle:    "the_mortal2015"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TheMortal2015"
    handle:    "TheMortal2015"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2005348/"
    handle:    "nm2005348"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://sakurai-atsushi.com/"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "أتسوشي ساكوراي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "اتسوشى ساكوراى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acu%C5%A1i_Sakurai"
    title: "Acuši Sakurai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atsushi_Sakurai"
    title: "Atsushi Sakurai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CF%84%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CE%B9_%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%B9"
    title: "Άτσουσι Σακουράι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atsushi_Sakurai"
    title: "Atsushi Sakurai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atsushi_Sakurai"
    title: "Atsushi Sakurai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "آتسوشی ساکورای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atsushi_Sakurai"
    title: "Atsushi Sakurai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szakurai_Acusi"
    title: "Szakurai Acusi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atsushi_Sakurai"
    title: "Atsushi Sakurai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AB%BB%E4%BA%95%E6%95%A6%E5%8F%B8"
    title: "櫻井敦司"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atsushi_Sakurai"
    title: "Atsushi Sakurai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atsushi_Sakurai"
    title: "Atsushi Sakurai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%2C_%D0%90%D1%86%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8"
    title: "Сакураи, Ацуси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%86%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8"
    title: "Ацуши Сакураи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atsushi_Sakurai"
    title: "Atsushi Sakurai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%90%D1%86%D1%83%D1%88%D1%96"
    title: "Сакурай Ацуші"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3267869"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2285688"
    title: "Atsushi Sakurai"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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