# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/banana-yoshimoto
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:14:18.064Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/banana-yoshimoto"
name: "Banana Yoshimoto"
slug: "banana-yoshimoto"
description: "Banana Yoshimoto  is the pen name of Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto . From 2002 to 2015, she wrote her name in hiragana."
tagline: "Japanese writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Banana_Yosimoto.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1964-07-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           62.81
  momentum:             25
  historical:           26.568436
  currentAttention:     80.03571428571429
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/y_banana"
    handle:    "y_banana"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949012/"
    handle:    "nm0949012"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.yoshimotobanana.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بنانا يوشيموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "بنانا یوشیموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Yoshimoto"
    title: "Banana Yoshimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Yoshimoto"
    title: "Banana Yoshimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%95%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%DB%8C%DB%86%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%86%D8%AA%DB%86"
    title: "بەنانا یۆشیمۆتۆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Jo%C5%A1imoto"
    title: "Banana Jošimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Yoshimoto"
    title: "Banana Yoshimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Yoshimoto"
    title: "Banana Yoshimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Banana Yoshimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Banana Yoshimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Yoshimoto"
    title: "Banana Yoshimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بنانا یوشیموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Yoshimoto"
    title: "Banana Yoshimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Yoshimoto"
    title: "Banana Yoshimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Yoshimoto"
    title: "Banana Yoshimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Yoshimoto"
    title: "Banana Yoshimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%98%D7%95"
    title: "בננה יושימוטו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josimoto_Banana"
    title: "Josimoto Banana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Yoshimoto"
    title: "Banana Yoshimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Yoshimoto"
    title: "Banana Yoshimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E6%9C%AC%E3%81%B0%E3%81%AA%E3%81%AA"
    title: "吉本ばなな"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90_%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D"
    title: "ბანანა იოშიმოტო"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%94%EC%8B%9C%EB%AA%A8%ED%86%A0_%EB%B0%94%EB%82%98%EB%82%98"
    title: "요시모토 바나나"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Yoshimoto"
    title: "Banana Yoshimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Jo%C5%A1imoto"
    title: "Banana Jošimoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Banana_Yoshimoto"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://et.wikiquote.org/wiki/Banana_Yoshimoto"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Banana_Yoshimoto"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"

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