# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eiko-kadono
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:15:19.928Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eiko-kadono"
name: "Eiko Kadono"
slug: "eiko-kadono"
description: "Eiko Kadono , real name Eiko Watanabe , born January 1, 1935, is a Japanese author of children's literature, picture books, non-fiction, and essays. Her most famous work Kiki's Delivery Service, released in 1985, was made into an anime film by Hayao Miyazaki, and spawned a series of sequel novels. In 2018, she won the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Currently, she serves as a guest professor at the Nihon Fukushi University in Aichi Prefecture."
tagline: "Japanese writer"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/aVoO79KQFMmY4eazX7YDiBN7oam.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1935-01-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.06
  momentum:             1.11
  historical:           17.98659333333334
  currentAttention:     4.28
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  223
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434395/"
    handle:    "nm0434395"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://kiki-jiji.com/hoge/"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "إيكو كادونو"
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    title: "Eiko Kadono"
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    title: "Eiko Kadono"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eiko Kadono"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump