# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eitetsu-hayashi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:24:26.545Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eitetsu-hayashi"
name: "Eitetsu Hayashi"
slug: "eitetsu-hayashi"
description: "Eitetsu Hayashi  is an acclaimed Japanese musician best known for his solo performance work in taiko. Hayashi joined the group Ondekoza at an early age. Later, after parting from group, helped found the taiko group Kodo, though he quickly left to begin a solo career. Hayashi has performed in notable venues such as Carnegie Hall in 1984 and was the first featured taiko performer at the institution. He is also the recipient of multiple awards recognizing the cultural value of his work."
tagline: "Japanese taiko drummer, composer (1952-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EitetsuHayashi2001-05.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: "1952-02-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.026028
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/eitetsu70_official/"
    handle:    "eitetsu70_official"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQWrzd0LUbPp0EpRjfwaIhA"
    handle:    "UCQWrzd0LUbPp0EpRjfwaIhA"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370614/"
    handle:    "nm0370614"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3l3wxRsemRJJs8NJCGNXqa"
    handle:    "3l3wxRsemRJJs8NJCGNXqa"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.eitetsu.net"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/350369"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%89"
    title: "ايتيتسو هاياشى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eitetsu_Hayashi"
    title: "Eitetsu Hayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C"
    title: "ایتیتسو هایاشی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eitetsu_Hayashi"
    title: "Eitetsu Hayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E8%8B%B1%E5%93%B2"
    title: "林英哲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eitetsu_Hayashi"
    title: "Eitetsu Hayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f6f87670-70e1-482d-a307-7c843a5cead4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1954265"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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