# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eri-kawai
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:09:29.476Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eri-kawai"
name: "Eri Kawai"
slug: "eri-kawai"
description: "Eri Kawai  was a Japanese singer from Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and both composed and sang not only classic but also pop and world music. She was also friends with well-known video game composer Yasunori Mitsuda and had collaborated with him on some of his works. She died on August 4, 2008, at age 43 after being hospitalized as the result of liver cancer."
tagline: "Japanese singer-songwriter (1965-2008)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1965-05-08"
deathDate: "2008-08-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.77667733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2274883/"
    handle:    "nm2274883"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.eri-kawai.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1273398"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "ارى كاواى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eri_Kawai"
    title: "Eri Kawai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CF%81%CE%B9_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%AC%CE%B9"
    title: "Έρι Καβάι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eri_Kawai"
    title: "Eri Kawai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eri_Kawai"
    title: "Eri Kawai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eri_Kawai"
    title: "Eri Kawai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eri_Kawai"
    title: "Eri Kawai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B3%E4%BA%95%E8%8B%B1%E9%87%8C"
    title: "河井英里"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eri_Kawai"
    title: "Eri Kawai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B3%E4%BA%95%E8%8B%B1%E9%87%8C"
    title: "河井英里"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/69a5f935-8175-4f80-bbfa-744f017ef27c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q287000"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2178096"
    title: "Eri Kawai"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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