# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esa-holopainen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:36:36.601Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esa-holopainen"
name: "Esa Holopainen"
slug: "esa-holopainen"
description: "Amorphis is a Finnish progressive metal band founded by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other genres, including progressive metal, folk metal, and melodic death metal. They frequently use the Kalevala, the epic poem of Finland, as a source for their lyrics."
tagline: "Finnish musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20180803_Wacken_Wacken_Open_Air_Amorphis_0001.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1972-10-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.2
  momentum:             15.42959427207637
  historical:           9.215732000000001
  currentAttention:     5.08
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/esaholo"
    handle:    "esaholo"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3704752/"
    handle:    "nm3704752"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/399270"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "اسا هولوپاينين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esa_Holopainen"
    title: "Esa Holopainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esa_Holopainen"
    title: "Esa Holopainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esa_Holopainen_(muusikko)"
    title: "Esa Holopainen (muusikko)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esa_Holopainen"
    title: "Esa Holopainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esa_Holopainen"
    title: "Esa Holopainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AD%E3%83%91%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8D%E3%83%B3"
    title: "エサ・ホロパイネン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esa_Holopainen"
    title: "Esa Holopainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4bffa760-f79f-465c-9033-c8d4908ee1af"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335294"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1440393"
    title: "Esa Holopainen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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