# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/futaro-yamada
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:37:43.433Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/futaro-yamada"
name: "Fūtarō Yamada"
slug: "futaro-yamada"
description: "Seiya Yamada , known by his pen name Futaro Yamada , was a Japanese author. He was born in Yabu, Hyogo. In 1947, he wrote a mystery short story Daruma-tōge no Jiken  and was awarded a prize by the magazine Houseki (宝石). He was discovered by Edogawa Rampo and became a novelist. He wrote many ninja and mystery stories. Many of his works have been adapted for film, TV, manga, and anime."
tagline: "Japanese novelist (1922–2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/F%C5%ABtar%C5%8D_Yamada%2C_circa_1952.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-01-04"
deathDate: "2001-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.183425333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945212/"
    handle:    "nm0945212"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E7%94%B0%E9%A2%A8%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E"
    title: "山田風太郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "فوتارو يامادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamada_F%C5%ABtar%C5%8D"
    title: "Yamada Fūtarō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futaro_Yamada"
    title: "Futaro Yamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C5%ABtar%C5%8D_Yamada"
    title: "Fūtarō Yamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C5%ABtar%C5%8D_Yamada"
    title: "Fūtarō Yamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E7%94%B0%E9%A2%A8%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E"
    title: "山田風太郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%BC%EB%A7%88%EB%8B%A4_%ED%9B%84%ED%83%80%EB%A1%9C"
    title: "야마다 후타로"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamada_F%C5%ABtar%C5%8D"
    title: "Yamada Fūtarō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q654954"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/63691"
    title: "Futaro Yamada"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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