# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hachiro-kasuga
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:34:42.024Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hachiro-kasuga"
name: "Hachiro Kasuga"
slug: "hachiro-kasuga"
description: "Hachiro Kasuga , born Minoru Watabe, was a Japanese enka singer. He has been dubbed \"the first enka singer\"."
tagline: "Japanese singer (1924–1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kasuga_Hachiro.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: "1924-10-09"
deathDate: "1991-10-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.682373333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC23N36LUhwFmb0TCmFkv8_g"
    handle:    "UC23N36LUhwFmb0TCmFkv8_g"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2736991/"
    handle:    "nm2736991"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4R8qpAWdrAHMOankgaItJ1"
    handle:    "4R8qpAWdrAHMOankgaItJ1"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kasugaomoidekan.jp/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3009054"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "هاكيرو كاسوجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachiro_Kasuga"
    title: "Hachiro Kasuga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachir%C5%8D_Kasuga"
    title: "Hachirō Kasuga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%98%A5%E6%97%A5%E5%85%AB%E9%83%8E"
    title: "春日八郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachir%C5%8D_Kasuga"
    title: "Hachirō Kasuga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachiro_Kasuga"
    title: "Hachiro Kasuga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AE%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0_%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B0"
    title: "ฮาชิโระ คาซูงะ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%98%A5%E6%97%A5%E5%85%AB%E9%83%8E"
    title: "春日八郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0e546864-d37a-40a1-8772-831ddfb1ccd9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1075118"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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