# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hajime-watanabe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:26:19.431Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hajime-watanabe"
name: "Hajime Watanabe"
slug: "hajime-watanabe"
description: "Hajime Watanabe  is a Japanese animator and character designer. His debut as a chief character designer was with Hime-chan's Ribbon, and he has frequently worked with Akitaro Daichi on anime titles."
tagline: "Japanese animator"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1957"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.547337333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1831177/"
    handle:    "nm1831177"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%A1%E9%82%8A%E4%B8%80"
    title: "渡邊一"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A"
    title: "هاجيمي واتانابي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajime_Watanabe_(animator)"
    title: "Hajime Watanabe (animator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watanabe_Hajime_(Animador)"
    title: "Watanabe Hajime (Animador)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%87_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%87_(%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1)"
    title: "هاجیمه واتانابه (انیماتور)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%A1%E8%BE%BA%E3%81%AF%E3%81%98%E3%82%81"
    title: "渡辺はじめ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5639988"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1980136"
    title: "Hajime Watanabe"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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