# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hayao-kawai
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:01:37.698Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hayao-kawai"
name: "Hayao Kawai"
slug: "hayao-kawai"
description: "Hayao Kawai  (1928–2007) was a Japanese Jungian psychologist who has been described as \"the founder of Japanese Analytical and Clinical Psychology\". He introduced the sandplay therapy concept to Japanese psychology. He participated in Eranos from 1982. Kawai was the director of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies from 1995 to 2001. As chief of the Agency for Cultural Affairs from 2002 to 2007, he oversaw the popular Nihon no Uta Hyakusen song selection, as well as the \"Kokoro no Note\" ethics textbook now used in all Japanese primary schools. He died in Tenri Hospital following a stroke."
tagline: "Jungian psychologist (1928–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hayao_Kawai.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1928-06-23"
deathDate: "2007-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.916933333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/KawaiHayaoPress"
    handle:    "KawaiHayaoPress"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/kawaihayaofoundation"
    handle:    "kawaihayaofoundation"
sources:
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    title: "河合隼雄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hayao Kawai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Kawai"
    title: "Hayao Kawai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Kawai"
    title: "Hayao Kawai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Kawai"
    title: "Hayao Kawai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B3%E5%90%88%E9%9A%BC%E9%9B%84"
    title: "河合隼雄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%BE"
    title: "Каваи, Хаяо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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