# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hideyuki-kikuchi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:34:35.847Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hideyuki-kikuchi"
name: "Hideyuki Kikuchi"
slug: "hideyuki-kikuchi"
description: "Hideyuki Kikuchi  is a Japanese author known for his horror novels. His most famous works include the Vampire Hunter D series, Darkside Blues and Wicked City."
tagline: "Japanese novelist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-09-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.1
  momentum:             1.846153846153846
  historical:           10.049876
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452837/"
    handle:    "nm0452837"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1149403"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A"
    title: "هايوكي كيكوتشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideyuki_Kikuchi"
    title: "Hideyuki Kikuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideyuki_Kikuchi"
    title: "Hideyuki Kikuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideyuki_Kikuchi"
    title: "Hideyuki Kikuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%8A%E5%9C%B0%E7%A7%80%E8%A1%8C"
    title: "菊地秀行"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideyuki_Kikuchi"
    title: "Hideyuki Kikuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%8E%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Кикути, Хидэюки"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%87%D1%96"
    title: "Хідеюкі Кікучі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%8A%E5%9C%B0%E7%A7%80%E8%A1%8C"
    title: "菊地秀行"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7e2271fe-2939-4641-97c4-507460fe3c5b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716359"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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