# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hiromasa-yonebayashi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:58:03.123Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hiromasa-yonebayashi"
name: "Hiromasa Yonebayashi"
slug: "hiromasa-yonebayashi"
description: "Hiromasa Yonebayashi , nicknamed Maro (麻呂), is a Japanese animator and director, formerly for Studio Ghibli. After his directorial debut with Studio Ghibli, he became the youngest director of a theatrical film produced by the studio. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2015 for his second film, When Marnie Was There."
tagline: "Japanese animator and animation director (1973-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hiromasa_Yonebayashi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1973-07-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5625
  historical:           20.31711866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "MaroYonebayashi"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0948488/"
    handle:    "nm0948488"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ёнэбаяси, Хиромаса"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hiromasa Yonebayashi"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump