# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hisashi-imai
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:11:07.057Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hisashi-imai"
name: "Hisashi Imai"
slug: "hisashi-imai"
description: "Hisashi Imai  is a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1983. Following the October 2023 death of vocalist Atsushi Sakurai, Imai began sharing lead vocal duties in the band with fellow guitarist Hidehiko Hoshino. He has also performed in side-projects such as the duo Schaft with Soft Ballet member Maki Fujii, the supergroup Schwein, and the rock trio Lucy. Imai is known for his visual aesthetics, and Buck-Tick are commonly credited as one of the founders of the visual kei movement."
tagline: "Japanese musician"
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: "1965-10-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.936836
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/imai_bt/"
    handle:    "imai_bt"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://lucy.co.jp/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/140691"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "هيساشي ايماي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "هيساشى ايماى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisashi_Imai"
    title: "Hisashi Imai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imai_Hiszasi"
    title: "Imai Hiszasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BB%8A%E4%BA%95%E5%AF%BF"
    title: "今井寿"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisashi_Imai"
    title: "Hisashi Imai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/424abbdb-3e38-4307-a2ec-3902e588aa41"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5772393"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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