# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ichikawa-danjuro-viii
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:20:59.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ichikawa-danjuro-viii"
name: "Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII"
slug: "ichikawa-danjuro-viii"
description: "Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII  was a Japanese kabuki actor of the prestigious Ichikawa Danjūrō line. He was a tachiyaku actor in the aragoto style, like all members of the lineage, but particularly specialized in the roles of young lovers, for which he was extremely popular. Danjūrō committed suicide in Osaka in 1854."
tagline: "Japanese actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Danj%C5%ABr%C5%8D_Ichikawa_VIII_as_Sukeroku.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1823-11-07"
deathDate: "1854-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.12
  momentum:             0.6326530612244898
  historical:           5.056268
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichikawa_Danj%C5%ABr%C5%8D_VIII"
    title: "Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichikawa_Danj%C5%ABr%C5%8D_VIII"
    title: "Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichikawa_Danj%C5%ABr%C5%8D_VIII"
    title: "Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82%E5%B7%9D%E5%9C%98%E5%8D%81%E9%83%8E_(8%E4%BB%A3%E7%9B%AE)"
    title: "市川團十郎 (8代目)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichikawa_Danj%C5%ABr%C5%8D_VIII"
    title: "Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5986169"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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