# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/izumo-no-okuni
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:22:26.464Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/izumo-no-okuni"
name: "Izumo no Okuni"
slug: "izumo-no-okuni"
description: "Izumo no Okuni  was a Japanese entertainer and miko who is believed to have invented the theatrical art form of kabuki. She is thought to have begun performing her new art style of kabuki theatre in the dry riverbed of the Kamo River in Kyoto. Okuni's troupe quickly gained immense popularity, and were known for their performers, who were often lower-class women Okuni had recruited to act in her all-female theatre group."
tagline: "Japanese actor and dancer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Okuni_kabuki_byobu-zu_cropped_and_enhanced.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1572"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           58.12
  momentum:             6.349658314350798
  historical:           21.25682533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni"
    title: "Izumo no Okuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "إزومو نو أوكوني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "ازومو نو اوكونى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni"
    title: "Izumo no Okuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni"
    title: "Izumo no Okuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni"
    title: "Izumo no Okuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni"
    title: "Izumo no Okuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni"
    title: "Izumo no Okuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "ایزومو نو اوکونی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni"
    title: "Izumo no Okuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okuni"
    title: "Okuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni"
    title: "Izumo no Okuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni"
    title: "Izumo no Okuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D5%A6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4%D5%B8_%D5%B6%D5%B8_%D5%95%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%AB"
    title: "Իզումո նո Օկունի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni"
    title: "Izumo no Okuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%87%BA%E9%9B%B2%E9%98%BF%E5%9B%BD"
    title: "出雲阿国"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%AB%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98"
    title: "იძუმო ნო ოკუნი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%A6%88%EB%AA%A8%EB%85%B8_%EC%98%A4%EC%BF%A0%EB%8B%88"
    title: "이즈모노 오쿠니"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni"
    title: "Izumo no Okuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%BE-%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Идзумо-но Окуни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni"
    title: "Izumo no Okuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni"
    title: "Izumo no Okuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni"
    title: "Izumo no Okuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B8%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B0_%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B0_%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B4"
    title: "อิซุโมะ โนะ โอะกุนิ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni"
    title: "Izumo no Okuni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1334304"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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