# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jake-shimabukuro
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:15:23.664Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jake-shimabukuro"
name: "Jake Shimabukuro"
slug: "jake-shimabukuro"
description: "Jake Shimabukuro is an American ukulele player and composer from Hawaii known for his fast and complex finger work. His music combines elements of jazz, blues, funk, rock, bluegrass, classical, folk, and flamenco. Shimabukuro has written numerous original compositions, including the entire soundtracks to two Japanese films, Hula Girls (2007) and Sideways (2009), the Japanese remake of the American film of the same name."
tagline: "American ukulele player and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jake_Shimabukuro_performing%2C_by_Michale.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1976-11-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           67.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.98666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 132000
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://jakeshimabukuro.com/"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jakeshimabukuro/"
    handle:    "jakeshimabukuro"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@jakeshimabukuromusic"
    handle:    "jakeshimabukuromusic"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jakeshimabukuro"
    handle:    "jakeshimabukuro"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "jakeshimabukuromusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm2168955"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "Jake Shimabukuro"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHvWv6d-IWyWquyq_xuFAuQ"
    handle:    "@jakeshimabukuro"
    followers: 132000
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چاك شيمابوكورو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jake Shimabukuro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jake Shimabukuro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Shimabukuro"
    title: "Jake Shimabukuro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jake Shimabukuro"
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    title: "Jake Shimabukuro"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Shimabukuro"
    title: "Jake Shimabukuro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Shimabukuro"
    title: "Jake Shimabukuro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jake Shimabukuro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Shimabukuro"
    title: "Jake Shimabukuro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Shimabukuro"
    title: "Jake Shimabukuro"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933904"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1173415"
    title: "Jake Shimabukuro"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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