# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-iha
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:21:15.226Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-iha"
name: "James Iha"
slug: "james-iha"
description: "James Yoshinobu Iha  is an American rock musician. He is best known as a guitarist and co-founder of the alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. He was a member until the band's initial breakup in 2000 and rejoined in 2018."
tagline: "American rock musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Iha.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: "1968-03-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.97
  momentum:             3.661161499932313
  historical:           18.91984266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/James_Iha"
    handle:    "James_Iha"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jamesihaofficial/"
    handle:    "jamesihaofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JamesIhaMusic"
    handle:    "JamesIhaMusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0407286/"
    handle:    "nm0407286"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jamesiha.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/242804"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7"
    title: "چيمس ايها"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Iha"
    title: "James Iha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Iha"
    title: "James Iha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Iha"
    title: "James Iha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Iha"
    title: "James Iha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Iha"
    title: "James Iha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Iha"
    title: "James Iha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Iha"
    title: "James Iha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Iha"
    title: "James Iha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8F"
    title: "ジェームス・イハ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EC%9E%84%EC%8A%A4_%EC%9D%B4%ED%95%98"
    title: "제임스 이하"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Iha"
    title: "James Iha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Iha"
    title: "James Iha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Iha"
    title: "James Iha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%85%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Иха, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Iha"
    title: "James Iha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Iha"
    title: "James Iha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%86%D0%B3%D0%B0"
    title: "Джеймс Іга"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a89811cc-4514-48b2-b353-dba9debf7055"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433617"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87052"
    title: "James Iha"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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