# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jani-liimatainen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:55:09.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jani-liimatainen"
name: "Jani Liimatainen"
slug: "jani-liimatainen"
description: "Jani Allan Kristian Liimatainen is a Finnish guitarist. He came to prominence as the guitarist for the power metal band Sonata Arctica between 1996 and 2007, and has since played in and founded bands such as Altaria, Cain's Offering, The Dark Element and Insomnium. Liimatainen's playing style is well known for his meticulous and fast soloing and riffs."
tagline: "Finnish musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Insomnium_John_Smith_2019_(4).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1980-09-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.01753733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/janiliimatainen/"
    handle:    "janiliimatainen"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/janiliimatainenofficial"
    handle:    "janiliimatainenofficial"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.janiliimatainen.net/"
sources:
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    title: "چانى ليماتاينين"
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    title: "Jani Liimatainen"
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    title: "Jani Liimatainen"
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    title: "Jani Liimatainen"
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    title: "Jani Liimatainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump