# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janis-tanaka
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:18:44.794Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janis-tanaka"
name: "Janis Tanaka"
slug: "janis-tanaka"
description: "Janis Tanaka is a Japanese-American musician who has worked as a session bassist and on tour with a number of well-known artists including Pink, Fireball Ministry, Hammers of Misfortune, Stone Fox, and L7. She was also a member of Pagan Babies, a band formed by Courtney Love and Kat Bjelland in the 1980s."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JT_Trish_live_'02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1963-01-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.646656
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/janis.tanaka"
    handle:    "janis.tanaka"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848996/"
    handle:    "nm0848996"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/523756"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "چانيس تاناكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Tanaka"
    title: "Janis Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Tanaka"
    title: "Janis Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Tanaka"
    title: "Janis Tanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "جینس تاناکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/727e9cda-a65d-4a09-9be5-202b84d144de"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6154655"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2237660"
    title: "Janis Tanaka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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