# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jaska-raatikainen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:35:54.150Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jaska-raatikainen"
name: "Jaska Raatikainen"
slug: "jaska-raatikainen"
description: "Jaska Raatikainen is a Finnish musician who was the drummer and co-founder of the melodic death metal band Children of Bodom from 1993 until its disbandment in 2019, and as of the band's reunion in 2025, he is the only remaining original member left in the current lineup. Raatikainen is currently in the project called Mercury Circle."
tagline: "Finnish drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jaska_Raatikainen_-_Ilosaarirock_2009_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1979-07-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.667176
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JaskaRaatikainenCOBHC"
    handle:    "JaskaRaatikainenCOBHC"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704685/"
    handle:    "nm0704685"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چاسكا راتيكاينين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jaska Raatikainen"
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    title: "Jaska Raatikainen"
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    title: "Jaska Raatikainen"
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    title: "Jaska Raatikainen"
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    title: "Jaska Raatikainen"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaska_Raatikainen"
    title: "Jaska Raatikainen"
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    title: "Jaska Raatikainen"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaska_Raatikainen"
    title: "Jaska Raatikainen"
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    title: "Jaska W. Raatikainen"
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    title: "Jaska Raatikainen"
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    title: "Jaska Raatikainen"
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    title: "Jaska Raatikainen"
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    title: "Раатикайнен, Яска"
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    title: "Яска Раатікайнен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Jaska Raatikainen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump