# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-yamanaka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:57:43.396Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-yamanaka"
name: "Joe Yamanaka"
slug: "joe-yamanaka"
description: "Akira Yamanaka , better known as Joe Yamanaka (ジョー山中), was a Japanese singer and actor. He is known for both his work with Flower Travellin' Band and as a solo musician; singing at a vocal range of three octaves. As an actor, he appeared in many television shows and movies, such as Blackmail Is My Life (1968), Proof of the Man (1977), Zatoichi (1989) and Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)."
tagline: "Japanese singer (1946–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yamanaka1.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-09-02"
deathDate: "2011-08-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.22
  momentum:             0.6161388631244203
  historical:           8.421765333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945530/"
    handle:    "nm0945530"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.joe-yamanaka.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/510386"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "جو ياماناكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "جو ياماناكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Yamanaka"
    title: "Joe Yamanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%AD"
    title: "ジョー山中"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Yamanaka"
    title: "Joe Yamanaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%AD%E5%96%AC"
    title: "山中喬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%AD%E4%B9%94"
    title: "山中乔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a6252a8d-4ba8-4c72-8424-fe84347febb1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1075097"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/550624"
    title: "Joe Yamanaka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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