# John William Fenton

> John William Fenton was a British musician and the leader of a military band in Japan at the start of the Meiji period. He is considered "the first bandmaster in Japan" and "the father of band music in Japan." Fenton is best known for having initiated the process through which Kimi ga yo came to be accepted as the national anthem of Japan.

*British composer (1828–1890)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/john-william-fenton

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Born:** 1828-03-12
- **Died:** 1890-04-28
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 47.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 16.8 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 6.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Sources
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a41a3340-308c-4c7d-b05c-be56190974fe)
- [جون ويليام فينتون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86)
- [John William Fenton](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Fenton)
- [John William Fenton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Fenton)
- [John William Fenton](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Fenton)
- [ジョン・ウィリアム・フェントン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3)
- [Фентон, Джон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182754)

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