# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joji-yanami
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:54:42.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joji-yanami"
name: "Jōji Yanami"
slug: "joji-yanami"
description: "Jōji Yanami  was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who was affiliated with Aoni Production. Some of his major voice roles included the Dragon Ball anime series, which he narrated and voiced Dr. Briefs, Kaiō-sama, and Bobbidi. Other major roles included Dr. Isaac Gilmore in Cyborg 009, Gennai in Digimon, Ittan Momen in GeGeGe no Kitarō, Dr. Yumi in Mazinger Z, and numerous characters in the Time Bokan series."
tagline: "Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator (1931–2021)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e9/Jouji.webp?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1931-08-30"
deathDate: "2021-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.353016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945881/"
    handle:    "nm0945881"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.aoni.co.jp/search/yanami-joji.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4689951"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/de27ad7b-7fdb-4e86-82af-21accc93b6f4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A"
    title: "جوجي يانامي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%89_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89"
    title: "جوجى يانامى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dji_Yanami"
    title: "Jōji Yanami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dji_Yanami"
    title: "Jōji Yanami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dji_Yanami"
    title: "Jōji Yanami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dji_Yanami"
    title: "Jōji Yanami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dji_Yanami"
    title: "Jōji Yanami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AB%E5%A5%88%E8%A6%8B%E4%B9%97%E5%85%90"
    title: "八奈見乗児"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%BC%EB%82%98%EB%AF%B8_%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80"
    title: "야나미 조지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dji_Yanami"
    title: "Jōji Yanami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dji_Yanami"
    title: "Jōji Yanami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B4_%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B4"
    title: "โจจิ ยานามิ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jouji_Yanami"
    title: "Jouji Yanami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AB%E5%A5%88%E8%A6%8B%E4%B9%98%E5%85%92"
    title: "八奈見乘兒"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AB%E5%A5%88%E8%A6%8B%E4%B9%98%E5%85%92"
    title: "八奈見乘兒"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2568004"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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