# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kan-takahama
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:38:45.978Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kan-takahama"
name: "Kan Takahama"
slug: "kan-takahama"
description: "Kan Takahama  is a Japanese manga artist born in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture. Debuting in 2001, she became known for her short stories published in the alternative magazine Garo, later collected and republished in her award-winning Kinderbook. Her unique style often depicts the darker sides of everyday life through simplistic character designs and illustrations that blend manga and Franco-Belgian comics. She is internationally known for the manga Nyx no Lantern, winner of the 24th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award in 2020."
tagline: "Japanese mangaka"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FIBD2020KanTakahama_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1977-04-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.04
  momentum:             0.6580366774541533
  historical:           5.702234666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kan_takahama"
    handle:    "kan_takahama"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kantakahama.net/"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kan_Takahama"
    title: "Kan Takahama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kan_Takahama"
    title: "Kan Takahama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kan_Takahama"
    title: "Kan Takahama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%BF%B1%E5%AF%AC"
    title: "高濱寬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kan_Takahama"
    title: "Kan Takahama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E6%B5%9C%E5%AF%9B"
    title: "高浜寛"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3192544"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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