# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kanako-wada
# Generated: 2026-08-20T19:45:07.518Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kanako-wada"
name: "Kanako Wada"
slug: "kanako-wada"
description: "Kanako Wada  is a Japanese singer and songwriter. Originally studying classical piano, she studied sculpture and managed the rugby team at the Tokyo University of the Arts before being scouted at a concert she organized. Debuting in November 1985, she released seven original albums and eleven singles with Toshiba EMI before retiring in 1991. She was also a television personality who worked as Akira Inoue's assistant on NHK's Best Sound II , as well as a radio personality at networks such as Asahi Broadcasting Corporation and Nippon Cultural Broadcasting. Her music has received renewed attention amidst the city pop boom of the 2010s and 2020s."
tagline: "Japanese singer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1961-10-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.18
  momentum:             20.19253739832774
  historical:           6.428226666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kanawanya/"
    handle:    "kanawanya"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11081038"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanako_Wada"
    title: "Kanako Wada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%92%8C%E7%94%B0%E5%8A%A0%E5%A5%88%E5%AD%90"
    title: "和田加奈子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%99%80%EB%8B%A4_%EA%B0%80%EB%82%98%EC%BD%94"
    title: "와다 가나코"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%92%8C%E7%94%B0%E5%8A%A0%E5%A5%88%E5%AD%90"
    title: "和田加奈子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/10041f2c-17b0-42b1-89a1-f836664d6289"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2750795"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views