# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kaoru-abe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:11:08.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kaoru-abe"
name: "Kaoru Abe"
slug: "kaoru-abe"
description: "Kaoru Abe  was a Japanese avant-garde alto saxophonist. Self-taught at a young age, Abe performed with notables such as Motoharu Yoshizawa, Takehisa Kosugi, Yosuke Yamashita, Derek Bailey, and Milford Graves, although he generally performed solo. He was married to the author Izumi Suzuki, and was a nephew of singer Kyu Sakamoto. He was portrayed in Kōji Wakamatsu's film Endless Waltz by novelist and punk rock singer Kō Machida."
tagline: "Japanese saxophonist (1949-1978)"
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: "1949-05-03"
deathDate: "1978-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.28118
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2856311/"
    handle:    "nm2856311"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6SIMbNuCqIF868UK4hyi5K"
    handle:    "6SIMbNuCqIF868UK4hyi5K"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.yo.rim.or.jp/~t_okuno/ak.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/478284"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A2%D8%A8%D9%8A"
    title: "كاورو آبي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_Abe"
    title: "Kaoru Abe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_Abe"
    title: "Kaoru Abe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_Abe"
    title: "Kaoru Abe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E9%83%A8%E8%96%AB_(%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E5%A5%8F%E8%80%85)"
    title: "阿部薫 (サックス奏者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%B2%A0_%EC%B9%B4%EC%98%A4%EB%A3%A8_(%EC%83%89%EC%86%8C%ED%8F%B0_%EC%97%B0%EC%A3%BC%EC%9E%90)"
    title: "아베 카오루 (색소폰 연주자)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e6d03f96-e66c-4910-bd6a-23ee3edbb09e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q364271"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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