# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kaoru-shintani
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:55:10.450Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kaoru-shintani"
name: "Kaoru Shintani"
slug: "kaoru-shintani"
description: "Kaoru Shintani  is a Japanese manga artist. Shintani is best known for his series Area 88. In addition to his pilot comics, Shintani has ventured into science fiction, fantasy, comedy, and hentai comics as well. In 1985, he was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen for Area 88 and Futari Daka."
tagline: "Japanese mangaka"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1951-04-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.635908000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/siomiso88"
    handle:    "siomiso88"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794024/"
    handle:    "nm0794024"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.area88.jp/"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E8%B0%B7%E8%96%B0"
    title: "新谷薰"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_Shintani"
    title: "Kaoru Shintani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_Shintani"
    title: "Kaoru Shintani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E8%B0%B7%E3%81%8B%E3%81%8A%E3%82%8B"
    title: "新谷かおる"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%A0%ED%83%80%EB%8B%88_%EC%B9%B4%EC%98%A4%EB%A3%A8"
    title: "신타니 카오루"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_Shintani"
    title: "Kaoru Shintani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_Shintani"
    title: "Kaoru Shintani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q977749"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3023481"
    title: "Kaoru Shintani"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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