# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kazuhito-yamashita
# Generated: 2026-08-15T23:22:46.955Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kazuhito-yamashita"
name: "Kazuhito Yamashita"
slug: "kazuhito-yamashita"
description: "Kazuhito Yamashita  was a Japanese classical guitarist and husband of the composer Keiko Fujiie. His technique and expression are highly acclaimed. By the age of 32, Yamashita had already released 52 albums, including repertoires for solo guitar, guitar concertos, chamber music and collaborations with other renowned musicians such as James Galway and Larry Coryell. He released a total of 83 albums."
tagline: "Japanese classical guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kazuhito_Yamashita.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1961-03-25"
deathDate: "2026-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.77903866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كازوهيتو ياماشيتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كازوهيتو ياماشيتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhito_Yamashita"
    title: "Kazuhito Yamashita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhito_Yamashita"
    title: "Kazuhito Yamashita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhito_Yamashita"
    title: "Kazuhito Yamashita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhito_Yamashita"
    title: "Kazuhito Yamashita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%8B%E5%92%8C%E4%BB%81"
    title: "山下和仁"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhito_Yamashita"
    title: "Kazuhito Yamashita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Ямасита, Кадзухито"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%8B%E5%92%8C%E4%BB%81"
    title: "山下和仁"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1262748"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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