# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kazumi-watanabe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:07:44.254Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kazumi-watanabe"
name: "Kazumi Watanabe"
slug: "kazumi-watanabe"
description: "Kazumi Watanabe  is a Japanese guitarist. Other guitarists such as Luke Takamura and Sugizo have cited him as an influence."
tagline: "Japanese jazz guitarist, composer, producer and University visiting professor (1953-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kazumi_Watanabe_20060601_Fnac_01.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: "1953-10-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           65.45
  momentum:             0.8985051140833988
  historical:           11.18266933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 18200
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/watanabekazumi"
    handle:    "watanabekazumi"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/nabekazu"
    handle:    "nabekazu"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0hN39DYSFjh3IhSIpsFwXr"
    handle:    "0hN39DYSFjh3IhSIpsFwXr"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.kazumiwatanabe.net"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf-S0kSGkz8N06n6Hjrk3lw"
    handle:    "@kazumi_watanabe"
    followers: 18200
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/119483"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A"
    title: "كازومي واتانابي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%89"
    title: "كازومى واتانابى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazumi_Watanabe_(Musiker)"
    title: "Kazumi Watanabe (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazumi_Watanabe"
    title: "Kazumi Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazumi_Watanabe"
    title: "Kazumi Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazumi_Watanabe"
    title: "Kazumi Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazumi_Watanabe"
    title: "Kazumi Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazumi_Watanabe"
    title: "Kazumi Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%A1%E8%BE%BA%E9%A6%99%E6%B4%A5%E7%BE%8E"
    title: "渡辺香津美"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98_%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%94"
    title: "კაცუმი ვატანაბე"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazumi_Watanabe"
    title: "Kazumi Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a93b39f-d227-44d9-94df-965a0b52804a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1396833"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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