# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kazuya-yoshii
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:14:58.228Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kazuya-yoshii"
name: "Kazuya Yoshii"
slug: "kazuya-yoshii"
description: "Kazuya Yoshii  is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band The Yellow Monkey. When they went on hiatus in 2001, before officially disbanding three years later, Yoshii started a solo career in 2003 under the name Yoshii Lovinson. He switched back to his old name in 2006 and The Yellow Monkey reformed in 2016."
tagline: "Japanese singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yoshii_Kazuya_(THE_YELLOW_MONKEY)_from_%22Ototoki%22_at_Opening_Ceremony_of_the_Tokyo_International_Film_Festival_2017_(39304096815).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: "1966-10-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.88
  momentum:             20.91776585978644
  historical:           7.319353333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/441108official"
    handle:    "441108official"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/yoshiikazuya.official"
    handle:    "yoshiikazuya.official"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4tgnOBWTNWUtp3uhUiLCkj"
    handle:    "Kazuya Yoshii"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.yoshiikazuya.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuya_Yoshii"
    title: "Kazuya Yoshii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A"
    title: "كازويا يوشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%89"
    title: "كازويا يوشى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E4%BA%95%E5%92%8C%E5%93%89"
    title: "吉井和哉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuya_Yoshii"
    title: "Kazuya Yoshii"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b06a9c15-99f5-4d20-898e-031806687ed9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2841740"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10314107"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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