# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kei-tani
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:37:35.214Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kei-tani"
name: "Kei Tani"
slug: "kei-tani"
description: "Kei Tani  was a Japanese comedian, actor and musician. Born in Tokyo, he learned to play the trombone and, while a student at Chuo University, began playing in jazz bands performing for American soldiers during the Occupation of Japan. He quit university and joined the City Slickers with Frankie Sakai in 1953. In 1956, he joined the comic-jazz band The Crazy Cats with Hajime Hana and Hitoshi Ueki. He came to fame when the Crazy Cats started appearing on television, especially through their variety show \"Shabondama Holiday,\" and in movies, through comedy series such as the \"Irresponsible\" (Musekinin) series at Toho. Some of his nonsense one-word gags, such as \"gachon\" became buzzwords imitated throughout the nation. He also appeared alone in dramatic roles on film and television, was a regular in the \"Tsuribaka Nisshi\" film series, and continued to be a popular figure on variety TV."
tagline: "Japanese actor, comedian, trombone player (1932-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kei-Tani-1.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1932-02-22"
deathDate: "2010-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.29
  momentum:             2.386895475819033
  historical:           8.827849333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849433/"
    handle:    "nm0849433"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.watanabepro.co.jp/tanikei/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1576167"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "كي تاني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "كى تانى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_Tani"
    title: "Kei Tani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_Tani"
    title: "Kei Tani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "کی تانی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_Tani"
    title: "Kei Tani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B0%B7%E5%95%93"
    title: "谷啓"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/52ad2bc3-fbb6-4ab2-a13c-856dec341e16"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3276468"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82542"
    title: "Kei Tani"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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