# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-ichiro-kobayashi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:09:07.752Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-ichiro-kobayashi"
name: "Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi"
slug: "ken-ichiro-kobayashi"
description: "Ken'ichiro Kobayashi  is a Japanese conductor and composer. In Japan he is known among his fans as “Kobaken.”"
tagline: "Japanese composer and conductor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Japanse_gastdirigent_Ken_Kobayashi_in_Concertgebouw_Amsterdam_Ken_Kobayashi_in_%2C_Bestanddeelnr_928-1669.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-04-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.74
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.841318666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1554786/"
    handle:    "nm1554786"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1876927"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%89"
    title: "كين يكيرو كوباياشى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%E2%80%99ichir%C5%8D_Kobayashi"
    title: "Ken’ichirō Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken'ichiro_Kobayashi"
    title: "Ken'ichiro Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken-I%C4%89iro_Kobaja%C5%9Di"
    title: "Ken-Iĉiro Kobajaŝi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken'ichir%C5%8D_Kobayashi"
    title: "Ken'ichirō Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobajasi_Kenicsir%C3%B3"
    title: "Kobajasi Kenicsiró"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97%E7%A0%94%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E"
    title: "小林研一郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/80eaffd6-1a36-4d8c-ba99-7b797c1b1bdb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q753472"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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