# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenji-tanigaki
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:08:29.201Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenji-tanigaki"
name: "Kenji Tanigaki"
slug: "kenji-tanigaki"
description: "Kenji Tanigaki  is a Japanese action choreographer, stunt performer, and film director. He is best known for his works in Hong Kong action cinema, and has expanded his career in Japanese cinema and Hollywood."
tagline: "Japanese action choreographer and film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenji_Tanigaki_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival._01_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1970-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.03356133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/KenjiTanigaki"
    handle:    "KenjiTanigaki"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849459/"
    handle:    "nm0849459"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B0%B7%E5%9E%A3%E5%81%A5%E6%B2%BB"
    title: "谷垣健治"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Tanigaki"
    title: "Kenji Tanigaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Tanigaki"
    title: "Kenji Tanigaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "کنجی تانیگاکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Tanigaki"
    title: "Kenji Tanigaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B0%B7%E5%9E%A3%E5%81%A5%E6%B2%BB"
    title: "谷垣健治"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%83%80%EB%8B%88%EA%B0%80%ED%82%A4_%EC%BC%84%EC%A7%80"
    title: "타니가키 켄지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "کینجی تانیگاکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B0%B7%E5%9E%A3%E5%81%A5%E6%B2%BB"
    title: "谷垣健治"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11632790"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1113443"
    title: "Kenji Tanigaki"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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