# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kensuke-kita
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:17:26.220Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kensuke-kita"
name: "Kensuke Kita"
slug: "kensuke-kita"
description: "Kensuke Kita  is a Japanese musician, best known for being the lead guitarist for the rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. Kensuke met fellow band members Masafumi Gotō and Takahiro Yamada while attending a music club of Kanto Gakuin University. The three formed Asian Kung-Fu Generation in 1996, with drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi joining the band shortly after."
tagline: "Japanese musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kensuke_Kita_-_Asian_Kung_Fu_Generation_2017_(cropped).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: "1977-01-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.704178666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/442211"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "كينسوكي كيتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "كينسوكى كيتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensuke_Kita"
    title: "Kensuke Kita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensuke_Kita"
    title: "Kensuke Kita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensuke_Kita"
    title: "Kensuke Kita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensuke_Kita"
    title: "Kensuke Kita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensuke_Kita"
    title: "Kensuke Kita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bc403b31-ddd0-4b09-a219-b7a6ae07e440"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1647258"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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