# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kikuo-hayashiya
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:22:22.209Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kikuo-hayashiya"
name: "Kikuō Hayashiya"
slug: "kikuo-hayashiya"
description: "Kikuō Hayashiya  is a Japanese rakugo performer and a featured member of the long-running television comedy show Shōten. His real name is Hiroshi Toyota , although he is most widely known by his previous comedian name Kikuzō Hayashiya , a name he was the first to assume. The new Kikuzō Hayashiya is his son, the former Kikuo Hayashiya . On Shōten he always wears a yellow kimono. He is known for making commonplace jokes and usually \"plays the fool\"."
tagline: "Japanese rakugoka and seiyū"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/1LmyrtplyjAQe7QA8bQsYgmS2Bw.jpg"
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: "1937-10-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.103677333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2246473/"
    handle:    "nm2246473"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3e3fe8cf-e13b-4685-8678-74126c73eb06"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "كيكو هاياشيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiku%C5%8D_Hayashiya"
    title: "Kikuō Hayashiya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88_%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "کیکو هایاشیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikuo_Hayashiya"
    title: "Kikuo Hayashiya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E5%AE%B6%E6%9C%A8%E4%B9%85%E6%89%87"
    title: "林家木久扇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiku%C5%8D_Hayashiya"
    title: "Kikuō Hayashiya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikuo_Hayashiya"
    title: "Kikuo Hayashiya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E5%AE%B6%E6%9C%A8%E4%B9%85%E6%89%87"
    title: "林家木久扇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11532966"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2869439"
    title: "Kikuo Hayashiya"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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