# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kimio-eto
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:19:52.402Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kimio-eto"
name: "Kimio Eto"
slug: "kimio-eto"
description: "Kimio Eto  was a blind Japanese musician who played the koto. He began musical training at the age of eight with the renowned master Michio Miyagi. When he was eleven, he composed his first work. By the age of sixteen, he had received three consecutive grand prizes as an artist and composer from the national ministry and guild."
tagline: "Japanese musician"
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: "1924"
deathDate: "2012-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.008928
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1332949"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimio_Eto"
    title: "Kimio Eto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimio_Eto"
    title: "Kimio Eto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "کیمیو اتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimio_Et%C5%8D"
    title: "Kimio Etō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A1%9B%E8%97%A4%E5%85%AC%E9%9B%84"
    title: "衛藤公雄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A1%9B%E8%97%A4%E5%85%AC%E9%9B%84"
    title: "衛藤公雄"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/555eedc9-0f3e-44a5-b53b-a1ec38c49859"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3196897"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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