# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/koji-yamamura
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:42:44.300Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/koji-yamamura"
name: "Kōji Yamamura"
slug: "koji-yamamura"
description: "Kōji Yamamura  is a Japanese independent animator who, after leaving a career as a background artist at an animation studio, directs, writes, edits, animates, creates the model sheets and background art for and sometimes produces his own short films and has worked on many commissions such as music videos, television advertisements, title sequences and station idents, both on his own and under or with other directors. He is also a regular illustrator of children's literature and textbooks."
tagline: "Japanese independent animator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Koji_Yamamura.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: "1964-06-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.26
  momentum:             5.526315789473684
  historical:           11.37408533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Koji_Yamamura"
    handle:    "Koji_Yamamura"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945520/"
    handle:    "nm0945520"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.yamamura-animation.jp"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E6%9D%91%E6%B5%A9%E4%BA%8C"
    title: "山村浩二"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "كوجي يامامورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%89_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "كوجى يامامورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Yamamura"
    title: "Kōji Yamamura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Yamamura"
    title: "Kōji Yamamura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "کوجی یامامورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Yamamura"
    title: "Kōji Yamamura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E6%9D%91%E6%B5%A9%E4%BA%8C"
    title: "山村浩二"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koji_Yamamura"
    title: "Koji Yamamura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dji_Yamamura"
    title: "Kōji Yamamura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koji_Yamamura"
    title: "Koji Yamamura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B8"
    title: "Ямамура, Кодзи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q921662"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4919848"
    title: "Yamamura Koji"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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