# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/koshi-inaba
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:55:10.827Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/koshi-inaba"
name: "Koshi Inaba"
slug: "koshi-inaba"
description: "Koshi Inaba  is a Japanese singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan. He also has a successful solo career, with six studio albums and five singles topping the Japanese music charts. Inaba collaborated with Slash on the latter's 2009 single \"Sahara\", and with Stevie Salas on the albums Chubby Groove (2017) and Maximum Huavo (2020)."
tagline: "Japanese singer-songwriter and music producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/B'Z_at_Best_Buy_Theater_NYC_-_9-30-12_-_18.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: "1964-09-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.78
  momentum:             1.971326164874552
  historical:           16.20714666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bz_official_insta/"
    handle:    "bz_official_insta"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1710518/"
    handle:    "nm1710518"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0EvnQ89Ry2DPyn2xYAH9Ls"
    handle:    "Koshi Inaba"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://en-zine.jp/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1740425"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "كوشي إينابا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "كوشى اينابا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dshi_Inaba"
    title: "Kōshi Inaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koshi_Inaba"
    title: "Koshi Inaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dshi_Inaba"
    title: "Kōshi Inaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dshi_Inaba"
    title: "Kōshi Inaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koshi_Inaba"
    title: "Koshi Inaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koshi_Inaba"
    title: "Koshi Inaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A8%B2%E8%91%89%E6%B5%A9%E5%BF%97"
    title: "稲葉浩志"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koshi_Inaba"
    title: "Koshi Inaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%82%98%EB%B0%94_%EC%BD%94%EC%8B%9C"
    title: "이나바 코시"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dshi_Inaba"
    title: "Kōshi Inaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koshi_Inaba"
    title: "Koshi Inaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaba_Kosi"
    title: "Inaba Kosi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A8%BB%E8%91%89%E6%B5%A9%E5%BF%97"
    title: "稻葉浩志"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d05f99dc-7fe5-44a6-93b8-8947ef90d09b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q938749"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4433857"
    title: "Koshi Inaba"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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