# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/koushun-takami
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:31:45.992Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/koushun-takami"
name: "Koushun Takami"
slug: "koushun-takami"
description: "Kōshun Takami  is a Japanese author and journalist. He is best known for his 1999 novel Battle Royale, which was later adapted into two live-action films, directed by Kinji Fukasaku, and four manga series."
tagline: "Japanese author and journalist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1969-01-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.86311333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847295/"
    handle:    "nm0847295"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dshun_Takami"
    title: "Kōshun Takami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A"
    title: "كوشون تاكامي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89"
    title: "كوشون تاكامى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koushun_Takami"
    title: "Koushun Takami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koushun_Takami"
    title: "Koushun Takami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C"
    title: "کوشون تاکامی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dshun_Takami"
    title: "Kōshun Takami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dshun_Takami"
    title: "Kōshun Takami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koushun_Takami"
    title: "Koushun Takami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koushun_Takami"
    title: "Koushun Takami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E8%A6%8B%E5%BA%83%E6%98%A5"
    title: "高見広春"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%A4%EC%B9%B4%EB%AF%B8_%EA%B3%A0%EC%8A%8C"
    title: "다카미 고슌"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koushun_Takami"
    title: "Koushun Takami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koushun_Takami"
    title: "Koushun Takami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%8E%D0%BD"
    title: "Таками, Косюн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q592895"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31072"
    title: "Koushun Takami"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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