# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kow-otani
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:09:47.812Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kow-otani"
name: "Kow Otani"
slug: "kow-otani"
description: "Kow Otani  is a Japanese composer. He is best known for creating the soundtracks for the Heisei Gamera trilogy, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, and Shadow of the Colossus."
tagline: "Japanese composer (born 1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ko_Otani.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: "1957-05-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.24
  momentum:             0.2871398084175446
  historical:           12.55673866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kowotani"
    handle:    "kowotani"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0652745/"
    handle:    "nm0652745"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3jHg6aSmg2nTtNaagQHnMv"
    handle:    "3jHg6aSmg2nTtNaagQHnMv"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.imagine-music.co.jp/index.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/352678"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "كو أوتاني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "كو اوتانى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "کو اوتانی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kow_Otani"
    title: "Kow Otani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8D_%C5%8Ctani"
    title: "Kō Ōtani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "کو اوتانی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kow_Otani"
    title: "Kow Otani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%B0%B7%E5%B9%B8"
    title: "大谷幸"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kow_Otani"
    title: "Kow Otani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8D_%C5%8Ctani"
    title: "Kō Ōtani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE"
    title: "Отани, Ко"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%B0%B7%E5%B9%B8"
    title: "大谷幸"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/615e497a-340d-4efd-b191-73a22c280784"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2578353"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/550583"
    title: "Kow Otani"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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