# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kyosuke-himuro
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:54:55.800Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kyosuke-himuro"
name: "Kyōsuke Himuro"
slug: "kyosuke-himuro"
description: "Kyosuke Himuro  is a Japanese former musician and singer-songwriter. He was the lead vocalist of the rock band Boøwy from 1981 to 1988. After the band disbanded, he went on to have a successful solo career, becoming one of Japan's best-selling artists, with 16.25 million sales. In 2003, HMV Japan ranked Boøwy at number 22 and Himuro himself at number 76 on their list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts. Himuro retired from live performances in 2016 due to hearing impairment. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California."
tagline: "Japanese singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kyosuke_Himuro_1984.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: "1960-10-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           69.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.51154666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 144000
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/himurocom"
    handle:    "himurocom"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/himuro_com/"
    handle:    "himuro_com"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://himuro.com/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/HIMURO_COM"
    handle:    "HIMURO_COM"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2136959/"
    handle:    "nm2136959"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ZSqL5iXTuBWy7ur7vT2lP"
    handle:    "Kyosuke Himuro"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxhEMv7GDpJqeSW1VbOEqDQ"
    handle:    "@himurotv"
    followers: 144000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/383505"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "كيوسوك هيمورو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%8Dsuke_Himuro"
    title: "Kyōsuke Himuro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyosuke_Himuro"
    title: "Kyosuke Himuro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyosuke_Himuro"
    title: "Kyosuke Himuro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyosuke_Himuro"
    title: "Kyosuke Himuro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B7%E5%AE%A4%E4%BA%AC%E4%BB%8B"
    title: "氷室京介"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%8Dsuke_Himuro"
    title: "Kyōsuke Himuro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyosuke_Himuro"
    title: "Kyosuke Himuro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%86%B0%E5%AE%A4%E4%BA%AC%E4%BB%8B"
    title: "冰室京介"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/46e52e27-6b7f-4522-9d3b-35b40cf5e782"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932240"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2163552"
    title: "Kyosuke Himuro"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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