# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kyu-sakamoto
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:29:17.625Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kyu-sakamoto"
name: "Kyū Sakamoto"
slug: "kyu-sakamoto"
description: "Hisashi \"Kyu\" Sakamoto , legally registered as Hisashi Ōshima  since 1956, was a Japanese singer and actor."
tagline: "Japanese singer and actor (1941–1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kyu_sakamoto.png?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: "1941-12-10"
deathDate: "1985-08-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           76.38
  momentum:             10
  historical:           25.97943733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 16200
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kyusakamoto9"
    handle:    "kyusakamoto9"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/sakamotokyu"
    handle:    "sakamotokyu"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757085/"
    handle:    "nm0757085"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3WKkjW8B7x5UZmfC9pnDmN"
    handle:    "3WKkjW8B7x5UZmfC9pnDmN"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kyu-sakamoto.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwh8CF6JUQ34S7FldCm7G6A"
    handle:    "Kyu Sakamoto - Topic"
    followers: 16200
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyu_Sakamoto"
    title: "Kyu Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "ساكاموتو كيو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "ساكاموتو كيو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "کیو ساکاموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kj%C3%BA_Sakamoto"
    title: "Kjú Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%AB_Sakamoto"
    title: "Kyū Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%BF"
    title: "Κιου Σακαμότο"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyu_Sakamoto"
    title: "Kyu Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakamoto_Kju"
    title: "Sakamoto Kju"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%AB_Sakamoto"
    title: "Kyū Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%AB_Sakamoto"
    title: "Kyū Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyu_Sakamoto"
    title: "Kyu Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "کیو ساکاموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%AB_Sakamoto"
    title: "Kyū Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%AB_Sakamoto"
    title: "Kyū Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%98%D7%95"
    title: "קיו סקמוטו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82_%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%B8%D5%BF%D5%B8"
    title: "Կյու Սակամոտո"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyu_Sakamoto"
    title: "Kyu Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyu_Sakamoto"
    title: "Kyu Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%AB_Sakamoto"
    title: "Kyū Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9D%82%E6%9C%AC%E4%B9%9D"
    title: "坂本九"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%B9%B4%EB%AA%A8%ED%86%A0_%ED%81%90"
    title: "사카모토 큐"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyu_Sakamoto"
    title: "Kyu Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyu_Sakamoto"
    title: "Kyu Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyu_Sakamoto"
    title: "Kyu Sakamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ec79fc88-5258-48c5-8a58-c06419911e01"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313081"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1200139"
    title: "Kyū Sakamoto"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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