# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/machiko-watanabe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:33:53.234Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/machiko-watanabe"
name: "Machiko Watanabe"
slug: "machiko-watanabe"
description: "Machiko Watanabe  is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter."
tagline: "Japanese singer-songwriter"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1956-10-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.39
  momentum:             18.654957759004
  historical:           4.286113333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3nkQoxtOno0tf1V5nRDL6S"
    handle:    "3nkQoxtOno0tf1V5nRDL6S"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ozawamusic.co.jp/artist/machiko.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11562445"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiko_Watanabe"
    title: "Machiko Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%A1%E8%BE%BA%E7%9C%9F%E7%9F%A5%E5%AD%90"
    title: "渡辺真知子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cdb98e35-8ed3-4028-9b3f-3dfae001238d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2062050"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views