# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/makoto-shinkai
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:09:02.360Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/makoto-shinkai"
name: "Makoto Shinkai"
slug: "makoto-shinkai"
description: "Makoto Niitsu , known as\nMakoto Shinkai , is a Japanese filmmaker and novelist. A founder of CoMix Wave Films, he is known for his anime feature films enriched with visually-appealing animation and romantic stories depicting teenagers and high school students."
tagline: "Japanese anime director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Makoto_Shinkai%2C_2023.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1973-02-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           26.439108
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "shinkaimakoto"
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    handle:    "nm1396121"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.shinkaiworks.com"
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    title: "Makoto Shinkai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Մակոտո Շինկայ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump