# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masabumi-kikuchi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:42:04.406Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masabumi-kikuchi"
name: "Masabumi Kikuchi"
slug: "masabumi-kikuchi"
description: "Masabumi Kikuchi  was a Japanese jazz pianist and composer known for his unique playing style. He worked with many diverse musicians, including Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Gary Peacock and Paul Motian, and collaborated with Gil Evans and Tōru Takemitsu."
tagline: "Japanese keyboardist (1939-2015)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/AE-Masabumi-Kikuchi.jpg"
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: "1939-10-19"
deathDate: "2015-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.12
  momentum:             18.68381804623415
  historical:           7.06606
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2gCrpVDTPK6adCD1H4DAOO"
    handle:    "2gCrpVDTPK6adCD1H4DAOO"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.cyborg.ne.jp/~poo-sun/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/7321"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%89"
    title: "ماسابومى كيكوتشى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masabumi_Kikuchi"
    title: "Masabumi Kikuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masabumi_Kikuchi"
    title: "Masabumi Kikuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masabumi_Kikuchi"
    title: "Masabumi Kikuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%8A%E5%9C%B0%E9%9B%85%E7%AB%A0"
    title: "菊地雅章"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masabumi_Kikuchi"
    title: "Masabumi Kikuchi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2a08fe3f-6823-4331-9717-fad2742055fb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357364"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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