# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masaharu-iwata
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:20:19.538Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masaharu-iwata"
name: "Masaharu Iwata"
slug: "masaharu-iwata"
description: "Masaharu Iwata  is a Japanese video game composer. In high school his musical projects included composing on a synthesizer and playing in a cover band. After graduating from high school he joined Bothtec as a composer. He composed the soundtrack to several games there, beginning with 1987's Bakusou Buggy Ippatsu Yarou. After Bothtec was merged into Quest Corporation, he left to become a freelance composer."
tagline: "Japanese composer"
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: "1966-10-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.10054266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1691275/"
    handle:    "nm1691275"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/44WcmZasHi1s8IIRP9l8b3"
    handle:    "Masaharu Iwata"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.basiscape.com/arts_iwata.html"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "ماساهارو إيواتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "ماساهارو ايواتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "ماساهارو ایواتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaharu_Iwata"
    title: "Masaharu Iwata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "ماساهارو ایواتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaharu_Iwata"
    title: "Masaharu Iwata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaharu_Iwata"
    title: "Masaharu Iwata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaharu_Iwata"
    title: "Masaharu Iwata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E7%94%B0%E5%8C%A1%E6%B2%BB"
    title: "岩田匡治"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E7%94%B0%E5%8C%A1%E6%B2%BB"
    title: "岩田匡治"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/45300cc2-40eb-4a7e-9776-f52fd806557c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3297109"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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