# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masahiko-shimura
# Generated: 2026-08-20T20:39:00.932Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masahiko-shimura"
name: "Masahiko Shimura"
slug: "masahiko-shimura"
tagline: "Japanese musician (1980-2009)"
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: "1980-07-10"
deathDate: "2009-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.67
  momentum:             6.830601092896174
  historical:           4.086346666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  53
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18048308"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BF%97%E6%9D%91%E6%AD%A3%E5%BD%A6"
    title: "Masahiko Shimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8cc2c29c-0b15-41c8-9c8d-57f48ee272ad"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3195519"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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