# Masao Koga

> Masao Koga  was a Japanese composer, mandolinist, and guitarist of the Shōwa era who was dubbed "Japan's Irving Berlin" by Universal Press Syndicate. His melancholy style, based upon Nakayama Shimpei's yonanuki scale, was popularly known in Japan as "Koga melody" . He was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure and the People's Honor Award for his contributions to Japanese music.

*Japanese musician (1904–1978)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/masao-koga

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1904-11-18
- **Died:** 1978-07-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.5 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 11.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0463074/ (@nm0463074)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/1070424)
- [ماساو كوجا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A7)
- [ماساو كوجا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%A7)
- [Koga Masao](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koga_Masao)
- [Masao Koga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_Koga)
- [Masao Koga](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_Koga)
- [ماسائو کوگا](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%A7)
- [Masao Koga](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masao_Koga)
- [古賀政男](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E8%B3%80%E6%94%BF%E7%94%B7)
- [코가 마사오](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BD%94%EA%B0%80_%EB%A7%88%EC%82%AC%EC%98%A4)
- [古賀政男](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E8%B3%80%E6%94%BF%E7%94%B7)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d89bc115-694f-4c5c-9186-c9c19f9bf84b)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q485275)
- [Masao Koga](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3857257)

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