# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masashi-hamauzu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:24:01.722Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masashi-hamauzu"
name: "Masashi Hamauzu"
slug: "masashi-hamauzu"
description: "Masashi Hamauzu  is a Japanese composer, pianist, and lyricist. Hamauzu, who was employed at Square Enix from 1996 to 2010, was best known during that time for his work on the Final Fantasy and SaGa video game series. Born into a musical family in Germany, Hamauzu was raised in Japan. He became interested in music while in kindergarten, and took piano lessons from his parents."
tagline: "Japanese composer and pianist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Masashi_Hamauzu_Jan_2012.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1971-09-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           64.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.742452
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 13800
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/monomusik"
    handle:    "monomusik"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MasashiHamauzuOfficial"
    handle:    "MasashiHamauzuOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1058479/"
    handle:    "nm1058479"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4xwBjyd53uiyfyUOkrpcvt"
    handle:    "4xwBjyd53uiyfyUOkrpcvt"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    handle:    "Masashi Hamauzu - Topic"
    followers: 13800
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Masashi Hamauzu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Masashi Hamauzu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Masashi Hamauzu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "浜渦正志"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "하마우즈 마사시"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Masashi Hamauzu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Masashi Hamauzu"
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    title: "Masashi Hamauzu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Хамаудзу, Масаси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "滨涡正志"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump