# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masato-shimon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:32:29.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masato-shimon"
name: "Masato Shimon"
slug: "masato-shimon"
description: "Masato Shimon , born with the name Masaharu Fujikawa  is a retired Japanese vocalist from Meguro, Tokyo. He is most known for his contributions to the theme songs of various anime and tokusatsu series. In his career, he has sung under the names Koichi Fuji , Akira Tani  and most famously, Masato Shimon.\nHe recorded a song \"Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun\" (1975) with only 50,000 yen, but the single sold 4,547,620 copies and became the best-selling single in Japan, a fact certified by Guinness World Records. He retired from his career at age 55 in 1999, with his last work being the opening and closing songs to Seijuu Sentai Gingaman the year prior, credited as Ryu Kisami."
tagline: "Japanese singer and music producer"
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: "1944-01-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.74
  momentum:             1.508169250104734
  historical:           10.24898666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793740/"
    handle:    "nm0793740"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ES02KVLUnaCsbcZAm27zZ"
    handle:    "5ES02KVLUnaCsbcZAm27zZ"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4029130"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ماساتو شيمون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ماساتو شيمون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masato_Shimon"
    title: "Masato Shimon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masato_Shimon"
    title: "Masato Shimon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masato_Shimon"
    title: "Masato Shimon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%90%E9%96%80%E7%9C%9F%E4%BA%BA"
    title: "子門真人"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Masato"
    title: "Simon Masato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%90%E9%96%80%E7%9C%9F%E4%BA%BA"
    title: "子門真人"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%90%E9%96%80%E7%9C%9F%E4%BA%BA"
    title: "子門真人"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e3a8a1e9-318a-431b-a0fd-2029c2704b25"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3237785"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3338278"
    title: "Masato Shimon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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