# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/masayoshi-yamashita
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:24:29.884Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/masayoshi-yamashita"
name: "Masayoshi Yamashita"
slug: "masayoshi-yamashita"
description: "Loudness  is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in 1981 by guitarist Akira Takasaki and drummer Munetaka Higuchi. They were the first Japanese metal band signed to a major label in the United States. Loudness subsequently released twenty-six studio albums and nine live albums by 2014 and reached the Billboard Top 100 during their heyday as well as charting on Oricon dozens of times. Despite numerous line-up changes in the band's history, leaving Takasaki as the sole constant member, the band continued their activities throughout the 1990s, finally reuniting the original line-up in 2000. This incarnation released a further seven albums until November 30, 2008, when original drummer Munetaka Higuchi died from liver cancer at a hospital in Osaka at age 49. He was replaced by Masayuki Suzuki."
tagline: "Japanese bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Loudness_2010_03.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1961-11-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.705942666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/fans_selection"
    handle:    "fans_selection"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945622/"
    handle:    "nm0945622"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7rAFPY9xESMXaOHuESi6Tn"
    handle:    "Masayoshi Yamashita"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ماسايوشي ياماشيتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%89_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "ماسايوشى ياماشيتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Masayoshi Yamashita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masayoshi_Yamashita"
    title: "Masayoshi Yamashita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%8B%E6%98%8C%E8%89%AF"
    title: "山下昌良"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Масаёси Ямасита"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Masayoshi Yamashita"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump