# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/naoko-kawai
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:00:55.290Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/naoko-kawai"
name: "Naoko Kawai"
slug: "naoko-kawai"
description: "Naoko Kawai (河合奈保子) is a Japanese former pop idol, singer-songwriter, and composer who was active in the 1980s. Kawai was from the same generation as Seiko Matsuda, Yoshimi Iwasaki, Junko Mihara and Yoshie Kashiwabara, who all debuted in 1980. After her marriage in 1996, she changed her maiden surname to Naoko Kanehara (金原奈保子) and completely suspended music activities. Since then, Kawai has resided in Australia."
tagline: "Japanese actress and singer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1963-07-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.79
  momentum:             1.366826230422457
  historical:           9.013821333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2338505/"
    handle:    "nm2338505"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BMCwAT2geYkKBKjRAJ8Qu"
    handle:    "1BMCwAT2geYkKBKjRAJ8Qu"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.nahoko.jp/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoko_Kawai"
    title: "Naoko Kawai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "ناوكو كاواى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoko_Kawai"
    title: "Naoko Kawai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B3%E5%90%88%E5%A5%88%E4%BF%9D%E5%AD%90"
    title: "河合奈保子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%EC%99%80%EC%9D%B4_%EB%82%98%EC%98%A4%EC%BD%94"
    title: "카와이 나오코"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B3%E5%90%88%E5%A5%88%E4%BF%9D%E5%AD%90"
    title: "河合奈保子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B3%E5%90%88%E5%A5%88%E4%BF%9D%E5%AD%90"
    title: "河合奈保子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2922129"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ef0ed4b3-614e-4cdc-8a5c-c012c28e3b65"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11553724"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3526178"
    title: "Naoko Kawai"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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