# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/naoto-takenaka
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:51:39.620Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/naoto-takenaka"
name: "Naoto Takenaka"
slug: "naoto-takenaka"
description: "Naoto Takenaka  is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, whistler, and director from Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, affiliated with From First Production. He is married to idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi. He is also known as the voice of Samuel L. Jackson in the dubbed version of the Avengers film series as Nick Fury."
tagline: "Japanese actor, voice actor, film director, talent, comedian, singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Naoto_Takenaka_(crop).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1956-03-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.05
  momentum:             4.803175175897529
  historical:           14.61030533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847562/"
    handle:    "nm0847562"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2FEQNdvn7kcFgRy6VRadq9"
    handle:    "2FEQNdvn7kcFgRy6VRadq9"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تاكيناكا ناوتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تاكيناكا ناوتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoto_Takenaka"
    title: "Naoto Takenaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "نائوتو تاکناکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoto_Takenaka"
    title: "Naoto Takenaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoto_Takenaka"
    title: "Naoto Takenaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "竹中直人"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%83%80%EC%BC%80%EB%82%98%EC%B9%B4_%EB%82%98%EC%98%A4%ED%86%A0"
    title: "타케나카 나오토"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoto_Takenaka"
    title: "Naoto Takenaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoto_Takenaka"
    title: "Naoto Takenaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%B9%E4%B8%AD%E7%9B%B4%E4%BA%BA"
    title: "竹中直人"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%B9%E4%B8%AD%E7%9B%B4%E4%BA%BA"
    title: "竹中直人"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "竹中直人"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5174b41c-48ef-4fcc-b5f1-9a186b8e6f6e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1154179"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68704"
    title: "Naoto Takenaka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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