# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nigo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:55:53.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nigo"
name: "Nigo"
slug: "nigo"
description: "Nigö  is a Japanese fashion designer, disc jockey (DJ), record producer and entrepreneur. He is best known as the creator of the streetwear brand, A Bathing Ape (Bape), and currently serves as artistic director for Kenzo. Additionally, he is a member of the Japanese group Teriyaki Boyz, serving as their official in-house DJ since the group's 2005 debut."
tagline: "Japanese fashion designer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nigo_in_Thailand%2C_2006.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: "1970-12-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.12
  momentum:             9.757093723129834
  historical:           18.30134266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/nigoldeneye"
    handle:    "nigoldeneye"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/nigo/"
    handle:    "nigo"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/nigolddigger"
    handle:    "nigolddigger"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/9972"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "نيجو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigo"
    title: "Nigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigo"
    title: "Nigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nig%C5%8D"
    title: "Nigō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigo"
    title: "Nigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigo"
    title: "Nigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigo"
    title: "Nigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigo"
    title: "Nigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigo"
    title: "Nigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigo"
    title: "Nigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIGO"
    title: "NIGO"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIGO"
    title: "NIGO"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigo"
    title: "Nigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigo"
    title: "Nigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigo"
    title: "Nigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigo"
    title: "Nigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%81"
    title: "นิโก"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigo"
    title: "Nigo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIGO"
    title: "NIGO"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a4285c08-715a-4145-a217-49e98f7f0364"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q967645"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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