# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-barakan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:47:13.582Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-barakan"
name: "Peter Barakan"
slug: "peter-barakan"
description: "Peter Barakan is an English DJ, freelance broadcaster, and an author of books on music and English language education. He is best known as the presenter of Begin Japanology and Japanology Plus on NHK World. In Japan, he is known as the radio host of \"Barakan Beat\" on InterFM, \"Weekend Sunshine\" on NHK FM, and Lifestyle Museum on Tokyo FM. Barakan also curates \"Live Magic!\", presented by CreativeMan Productions, Tower Records, and InterFM. It is a two-day festival intent on promoting obscure western artists to a wider Japanese audience."
tagline: "British radio personality, music journalist (1951-)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/r0EmCUy2DUkPSwgXyXHuSlItE4B.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1951-08-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.1
  momentum:             3.171378824309759
  historical:           9.571896
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/pbarakan"
    handle:    "pbarakan"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/petebarakan/"
    handle:    "petebarakan"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/120983034651749"
    handle:    "120983034651749"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2738991/"
    handle:    "nm2738991"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://peterbarakan.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Peter Barakan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "پيتير باراكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Barakan"
    title: "Peter Barakan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "پیتر باراکان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Barakan"
    title: "Peter Barakan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ピーター・バラカン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Barakan"
    title: "Peter Barakan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Barakan"
    title: "Peter Barakan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/143917"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1464b8b6-f66e-4d09-b316-45279dc42b17"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3900821"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1881485"
    title: "Peter Barakan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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