# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ritsuko-okazaki
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:10:33.490Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ritsuko-okazaki"
name: "Ritsuko Okazaki"
slug: "ritsuko-okazaki"
description: "Ritsuko Okazaki  was a Japanese singer-songwriter born on Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture. She first made her professional debut with the single, Kanashii Jiyū / Koi ga, Kiete Yuku. She is also known as the Shelby Flint of Japan."
tagline: "Japanese singer (1959-2004)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/eb/Ritsuko_Okazaki_2005.png"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959-12-29"
deathDate: "2004-05-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.93
  momentum:             2.869855394883204
  historical:           13.69853733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1574397/"
    handle:    "nm1574397"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ne.jp/asahi/okazaki/book/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "ريتسوكو اوكازاكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsuko_Okazaki"
    title: "Ritsuko Okazaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsuko_Okazaki"
    title: "Ritsuko Okazaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsuko_Okazaki"
    title: "Ritsuko Okazaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsuko_Okazaki"
    title: "Ritsuko Okazaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsuko_Okazaki"
    title: "Ritsuko Okazaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A1%E5%B4%8E%E5%BE%8B%E5%AD%90"
    title: "岡崎律子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%EC%B9%B4%EC%9E%90%ED%82%A4_%EB%A6%AC%EC%B8%A0%EC%BD%94"
    title: "오카자키 리츠코"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsuko_Okazaki"
    title: "Ritsuko Okazaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritsuko_Okazaki"
    title: "Ritsuko Okazaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okazaki_Ritsuko"
    title: "Okazaki Ritsuko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A1%E5%B4%8E%E5%BE%8B%E5%AD%90"
    title: "岡崎律子"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ritsuko_Okazaki"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a16ed3e1-1fab-4b18-8dfa-941eab07f373"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1328632"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2643703"
    title: "Ritsuko Okazaki"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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