# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ryo-fukui
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:07:05.145Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ryo-fukui"
name: "Ryo Fukui"
slug: "ryo-fukui"
description: "Ryo Fukui  was a Japanese jazz pianist based in Sapporo. He played regularly at the \"Slowboat\" jazz club in Sapporo, which he and his wife Yasuko owned. Fukui taught and performed internationally until his death in 2016. His work has seen a spike in popularity after his death, with several reissues of his albums."
tagline: "Japanese jazz pianist (1948-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ryo_Fukui.png?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: "1948-06-01"
deathDate: "2016-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.41
  momentum:             5.970149253731343
  historical:           10.30714666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1216492/"
    handle:    "nm1216492"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6xziHeYBcmC2TA0cXsFpZC"
    handle:    "Ryo Fukui"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jazz-slowboat.jp/ryo-fukui/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1767665"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "ريو فوكوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "ريو فوكوى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryo_Fukui"
    title: "Ryo Fukui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryo_Fukui"
    title: "Ryo Fukui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryo_Fukui"
    title: "Ryo Fukui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%8D_Fukui"
    title: "Ryō Fukui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryo_Fukui"
    title: "Ryo Fukui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E5%B1%85%E8%89%AF"
    title: "福居良"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E5%B1%85%E8%89%AF"
    title: "福居良"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/52173902-3bd0-4ed2-9eeb-899127789ffc"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3453953"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2784096"
    title: "Ryô Fukui"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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