# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shotaro-kobayashi
# Generated: 2026-08-20T17:18:43.561Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shotaro-kobayashi"
name: "Shōtarō Kobayashi"
slug: "shotaro-kobayashi"
tagline: "Japanese film director"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1971-03-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.83
  momentum:             25
  historical:           2.405236
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  61
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/short_arrow_1010/"
    handle:    "short_arrow_1010"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2665816/"
    handle:    "nm2665816"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11461833"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%8F%E6%9E%97%E8%81%96%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E"
    title: "Shōtarō Kobayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3230813"
    title: "Shotaro Kobayashi"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views