# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shuichi-shigeno
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:31:29.414Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shuichi-shigeno"
name: "Shūichi Shigeno"
slug: "shuichi-shigeno"
description: "Shuichi Shigeno  is a Japanese manga artist famous for creating Initial D. Shigeno has also created Bari Bari Densetsu, Dopkan, and Tunnel Nuketara Sky Blue. In 1985, he received the Kodansha Manga Award in shōnen for Bari Bari Densetsu."
tagline: "Japanese mangaka"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1958-03-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.456804
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1482322/"
    handle:    "nm1482322"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "سويتشي شيجنو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuichi_Shigeno"
    title: "Shuichi Shigeno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C_%D8%B4%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "شوئیچی شیگنو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%ABichi_Shigeno"
    title: "Shūichi Shigeno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuichi_Shigeno"
    title: "Shuichi Shigeno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%97%E3%81%92%E3%81%AE%E7%A7%80%E4%B8%80"
    title: "しげの秀一"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%9C%EA%B2%8C%EB%85%B8_%EC%8A%88%EC%9D%B4%EC%B9%98"
    title: "시게노 슈이치"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuichi_Shigeno"
    title: "Shuichi Shigeno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%ABichi_Shigeno"
    title: "Shūichi Shigeno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigeno_Si%C3%BBiti"
    title: "Sigeno Siûiti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%8D%E9%87%8E%E7%A7%80%E4%B8%80"
    title: "重野秀一"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/93ab2fbc-0d4d-425f-ad91-4e00cbf5b1a6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2280124"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1419070"
    title: "Shuichi Shigeno"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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