# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takao-kato
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:01:00.662Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takao-kato"
name: "Takao Kato"
slug: "takao-kato"
description: "Takao Kato  is a Japanese anime director and screenwriter. Kato started working in the anime industry in 1987 and directed his first full series in 1996. Since then, some of the series he has directed include MegaMan NT Warrior, Buso Renkin, To Love Ru, and Pandora Hearts."
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: "1963"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.551333333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1998210/"
    handle:    "nm1998210"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%A0%E6%88%B6%E8%AD%BD%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "加戶譽夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kato"
    title: "Takao Kato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kato"
    title: "Takao Kato"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "تاکائو کاتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Kat%C5%8D"
    title: "Takao Katō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%A0%E6%88%B8%E8%AA%89%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "加戸誉夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "تاکاؤ کاتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q999180"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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