# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tamotsu-yato
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:02:19.528Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tamotsu-yato"
name: "Tamotsu Yatō"
slug: "tamotsu-yato"
description: "Tamotsu Yato  was a Japanese photographer and occasional actor responsible for pioneering Japanese homoerotic photography and creating iconic black-and-white images of the Japanese male."
tagline: "Japanese photographer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1928"
deathDate: "1973"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.62
  momentum:             2.606707317073171
  historical:           7.229772000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4873740"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "تاموتسو ياتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamotsu_Yat%C5%8D"
    title: "Tamotsu Yatō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamotsu_Yat%C5%8D"
    title: "Tamotsu Yatō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamotsu_Yat%C5%8D"
    title: "Tamotsu Yatō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%98%D7%A1%D7%95_%D7%99%D7%90%D7%98%D7%95"
    title: "טאמוטסו יאטו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%A2%E9%A0%AD%E4%BF%9D"
    title: "矢頭保"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%BC%ED%86%A0_%ED%83%80%EB%AA%A8%EC%B8%A0"
    title: "야토 타모츠"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7681654"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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