# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/taro-shoji
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:45:01.597Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/taro-shoji"
name: "Taro Shoji"
slug: "taro-shoji"
description: "Tarō Shōji   was a popular Japanese ryūkōka singer. He also used the aliases Shōji Shirō (庄司史郎), Asabuki Kaoru (朝吹薫), and Fujiwara Hideo (藤原英夫) in his early recording career."
tagline: "Japanese singer (1898–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taro_Shoji.jpg?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: "1898-12-11"
deathDate: "1972-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.48
  momentum:             2.048040455120101
  historical:           8.460017333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/536984"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_Sh%C5%8Dji"
    title: "Tarō Shōji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro_Shoji"
    title: "Taro Shoji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro_Shoji"
    title: "Taro Shoji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_Sh%C5%8Dji"
    title: "Tarō Shōji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E6%B5%B7%E6%9E%97%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E"
    title: "東海林太郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C"
    title: "تارو شوجی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sy%C3%B4zi_Tar%C3%B4"
    title: "Syôzi Tarô"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%9C%E6%B5%B7%E6%9E%97%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E"
    title: "东海林太郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ee4f2900-9da3-42a9-b13b-49e03f17a2b4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1022064"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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