# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tetsuya
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:37:31.651Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tetsuya"
name: "Tetsuya"
slug: "tetsuya"
description: "Tetsuya , formerly known as Tetsu, is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as bassist and bandleader of the rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel. Formed in 1991, they have sold over 40 million records, making them one of the best-selling music artists in Japan."
tagline: "Japanese musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L'arc_En_Ciel_%40_MSG_-_3-25-12_-_052.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: "1969-10-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.74
  momentum:             2.368052312003737
  historical:           16.07216533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TETSUYA_STAFF"
    handle:    "TETSUYA_STAFF"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/tetsuya_official/"
    handle:    "tetsuya_official"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TETSUYA.UK.OFFICIAL"
    handle:    "TETSUYA.UK.OFFICIAL"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7253376/"
    handle:    "nm7253376"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.tetsuya.uk.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/605387"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "تيتسويا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "تيتسويا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "تیتسویا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_(musician)"
    title: "Tetsuya (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Tetsuya (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_Ogawa"
    title: "Tetsuya Ogawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_Ogawa"
    title: "Tetsuya Ogawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_Ogawa"
    title: "Tetsuya Ogawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya"
    title: "Tetsuya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_(%EA%B0%80%EC%88%98)"
    title: "Tetsuya (가수)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya"
    title: "Tetsuya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_Ogawa"
    title: "Tetsuya Ogawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Tetsuya (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_Ogawa"
    title: "Tetsuya Ogawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B6%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B0_(%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5)"
    title: "เทะสึยะ (นักดนตรี)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya"
    title: "Tetsuya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya"
    title: "Tetsuya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3d9ef373-3591-401d-96e3-13d13ce93826"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q306277"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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