# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tohru-watanabe
# Generated: 2026-08-31T11:49:31.932Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tohru-watanabe"
name: "Tohru Watanabe"
slug: "tohru-watanabe"
description: "Toru Watanabe  was a Japanese actor and singer. He starred in Taiyō ni Hoero! (1981), Yoake no Runner (1983), and Kaze no Naka no Aitsu  (1984), and won the 1985 Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year. He released several singles, one of which topped at #2 on the Oricon Singles Chart."
tagline: "Japanese actor and singer (1961-2022)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/pIB7tqEfwnvxYbO9qoN1BhDUcoA.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1961-05-12"
deathDate: "2022-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           63.94
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.051286666666667
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 464
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/tohru.watanabe.5205"
    handle:    "tohru.watanabe.5205"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/tohru.rugger/"
    handle:    "tohru.rugger"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bungakuza.com/member/prof/watanabe-tohru.htm"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/watanabethrough"
    handle:    "watanabethrough"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913883/"
    handle:    "nm0913883"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5A99MXuITSuA6itu9JEY9H"
    handle:    "5A99MXuITSuA6itu9JEY9H"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu6CByVWDQ_qNcxmRRg7UVA"
    handle:    "Toru Watanabe - Topic"
    followers: 464
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11562262"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru_Watanabe"
    title: "Tohru Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Watanabe"
    title: "Tōru Watanabe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%A1%E8%BE%BA%E5%BE%B9_(%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)"
    title: "渡辺徹 (俳優)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6ca6f8d2-2194-4fa7-b4c3-57e187cf0ef6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/5447576"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30566"
    title: "Tohru Watanabe"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views