# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/toshi-ichiyanagi
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:27:35.091Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/toshi-ichiyanagi"
name: "Toshi Ichiyanagi"
slug: "toshi-ichiyanagi"
description: "Toshi Ichiyanagi  was a Japanese avant-garde composer and pianist. One of the leading composers in Japan during the postwar era, Ichiyanagi worked in a range of genres, composing Western-style operas and orchestral and chamber works, as well as compositions using traditional Japanese instruments. Ichiyanagi is known for incorporating avant-garde techniques into his works, such as chance music, extended technique, and nontraditional scoring. Ichiyanagi was married to artist Yoko Ono from 1956 to 1962."
tagline: "Japanese composer, pianist (1933-2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Toshi_Ichiyanagi.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: "1933-02-04"
deathDate: "2022-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump