# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/towa-tei
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:44:42.943Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/towa-tei"
name: "Towa Tei"
slug: "towa-tei"
description: "Towa Tei  is a Japanese artist, record producer, and DJ. Born in Yokohama, Japan, Towa was a member of Deee-Lite, from the US label Elektra Records in 1990, notable for their international hit single, \"Groove Is In the Heart\". He made his solo debut with the album Future Listening! in 1994. He has since relocated from New York to rural Nagano Prefecture in Japan."
tagline: "Korean musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TeiTowaJI1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1964-09-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           66.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.04391066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 34600
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/towatei"
    handle:    "towatei"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/towatei/"
    handle:    "towatei"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TOWATEI"
    handle:    "TOWATEI"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2675024/"
    handle:    "nm2675024"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5FLbE1s9bnHwJhmngtVXpD"
    handle:    "5FLbE1s9bnHwJhmngtVXpD"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.towatei.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPyb2iCNdPxyxbpFm9iXHqw"
    handle:    "@machbeatchannel"
    followers: 34600
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/10234"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "توا تى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towa_Tei"
    title: "Towa Tei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towa_Tei"
    title: "Towa Tei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towa_Tei"
    title: "Towa Tei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towa_Tei"
    title: "Towa Tei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B3va_Tei"
    title: "Tóva Tei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dwa_Tei"
    title: "Tōwa Tei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AF"
    title: "テイ・トウワ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%86%A0%EC%99%80_%ED%85%8C%EC%9D%B4"
    title: "토와 테이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towa_Tei"
    title: "Towa Tei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towa_Tei"
    title: "Towa Tei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towa_Tei"
    title: "Towa Tei"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cad26bbf-198c-49fe-b5e0-f2cbe7740582"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193049"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1776977"
    title: "TOWA TEI"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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