# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yoshiaki-kawajiri
# Generated: 2026-08-15T21:19:57.684Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yoshiaki-kawajiri"
name: "Yoshiaki Kawajiri"
slug: "yoshiaki-kawajiri"
description: "Yoshiaki Kawajiri  is a Japanese writer, director, storyboard artist and animator. A co-founder of the anime studio Madhouse, he is best known as the director of Wicked City, Ninja Scroll, and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust."
tagline: "Japanese animator"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nre4oIwHX9k2sIcfRh5zSP62MWl.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1950-11-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.18
  momentum:             2.406576980568012
  historical:           14.26687333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/yoshi_kawajiri"
    handle:    "yoshi_kawajiri"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159109/"
    handle:    "nm0159109"
sources:
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    title: "川尻善昭"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ياوشياكى كاواچيرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo%C5%9Fiaki_Kavaciri"
    title: "Yoşiaki Kavaciri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiaki_Kawajiri"
    title: "Yoshiaki Kawajiri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiaki_Kawajiri"
    title: "Yoshiaki Kawajiri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiaki_Kawajiri"
    title: "Yoshiaki Kawajiri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "یوشیاکی کاواجیری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiaki_Kawajiri"
    title: "Yoshiaki Kawajiri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "יושיאקי קוואג'ירי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiaki_Kawajiri"
    title: "Yoshiaki Kawajiri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%9D%E5%B0%BB%E5%96%84%E6%98%AD"
    title: "川尻善昭"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%EC%99%80%EC%A7%80%EB%A6%AC_%EC%9A%94%EC%8B%9C%EC%95%84%ED%82%A4"
    title: "카와지리 요시아키"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yoshiaki Kawajiri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кавадзири, Ёсиаки"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yoshiaki Kawajiri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2593083"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Yoshiaki Kawajiri"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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