# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yoshihiro-nishimura
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:30:44.537Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yoshihiro-nishimura"
name: "Yoshihiro Nishimura"
slug: "yoshihiro-nishimura"
description: "Yoshihiro Nishimura  was a Japanese film director, special effects and makeup effects artist, and screenwriter who worked predominantly in the horror genre. Nishimura has been described as \"a legendary director and effects artist\" and \"the Tom Savini of Japan\" with \"talent to burn\"."
tagline: "Japanese film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yoshihiro-Nishimura.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1967-04-01"
deathDate: "2026-05-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.99
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.013366666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ni4yo4"
    handle:    "ni4yo4"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/yoshihiro.nishimura.9"
    handle:    "yoshihiro.nishimura.9"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1883583/"
    handle:    "nm1883583"
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E6%9D%91%E5%96%9C%E5%BB%A3"
    title: "西村喜廣"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "يوشيهيرو نيشيمورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "يوشيهيرو نيشيمورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshihiro_Nishimura"
    title: "Yoshihiro Nishimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshihiro_Nishimura"
    title: "Yoshihiro Nishimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshihiro_Nishimura"
    title: "Yoshihiro Nishimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "یوشیهیرو نیشیمورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshihiro_Nishimura"
    title: "Yoshihiro Nishimura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4022902"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4636385"
    title: "Yoshihiro Nishimura"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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