# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yoshiji-kigami
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:42:03.264Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yoshiji-kigami"
name: "Yoshiji Kigami"
slug: "yoshiji-kigami"
description: "Yoshiji Kigami  was a Japanese animator, director and storyboarder. He started working at Shin-Ei Animation, later became part of Animaruya and then he became affiliated with Kyoto Animation."
tagline: "Animator, animation director"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/Yoshiji_Kigami.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: "1957-12-28"
deathDate: "2019-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.08
  momentum:             5.544210960032962
  historical:           11.31059733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452696/"
    handle:    "nm0452696"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%A8%E4%B8%8A%E7%9B%8A%E6%B2%BB"
    title: "木上益治"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%8A%DA%86%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89"
    title: "ياوشيچى كيجامى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C5%A1id%C5%BEi_Kigami"
    title: "Jošidži Kigami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiji_Kigami"
    title: "Yoshiji Kigami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiji_Kigami"
    title: "Yoshiji Kigami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiji_Kigami"
    title: "Yoshiji Kigami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C_%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C"
    title: "یوشیجی کیگامی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiji_Kigami"
    title: "Yoshiji Kigami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshiji_Kigami"
    title: "Yoshiji Kigami"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%A8%E4%B8%8A%E7%9B%8A%E6%B2%BB"
    title: "木上益治"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B0%EA%B0%80%EB%AF%B8_%EC%9A%94%EC%8B%9C%EC%A7%80"
    title: "기가미 요시지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigami_Yoshiji"
    title: "Kigami Yoshiji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8301829"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4551462"
    title: "Yoshiji Kigami"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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