# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yukiko-horiguchi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:58:10.147Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yukiko-horiguchi"
name: "Yukiko Horiguchi"
slug: "yukiko-horiguchi"
description: "Yukiko Horiguchi  is a Japanese animator and illustrator from Kyoto Prefecture who worked for the anime studio Kyoto Animation. When illustrating a light novel, she uses the pen name \"Shiromizakana\" (白身魚). She is best known as the character designer for the anime adaptations of K-On! and Lucky Star and as the illustrator of the light novel series Kokoro Connect."
tagline: "Japanese animator and illustrator"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
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  slug: "artists"
profileType:
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  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1983-01-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.466774716369531
  historical:           11.03150533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/dochibibi"
    handle:    "dochibibi"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2486072/"
    handle:    "nm2486072"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88_%DB%81%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%88%DA%86%DB%8C"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Yukiko Horiguchi"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump