was a Japanese guitarist and record producer.

Biography

He was a former member of the music unit stereo criminals. After the dissolution of the unit, he made a full-scale start of activities as a guitarist, provided, arranged, and produced his music to other artists. He was a support guitarist for Kōji Kikkawa and

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, and also worked for them as an arranger. He served as the second generation guitarist of the back band Gyakutai Glycogen of singer-songwriter

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, whom he married in November 2000 (announced in January 2001). They divorced in January 2002. In 1999, he co-produced Kaori Kawamura's solo project "Sorrow" which resumed her music activities. From 2009 to 2010, he produced a single and album for

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, in which he helped in making the rock sounds. He died at hospital due to illness at 21:31 on 26 January 2018. He was 49. According to Yahyoshi's affiliation office, he had been fighting illness for about two and a half years until his death, but said he was not releasing the details of his illness.

Works, arrangements, productions

* A Flood of Circle – "Best Ride," "Hana" (arrangement-production) *

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"Taisetsu na Hito" recorded track "Ashioto" (arrangement) *Catsuomaticdeath (production) * Kaori Kawamura (Sorrow) – ''Sorrow'', ''Macaroni'' (work-arrangement, production) *

– "Jet," "Mahō no Kotoba," "Ale," "Kawaranai Koto," "again," ''Rock & Soul'' (arrangement-production) * Cool Joke – "Undo" (arrangement) *go!go!vanillas – ''Kameleon Lights'' recorded tracks "Bilin Girl," "Counter Action" (arrangement-production) *Hiroya Komeiji (arrangement-production) *Maika Shiratori (joint work-arrangement, co-production) *Strange Nude Cult – "Sorairo no Finale/Hana o Kau" (arrangement-production) * Naomi Tamura – "Casablanca Dandy" (

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cover. Joint with Hitoshi Takaba) *

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– "Style," "Hanabi" (co-composition, production) *Shintaro Hazama – ''Bourbon Street'', ''Simple Man'' (production) *

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(arrangement) * melody. – "

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" (arrangement)

Support

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* Kaori Kawamura * Kōji Kikkawa *

*Hiroya Komeiji *

*Maika Shiratori * Naomi Tamura *Lost in Time

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yayoshi, Junji Japanese rock guitarists Japanese male composers Japanese music arrangers Japanese record producers Musicians from Fukuoka Prefecture 1968 births 2018 deaths