Junji Yayoshi


Junji Yayoshi 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 aiko, and also worked for them as an arranger.
He served as the second generation guitarist of the back band Gyakutai Glycogen of singer-songwriter Ringo Sheena, whom he married in November 2000. 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 Shunsuke Kiyokiba, 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"
  • Kana Uemura "Taisetsu na Hito" recorded track "Ashioto"
  • Catsuomaticdeath
  • Kaori Kawamura – Sorrow, Macaroni
  • Shunsuke Kiyokiba – "Jet," "Mahō no Kotoba," "Ale," "Kawaranai Koto," "again," Rock & Soul
  • Cool Joke – "Undo"
  • go!go!vanillas – Kameleon Lights recorded tracks "Bilin Girl," "Counter Action"
  • Hiroya Komeiji
  • Maika Shiratori
  • Strange Nude Cult – "Sorairo no Finale/Hana o Kau"
  • Naomi Tamura – "Casablanca Dandy"
  • Tsubaki – "Style," "Hanabi"
  • Shintaro Hazama – Bourbon Street, Simple Man
  • Maria
  • melody. – "Haruka"

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