Kyoji Yamamoto

Freitag, 23. März 1956

Kyoji Yamamoto (Japanese: 山本 恭司, Hepburn: Yamamoto Kyōji, born March 23, 1956, in Matsue, Shimane, Japan) is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who is the leader of the hard rock/heavy metal bands Bow Wow (known as Vow Wow for a period of time) and Wild Flag. He is known for his skillful guitar playing, with former bandmate Neil Murray calling him one of the top Japanese guitarists, and was one of the first hard rock guitarist to use the tapping technique. Yamamoto often uses 24-fret Yamaha HR guitars.