Kyoji Yamamoto

Biography

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 guitarists to use the tapping technique. Yamamoto often uses 24-fret Yamaha HR guitars.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

264 releases · 74 albums · active 1976–2024

  • Performance · 735
  • Other credits · 216
  • Production · 33
  • Mastering · 15
  • Engineering · 6

Studios: Studio Birdman · Mediabum Studio · Victor Studio · King Studio (3)

Frequent collaborators

  • Bow Wow (2)
  • Vow Wow
  • Ella (10)
  • Various
  • Ann Lewis (2)
  • Phenomena II
  • Takenori Shimoyama
  • Phenomena (4)

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