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Junji Yayoshi (弥吉 淳二, Yayoshi Junji, 17 May 1968 – 26 January 2018) 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 (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 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" (arrangement-production)
• Kana Uemura "Taisetsu na Hito" recorded track "Ashioto" (arrangement)
• Catsuomaticdeath (production)
• Kaori Kawamura (Sorrow) – Sorrow, Macaroni (work-arrangement, production)
• Shunsuke Kiyokiba – "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" (Kenji Sawada cover. Joint with Hitoshi Takaba)
• Tsubaki – "Style," "Hanabi" (co-composition, production)
• Shintaro Hazama – Bourbon Street, Simple Man (production)
• Maria (arrangement)
• melody. – "Haruka" (arrangement)

Support

• aiko
• Mao Abe
• Kaori Kawamura
• Kōji Kikkawa
• Shunsuke Kiyokiba
• Hiroya Komeiji
• Ringo Sheena
• Maika Shiratori
• Naomi Tamura
• Lost in Time

References

Notes

1. Their old band name was AXXL

Citations

1. ^ "弥吉淳二 Junji YAYOSHI" (in Japanese). Musicman.net. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
2. ^ "ギタリスト弥吉淳二さん死去 49歳 椎名林檎、吉川晃司、aikoらサポート" (in Japanese). Oricon News. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
3. "NONA REEVES – 吉川晃司が若手アーティストと競演" (in Japanese). Music Natalie. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
4. "椎名林檎、妊娠!" (in Japanese). Barks. 29 January 2001. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
5. ^ "清木場俊介、弥吉淳二さん悼む「言葉にならないくらいに悔しくて残念です」" (in Japanese). Sports Hochi. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
6. "BAND PROFILE". Sorrow Official Website. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
7. Kawamura, Kaori (29 April 2009). "グラン•トリノ" (in Japanese). Kaori Kawamura official blog. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
8. "元EXILE清木場、死去した弥吉さんに感謝つづる「悩んでる時にとてもお世話になった方」". Mimi Man (in Japanese). Rittor Music. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

• Japanese rock guitarists
• Japanese male composers
• Japanese music arrangers
• Japanese record producers
• Musicians from Fukuoka Prefecture
• 1968 births
• 2018 deaths