1980s heavy metal boom · person
Kyoji Yamamoto山本恭司
guitar · Matsue, Shimane
- Japanese name
- 山本恭司 [WJA]
- Born
- 1956
- Person class
- founding or core member
- Placed at
- 1975: first documented activity
- City
- Matsue, Shimane
- Status as of 24 September 2026
- active
- Connections
- 3 edges, 3 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.002 (rank 139 of 324) · personnel only 0.000 (rank 70)
- Confidence
- Medium · sources: [W] (register)
Bow Wow founder and the elder statesman referenced by nearly every later Japanese metal guitarist. Wild Flag (1992), Bow Wow G2 since 2015.
Connections
People and personnel
- foundedBow Wowバウワウ1975
Influence
- influencedAkira Takasaki高崎晃Direct generational precedent for Japanese metal guitar1970s
- influencedSallySally won the Yamamoto Joji Award at the Yamamoto Joji and Young Guitar contest