Marty Friedmanマーティ・フリードマン

guitar · USA to Tokyo

Japanese name

マーティ・フリードマン [WJA]

Born

1962

Person class

institutional connector

Placed at

2005: first documented year on the map; founding year not recorded

City

USA to Tokyo (hub: Tokyo)

Status as of 24 September 2026

active

Connections

5 edges, 5 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.017 (rank 62 of 324) · personnel only 0.000 (rank 194)

Confidence

Medium · sources: [W] (register)

Ex Megadeth. Moved to Tokyo in 2003; 700 plus Japanese TV appearances including Rock Fujiyama; Animetal USA; collaborations with Nanase Aikawa and Momoiro Clover Z. The scene's principal international broker and legitimizer rather than a producer of specific bands. Necropalace (2026).

Connections

Influence

• influencedBurrn!バーンJapanese TV and press presence made him the scene's translator to the West2003 to present

Labels, festivals, collaborations

• collaborationBabymetalベビーメタルChampioned the project in Western media2010s
• collaborationAnimetal USAアニメタルUSAAdjacent to the Animetal USA circle2011
• collaborationTakayoshi Ohmura大村孝佳Recurring twin guitar partner2000s to 2020s
• collaborationRie a.k.a. Suzaku2010s to 2020s