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Kyoji Yamamoto

Matsue, Japan

Kyoji Yamamoto is credited on 192 releases across 77 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1976–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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192

Pressings credited

77

Albums

6

Decades active

2

In collections

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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Credited work

192 releases · 77 albums · active 1976–2026

  • Performance · 356
  • Other credits · 79
  • Mastering · 19
  • Production · 9
  • Engineering · 4

Studios: R.G. Jones Studios · Studio Birdman · Mediabum Studio · Victor Studio

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Bow Wow (2)
  • Vow Wow
  • Various
  • Ella (10)
  • Phenomena II
  • Munetaka Higuchi
  • Mari Hamada (2)
  • Wild Flag (2)

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