Junji Yayoshi

Junji Yayoshi (弥吉 淳二, Yayoshi Junji; 17 May 1968 – 26 January 2018) was a Japanese guitarist and record producer.

Junji Yayoshi 弥吉 淳二
Born	(1968-05-17)17 May 1968[1] Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Died	26 January 2018(2018-01-26) (aged 49)
Genres	J-pop rock
Occupations	Guitarist composer arranger record producer [1]
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1994–2018

Biography

He was a former member of the music unit stereo criminals.^[a] 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.^[2][3]

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).^[4][5] They divorced in January 2002.^[2][5]

In 1999, he co-produced Kaori Kawamura's solo project "Sorrow" which resumed her music activities.^[6][7]

From 2009 to 2010, he produced a single and album for Shunsuke Kiyokiba, in which he helped in making the rock sounds.^[8]

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.^[2]

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