Junji Yayoshi

Junji Yayoshi (弥吉 淳二) 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