Yanagiman

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Yanagiman
YANAGIMAN is on the left and Masami Sudda is on the right. (At the Kitakyushu Airport, 2017）
Background information
Birth name	Yukiyasu Yanagi
Born	(1960-11-09) November 9, 1960 (age 64) Amami Ōshima, Japan
Origin	Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan
Genres	Japanese pop, Jazz, Rock, Funk, Japanese folk, R&B, Hip-hop
Occupations	Musician composer songwriter arranger record producer
Instruments	Bass Contrabass Keyboards Ukulele
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	1989
Website	yanagiman.com

Yukiyasu Yanagi (born 9 November 1960), better known by his stage name YANAGIMAN is a Japanese musician, composer, songwriter, arranger and record producer from Kagoshima. He composed, wrote, arranged and produced music for various famous artists including Ketsumeishi, Funky Monkey Babys, Miriya Katou, Elephant Kashimashi and Usher, who is an American popular singer-songwriter. He leads the music band "1933 Ukulele All Stars" and is the bandmaster. He is a visiting professor at the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music and an adviser to the Matsumi High School^[1] since 2022. His blood type is B and lives in Tokyo since 1995.