Yoshiaki Manabe

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Yoshiaki Manabe
Yoshiaki Manabe performing at Club Motor
Background information
Birth name	Manabe Yoshiaki
Born	(1962-10-02) October 2, 1962 (age 62)
Genres	Alternative rock punk rock grunge jazz funk reggae pop rock
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1987 - present
Website	www.pillows.jp

Yoshiaki Manabe (真鍋 吉明, Manabe Yoshiaki) is the lead guitarist^[1] for the Japanese rock band The Pillows.^[2] As a mixing engineer, Manabe has worked on albums by The Pillows and The Stereo Future. He enjoys reading in his free time and is an enormous fan of Bob Marley. He also has his own signature guitar made by Sago New Material Guitars.