Sawao Yamanaka

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Sawao Yamanaka
Sawao Yamanaka sings during The Pillows's My Foot tour at Slim's in San Francisco, Ca
Background information
Birth name	Yamanaka Sawao
Born	December 7, 1968 (1968-12-07) (age 39)
Genre(s)	Alternative Rock, J-rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, Singer-Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1989 - present
Associated acts	The Pillows, Spiky Brothers, The Predators, Noodles
Website	pillows.jp
Notable instrument(s)
Fender Cyclone

Sawao Yamanaka (山中さわお, Yamanaka Sawao^?) (born December 7, 1968) is the frontman of the bands: The Pillows, with Yoshiaki Manabe and Shinichirou Satou, and The Predators, with drummer, Shinpei, from Straightener, and bassist, Jiro, from Glay. Sawao also did a side project with his brother, Hidetoshi, called Spiky Brothers, and produced 2 demo tapes with 10 songs in total. He also appeared in a movie called Colors of life.

He owns a popular independent label called Delicious Label, which he started in 1999. It contains such bands and artists as noodles and The Stereo Future.

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