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野呂一生

composer Guitarist songwriter record producer jazz musician

Issei Noro is a Japanese jazz fusion guitarist who is one of the founding members and the main composer of the band Casiopea.

Career

He has released 6 solo albums and a compilation. He also works as an instructor of a guitar clinic, and as a producer. The guitar wizard enjoys to fish, paint, cook, and perform magic tricks during his private time.

In 1983, Yamaha had manufactured a Guitar specifically for Issei Noro, known as the Yamaha SG-Indiana (of course, Indiana are his initials) In 1987, he joined forces with The Square (now T-Square) guitarist Masahiro Andoh and Hirokuni Korekata.

They released 2 live albums and 1 studio album under the name, as a side project Also, Issei Noro was a guest musician who performed with the Sega Sound Team in 1989.

lieutenant was announced on August 1, 2006 that will stop its activities until further announcement, since Issei is exhausted from touring and recording nonstop. Besides having Noro and Jimbo, the band includes bassist Yuji Yajima, Ohgiya Kento on Electric Piano, and Ryo Hayashi on Keyboards. is all musical composition and all arrangement by Noro.

The group recorded and released 3 albums until reunited in 2012, again, under Noro"s leadership.

Both and are now active groups.

Membership

However, the Closest to a Casiopea Reunion, is that Akira Jimbo (Casiopea"s 1980-1989 and 1997-2006 drummer) is a member of Issei Noro"s new band from 2008, "Inspirits".