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#Kenichi Yasuda
A writer and rock essayist from Kobe City. 63 years old. His books include "Pinto ga Bokeru Oto" (Kokusho Kankokai), "Nantoka to Nantoka ga Ita Nantokazu" (Press Pop), "Kobe, Kaite Donarunoka?" (Pia, Chikuma Bunko), "Live Manpitsu" (Seikosha), and co-authored with Takahiro Tsujii, "Rock'n'Roll Stove League" (Ongaku Shuppansha) and "
Sho wo Sutedei Machi he Ready, go" (Seikosha).
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