Sawao Yamanaka

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 Shinichiro Sato, 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.

Sawao Yamanaka
Performing with the pillows at Shibuya Club Quattro in Tokyo, Japan in 2003.
Background information
Birth name	Yamanaka Sawao (山中 沢男)
Born	December 7, 1968
Genres	Alternative rock, Indie rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer-songwriter
Instruments	Singer, guitar
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Avex Trax, Delicious Label
Associated acts	The Pillows, Spiky Brothers, The Predators, Noodles
Website	http://www.pillows.jp

Yamanaka's catch-phrase is "Oh Yeah!", this is popular among many of his fans. Yamanaka uses this phrase countless times during shows, in, and in between songs. He is an avid fan of the popular 90's grunge group Nirvana (band), and performed a cover of their song Breed during The Pillows' concert at Slim's Live Music Club in 2005.