Tatsuya Yoshida

Tatsuya Yoshida 吉田達也
Yoshida at Death By Audio in 2012
Background information
Born	(1961-01-09) January 9, 1961 (age 63) Kitakami, Iwate, Japan[1]
Occupations	Musician composer
Instruments	Drums vocals keyboards guitar
Member of	Ruins Zeni Geva Koenji Hyakkei Korekyojinn Daimonji Samla Mammas Manna
Website	magaibutsu.com

Tatsuya Yoshida (吉田達也, Yoshida Tatsuya) (born 9 January 1961) is a Japanese musician; drummer and composer who is the only consistent member of the renowned progressive rock duo Ruins, as well as of Koenji Hyakkei. He is also a member of the progressive rock trios Korekyojinn and Daimonji.^[1] Outside his own groups, Yoshida is renowned for his tenure as drummer in the indie progressive group YBO2, a band also featuring guitarist KK Null, whom he also joins in the current line-up of Zeni Geva^[2] and he has played drums in a late edition of Samla Mammas Manna. He has been cited as "[the] indisputable master drummer of the Japanese underground".^[3]

Along with his participation in bands, he has also released several solo recordings.