Home Musical artists Naoko Yamano Naoko Yamano Musical artist Naoko Yamano (山野直子, Yamano Naoko) (December 18, 1960) is a musician and founder of the Japanese rock trio all-female band Shonen Knife. Personal facts Birth dateDecember 18, 1960 Birth placeJapan , Osaka Prefecture facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Musical artist Career started1981 associated musical artistShonen Knife BackgroundSolo singer genreIndie popAlternative rockPop punk instrumentBass guitarElectric guitarFujiGenRickenbacker 360/12Yamaha DX7Keyboard instrumentSingingGibson Flying VRickenbacker 325 Topical connections Atsuko YamanoMusical artist Şebnem FerahMusical artist Aki SawadaFigure skater Akira KajiyamaMusical artist Ai IshigakiMusical artist Érica GarcíaMusical artist Naoko Yamano on Wikipedia Naoko Yamano External resources http://www.shonenknife.net/bio/index.html http://www.shonenknife.net/blog/?cat=4 http://www.shonenknife.net/index.php