Joe Yamanaka has been played on NTS in shows including Bradley Zero Presents: Rhythm Section, featured first on 30 September 2015. Songs played include Satori Pt. I, New Generation and Caribbean Love Song.

Akira Yamanaka (山中明 Yamanaka Akira, September 2, 1946 – August 7, 2011), better known as Joe Yamanaka, was a Japanese singer, known both for his work with Flower Travellin' Band and as a solo musician. He was also an actor and appeared in many movies, such as Takashi Miike's Deadly Outlaw: Rekka and the 1989 version of Zatoichi. In Japan he was known as one of the three "real tough guys" in…