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Hiro Yamamoto

1961 - Today

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Hiro D. Yamamoto (born April 13, 1961) is an American bassist who was a founding member of grunge band Soundgarden, along with Kim Thayil and Chris Cornell, in 1984. He left the band in 1989; two years later, Yamamoto started the independent rock band Truly together with Screaming Trees drummer Mark Pickerel and Robert Roth from The Storybook Krooks. In 2016, Yamamoto co-founded the surf trio Stereo Donkey. In 2025, Yamamoto was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a founding member of Soundgarden. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Hiro Yamamoto is the 2,219th most popular musician (down from 2,038th in 2024), the 12,045th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,580th in 2019) and the 896th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Hiro Yamamoto ranks 2,219 out of 3,175. Before him are Jeffrey Hammond, Yuri Kasparyan, Dee Palmer, Stanislav Bunin, Rod Temperton, and Kenny Garrett. After him are Susanna Mälkki, John Edwards, Shawn Drover, Michael Landau, Atom Willard, and Sven Erik Kristiansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Hiro Yamamoto ranks 579. Before him are Gary Cherone, Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea, Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass, Ann Coulter, Mustafa El Haddaoui, and Tetsuya Totsuka. After him are Jim Hanks, Mauro Galvão, Anthony McCarten, Pascal Olmeta, Timothy Geithner, and Matt Ghaffari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hiro Yamamoto ranks 12,047 out of 20,380. Before him are Kenny Garrett (1960), Fred Ebb (1928), Naya Rivera (1987), Robert Tappan Morris (1965), Andrew Hampsten (1962), and Thomas Corwin (1794). After him are Jack Pierce (1962), David Draiman (1973), Greg Valentine (1951), Jim Hanks (1961), John DiMaggio (1968), and Samuel George Morton (1799).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Hiro Yamamoto ranks 896. Before him are Marcella Detroit (1952), Merle Travis (1917), Earl Hooker (1930), St. Vincent (1982), Billy Higgins (1936), and Kenny Garrett (1960). After him are Michael Landau (1958), Atom Willard (1973), Harvey Mason (1947), Charlie Benante (1962), Jimmy DeGrasso (1963), and Tom Paxton (1937).

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