Marty Friedman

Aside from his main gig as a multi-platinum recording artist and Japanese television personality, Marty Friedman has written two Japanese books, Ii-Jan! J-Pop! and Samurai Ongakuron and had long running columns in Asahi Weekly newspaper (nine years), Nikkei Entertainment (six years), Cyzo (five years), Big Comic (three years), and Burrn (four years).

His autobiography, Dreaming Japanese, is his first book written in English.