Another great Japanese guitarist, Katsutoshi Morizono (from Guitar Workshop) 1978 to 1981

 

Turns out we encountered him before with Guitar Workshops. Particularly with the latter I should have been more diligent with pursuing all the fusionary artists to their original discographies. I thought I posted Prism, the Japanese fusion band, but it seems I didn't.

From discogs:

Japanese jazz guitarist.

Born February 18th, 1954.

In Groups: Bird's Eye View, Kazumi Watanabe With Friends, Prism (9), 四人囃子, 森園勝敏スーパーグループ, Tetsu & The Good Times Roll Band

In the late 70s he made some really nice fusion stuff which is similar to the previously posted guitarist Akiyama. From the first album with the delightful French surreal lithograph drawing of a someone smoking a pipe and paddling unicycle-style through the water, there is a cover version of the inimitable and so memorable composition by James Vincent called Space Traveller (posted here).  Here's Dark Side of the Fish:

Shockingly from the 1980 album Escape, the hard hitting instrumental Bathyscaphe: