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- Mark_Yamanaka abstract "Mark Yamanaka is an American musician, vocalist, and songwriter from Hilo, Hawaii. Mentored by kumu hula Johnny Lum Ho in the late 1990s, by 2003 Yamanaka was performing a mix of folk and traditional and contemporary Hawaiian music with the band Times Five. Yamanaka's debut solo album Lei Pua Kenikeni (2010) reached No. 8 on the Billboard World Albums chart, and led to Yamanaka winning four Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards in 2011, including Male Vocalist of the Year and Most Promising Artist.In 2013 he released his first single, \"Maui Under Moonlight,\" and a month later released the solo album Lei Maile, which reached No. 9 on the World Albums Chart. The album and single led to ten nominations for Yamanaka at the Hoku Awards, the most for any artist that year. Yamanaka won five categories, including Album of the Year and Hawaiian Music Album of the Year. Regularly touring in the United States and Japan, his live band consists of Bert Naihe on acoustic guitar and Eddie Atkins on bass.".