Nobuo Yamada (Japanese: 山田 信夫, Hepburn: Yamada Nobuo, born January 20, 1964), also known by the name NoB, is a Japanese singer. He is the former lead singer of the band Make-Up and a Project.R member.
In 1998, he formed P.A.F. (stands for Patent Applied For, named after the PAFguitar pickups) with X Japan guitarist Pata. In about one years time they released: two albums, one mini album, one live album and two singles.
In July 2007, he sang with Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endoh, Yoko Ishida, Kouji Wada and MoJo at Anime Friends, the biggest anime convention in Latin America, in Brazil; it was his first time in the country and he has gone back there to perform several times not only at Anime Friends, but also in other events in other cities, such as Fortaleza and Brasília.
In 2019, he was responsible for the theme song of the mini-series Super Sentai Strongest Battle. NoB participated in Mary's Blood's heavy metal cover of "Pegasus Fantasy" for their 2020 cover album Re>Animator.[1] He sung it as a duet with their lead vocalist Eye, whom he has coached as a vocalist for the last 10 years.[2]
