Masayoshi Kabe (加部 正義, Kabe Masayoshi) (5 November 1949 – 26 September 2020) often known by his stage name Louise Louis, was a Japanese bassist and guitarist from Yokohama, Japan.
Numerous online sources present him as half-French and half-Japanese, but it's actually a marketing creation from the producers of the Golden Cups; Kabe was half-American and half-Japanese.
He was a studio musician throughout the 1970s and also a member of various bands such as Speed, Glue & Shinki until he permanently joined the supergroup Pink Cloud (a.k.a.
After they disbanded in 1994 he formed the instrumental side-project ZZK while providing support to other musicians as a bassist.
[2] He also recorded four albums as bass player with the band Vodka Collins from 1995 to 1998.