Hideki Ishima, Japanese guitarist
Hideki Ishima (石間 秀機, Ishima Hideki, born March 21, 1944 in Sapporo, Hokkaido) is a Japanese musician, known primarily for his work with Flower Travellin' Band and for creating the sitarla instrument. A guitarist and sitar player for nearly forty years, he now exclusively plays the sitarla, an instrument he invented in 2000 that combines aspects of a sitar with an electric guitar. Guitarists Akira Takasaki, Rolly and Mikael Åkerfeldt have cited him as an influence.