I got into LUNA SEA and thought I'd like to [be in a band] too.
I was generally bad at music in primary school. I was also really bad at instruments like the recorder and was shy, so I used to hate doing singing tests by myself in front of the teacher. So listening to music wasn’t an interest of mine and I just played soccer. I played defence, but I ( Read more... )

Horror movies and B-grade heavy metal were probably my introduction to musicianship

I wanted to become a manga artist when I was little. I joined the manga club when I was in Grade 4 and so began to draw a lot, but liked horror movies at the time so I was into things like Child’s Prey and The Evil Dead. And because of that, I only drew those sorts ( Read more... )

I would go to school and do my club activities, play guitar and then go to school again

Nobody believes me when I say this, but I used to pick up turban shells and sea urchins instead of an afternoon snack when I was a child. And I got into games later on. But I didn’t have any for myself so I would do nothing but level up my elder brother’s ( Read more... )

The first live of my life was in my second year of high school on the 28th of October. I remember it because it’s the exact same day as Kai’s birthday. (laugh) I was in a band with one of my acquaintances and two others and we put all our money together to hire out a local live house and invited all our friends. It… was embarrassing. It’s still ( Read more... )

The first time I saw it up close, I thought “What a cool instrument!?”

I generally showed off when I was a primary school student. But I was never the class’ leader or anything like that as this guy’s surroundings were always fragile; he could take being picked on with a smiling face, that sort of thing. Like that’s a pleasant feeling. That may be ( Read more... )