D (band)
D | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Origin | Kanagawa Japan |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Members | ASAGI Ruiza HIDE-ZOU Tsunehito HIROKI |
| Website | D official site |
D is a japanese Visual Kei band. The group consists of ASAGI (vocals), Ruiza (guitar), HIDE-ZOU (bass, guitar), Tsunehito (bass) and HIROKI (drums).
Member Profiles
ASAGI
- Vocals
- Birthdate: August 29
- Birthplace: Akita
- Height: 178 cm
- Weight: 57 kg
- Previous bands: Balsamic (1996 - 1997), Je*reviens (1998 - 2000), Syndrome (2001 - 2002), Kochou (2002 - pause) (Side project with Shelly Trip Realize's drummer Takuma), Night of the Children (2003 - 2003).
Ruiza
- Guitar
- Birthdate: February 18
- Birthplace: Itami, Hyogo
- Height:
- Weight:
- Previous bands: Distray (1996 - 1999), LAYBIAL (1999 - 2000), Syndrome (2000 - 2002).
HIDE-ZOU
- Bass, Guitar
- Birthdate: December 5
- Birthplace: Kanagawa
- Height: 172 cm
- Weight: 55 kg
- Previous bands: Lapis (1995 - 1997), Clair de Lune (1997 - 2000), As'REAL (2000 - 2002), S to M (2002 - 2003), Night of the Children (2003 - 2003).
Tsunehito
- Bass
- Birthdate: May 3
- Birthplace: Yokohama, Kanagawa
- Height: 169 cm
- Weight: 48 kg
- Previous bands: Relude (2001 - 2003), Givuss (2003 - 2004), SCISSOR (2004 - 2005).
HIROKI
- Drums
- Birthdate: July 20
- Birthplace: Gunma
- Height: 178 cm
- Weight: 60 kg
- Previous bands: Overtake (1998 - 2000), Michiru Project (2001 - 2001), Aioria (2001 - 2002), S to M (2002 - 2003), Night of the Children (2003 - 2003).
History
In March 2003, D was formed with the first five members, ASAGI, Ruiza, HIROKI, Sin and Rena. It all started out fine, and they released their first mini-album, NEW BLOOD, on 18 July 2003. Soon after the release of this album, Ruiza got hospitalised, and Sin decided to leave the band. The band took a small break. During this break, ASAGI and HIROKI formed a new band (Night of the Children) with the guitarist HIDE-ZOU, which Hiroki knew from S to M, a band he was in between Aioria and D. When Ruiza was released from the hospital, D came back together on 27 September 2003 with a new line-up, ASAGI, Ruiza, HIROKI, HIDE-ZOU and Rena. They worked hard, and exactly 2 months after their reunion, they released their first single, AliCe. On January 7 they released their second mini-album PARADOX, and it all went great with the band.
During 2004, D released two other singles: "Yume narishi kuuchuu teien" (2004.05.12), and "Mayutsuki no hitsugi", which was only for sale at three concerts in Shibuya O-West (11.04), Nagoya ell. FITS ALL (11.13) and Osaka MUSE (11.23). They also decided to release a re-mastered version of their first mini-album, but this time with the bonus track "Gareki no hana". "NEW BLOOD ~second impact~" was released on (2004.12.08), quickly followed by their fourth single "Mahiru no koe ~Synchronicity~" on (2005.01.12).
2005 was a hectic year for the band, and it started on 7 January of that year. Kisaki (former Syndrome, currently Phantasmagoria), decided to do a collaboration live with D. Due to unknown reasons, only Rena wasn’t invited to do this live. Rena stayed in the band long enough to release one more single and PV, "Yami yori kurai doukoku no a CAPPELLA to bara yori akai jounetsu no ARIA". After the recording of their latest album, he decided to leave the band. Rena still played on "The name of the ROSE" (2005.09.25), even though it was released two months after his departure on July 27. He got replaced by Tsunehito on 5 December 2005, and they re-released "The name of the ROSE (Regular Press)" (2006.02.08), including three new tracks.
Keeping with the trend of re-mastering their old albums, in 2006 they re-released "Paradox" and "Yume narishi kuchuu teien" (2006.05.03). The latter came with two additional tracks that were previously unreleased. Their latest single is entitled "Taiyou wo okuru hi" (2006.08.03), and comes with and without the PV. They also have a new album in the making, "Tafael Anatomie", scheduled to come out October 18.
Discography
Singles
- Taiyou wo okuru hi (August 3, 2006)
- Yume narishi kuuchuu teien 2006 (May 3, 2006)
- Yami yori kurai doukoku no A CAPPELLA to bara yori akai jounetsu no ARIA (June 22, 2005)
- Mahiru no koe ~Synchronicity~ (January 12, 2005)
- Mayutsuki no hitsugi (November, 2004)
- Yume narishi kuuchuu teien (May 12, 2004)
- Alice (November 27, 2003)
Albums
- Tafel Anatomie (October 18, 2006)
- PARADOX 2006 (May 3, 2006)
- The name of the ROSE 2006 (February 8, 2006)
- The name of the ROSE (September 28, 2005)
- NEW BLOOD ~second Impact~ (December 8, 2004)
- PARADOX (January 7, 2004)
- NEW BLOOD (July 18, 2003)