Later on September 8, 2007, he performed at "Buck-Tick Fest 2007 on Parade", the finale of the tour for the album. J covered Buck-Tick's song "Iconoclasm" for their tribute album, Parade -Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick-, which was released on December 21, 2005. Since November 9, 2005, starting with the "Break" single, J has been signed to Blowgrow a division of Avex Group. J participated in the making of South Korean musician Seo Taiji's 2004 album 7th Issue, by playing bass. Hotei later remixed J's song "Perfect World" for the "Go Crazy" single. In 2002, he played bass on the track "I Hate You" for Tomoyasu Hotei's album Scorpio Rising. J did some arranging, writing and composing work on Youjeen's albums and singles released 2001–2002, together with Franz Stahl. J later performed and toured with Zilch in 2001. In 1999, he remixed Zilch's song "Electric Cucumber" for their remix album, Bastard Eyes.
His debut album Pyromania was released on July 24 and reached number 9 on the Oricon chart. J signed with Universal Music Group in 1997 and put out his first single called "Burn Out" on June 25, which contained a cover of the Blondie hit song " Call Me". Their only material released was the song "Frozen Bug" on the sampler Dance 2 Noise 004 (the song would later be remixed by hide and put on his debut solo album Hide Your Face). In 1993, J teamed up with Inoran and X Japan guitarist hide to form the group M*A*S*S. In 2008, J played bass on five songs for the self-titled debut album of Aion leader Izumi's death metal band, The Braincase.
The members of Luna Sea later provided backing vocals on Aion's 1991 album Aionism. They went on to become very successful, having sold more than 10 million certified units in Japan, and are considered one of the most influential bands in the visual kei movement.Īs a teenager, J was a roadie for thrash metal band Aion for about two years.
In 1991, Lunacy changed their name to Luna Sea and released their first album. Career 1986–2009: Luna Sea and solo debut ĭuring middle school through high school J became good friends with Inoran, and in 1986 they formed a band called Lunacy.
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