Yukihiro (musician)
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| Also known as | yukihiro, YUKIHIRO |
| Born | November 24, 1968 |
| Origin | Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan |
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| Labels | Ki/oon Records/Tracks On Drugs |
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yukihiro (previously stylized as YUKIHIRO, born November 24, 1968 in Ichikawa, Chiba) is a Japanese musician, best known as drummer of the rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel. He also sings and plays bass for his solo project, Acid Android. Before joining L'Arc-en-Ciel he was in the popular visual kei bands Zi:Kill and Die in Cries.
yukihiro was born on November 24, 1968 in Ichikawa, near Tokyo. His father is a company worker, and his mother is a kimono-wearing instructor. He has a younger sister.
yukihiro has stated that he had as ordinary a childhood as any other kid, never questioning his destined path of going to school, graduating to a university, and ultimately becoming a white-collar salaryman. But he loved music, both Japanese and American, from heavy metal to pop. He was also a good short-track athlete in junior high school. However, he was kicked out from his athletics club for skipping daily training.
When he entered high school, he started to play the drums and immediately decided to be a professional rock musician. Once he made the decision, he told his parents that he was leaving school because it was of no use to him. His parents forbade this, thus he continued his education while devoting himself mostly to rock music.
During his university days (he left The Chiba University of Commerce), he joined Zi:Kill, one of the rising visual kei rock groups of the time.
Zi:Kill signed a recording contract with Toshiba EMI in 1990. However, during the recording of their major debut, there was infighting and ultimately yukihiro was fired after a show in December. He then formed a band named Optic Nerve with guitarist Shin Murohime.
In 1991, he joined Shin's band Die in Cries, who released their debut album Nothing to Revolution that same year. They became quite popular and even had a performance at the Nippon Budokan in 1994. However, yukihiro became frustrated with the band. He later stated that Die in Cries was caught in the heavy metal niche, especially its singer Kyo (D'erlanger). yukihiro wrote some songs for the band, but they were rejected because of their style. Some of these songs, "Trick" and "L'heure" were later recorded by L'Arc-en-Ciel in 1999.
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