HIZAKI

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Stage name: HIZAKI 緋咲 Birthdate: February 17th 1979 Birthplace: Shiga prefecture Height: 168 cm Weight: 56 kg Bloodtype: AB Eyesight: less than 0.1 Shoe size: 25.5 cm Clothing size: M Source of inspiration: beautiful landscapes Hobbies: jogging Likes: beautiful things Hates: feeling bad or ugly Pets: a cat (picture)        Favourite.... Bands: Dream Theater, Angra, Arch Enemy, X-JAPAN, Statovarius, Sarah Brightman, Hamasaki Ayumi... Cigarettes: Virginia Slim Rosé (previously LUCIA) Brands: Tiffany, Louis Vuitton Manga: DEATH NOTE, shoujo mangas Movie: The Lord of the Rings Idol: Fukada Kyouko Drinks: black tea, beer, red wine   Previous Blogs Since 2007 Versailles Official Website Until 2007 Princess Diary

HIZAKI starts his career in music in his home town, playing for some small local bands for leisure. The only known one at the moment is GARNET GRAVE, whose activity probably took place between 1997 and 1998.
 
In April 1999 HIZAKI formed Crack brain and some months later he got a contract with the Kyoto-based indies label CROW MUSIC. The band soon moved to Tokyo and eventually disbanded in September 2002.
 
In early 2003 HIZAKI formed Schwardix Marvally with ex-Crack brain Airi and ex-Madeth gray'll Hisui. In these years HIZAKI started playing neoclassical power metal and developed what would become his trademark sound. However, Schwardix Marvally disbanded in April 2004 due to Airi's decision to retire from the music scene.
 
HIZAKI took a break from the stage too, but kept being busy in studio recording and releasing music as a solo artist. His first two mini-albums were produced with the collaboration of several friends from the music scene. One of them, MASAKI, invited him to join SULFURIC ACID in early 2005. Guitarist TOMOZO had been the band leader since the debut in 1999, but HIZAKI promptly became a key member, composing most of the songs and heavily influencing the music style of the band.
 
In 2006 HIZAKI worked on a new solo project called HIZAKI grace project, this time with the help of HIKARU from IZABEL VAROSA on vocals and Yuu (later known as Jasmine You) on bass.This band would become HIZAKI's main project after SULFURIC ACID announced their decision to disband in October 2006.
 
The project lineup settled in November with TERU on guitar, Mikage (ex-BABYLON) on drums, Yuu on bass and Juka on vocals. The debut album was produced by ex-LAREINE KAMIJO and released under TOMOZO's label Sequence Records.
 
In the meantime HIZAKI collaborated few times with KAMIJO: he played as a support member at his solo concerts in December and also at LAREINE's last live on Halloween 2006.
 
In early 2007, HIZAKI took part to Node of Scherzo, a sort of session band which included both music performances and acting. This project saw the involvement of Kaya, Juka and KAMIJO as main characters.
 
At the debut gig of Node of Scherzo, held on May 14th, HIZAKI and KAMIJO announced they would play together in a new project. The band name revealed on March 30th was Versailles.
 
Beside working on Versailles, HIZAKI has been active as a solo artist with HIZAKI grace project and as the producer and composer of Juka's solo project. However, in late 2007 he decided to temporarily stop all his side projects in order to focus on Versailles activities.

OUTFITS

2007	2008	2008	2008	2009

2010	2010	2011

trivia

equipment

	YET UNNAMED CUSTOM MODEL main guitar since 2011   New custom model showcased at the Holy Grail Tour opening concert held at Shibuya C.C. Lemon Hall on July 17th, 2011. Bigger picture: click
	ESP HORIZON-III (HIZAKI Custom) main guitar from May 2009 to July 2011   Body: Alder Neck: Hard Maple 3P Fingerboard: Ebony, 24frets w/ white binding Scale: 25.5 inch (648mm) Joint: Neck-thru-body Bridge: Floyd Rose Pickups (neck): Seymour Duncan SH-1n Pickups (bridge): Seymour Duncan TB-5 Control: Master Volume(w/ Coil Split SW), Master Tone, Mini Toggle PU Selector Color: Pearl White Gold w/flake
	ESP HORIZON-III main guitar from 2008 to May 2009   Body: Alder Neck: Hard Maple 3P Grip Shape: Thin U Fingerboard: Ebony, 24frets Radius: 305R Scale: 25.5 inch (648mm) Nut (width): Lock nut (R2/42mm) Fret: #216 Inlay: Pearoid Offset Block Joint: Neck-thru-body Tuner: GOTOH SG360-07 Bridge: Floyd Rose Pickups (front): Seymour Duncan SH-2 Pickups (rear): custom Seymour Duncan TB-5 Control: Master Volume(w/ Coil Split SW), Master Tone, Mini Toggle PU Selector Color: Illusion Custom Bigger picture: click
	ESP BOTTOM LINE main guitar until 2008   Body: Ash (top), Mahogany (back) Neck: Hard Maple 3P Fingerboard: Ebony, 24 frets Scale: 25.5 inch (648 mm) Nut (width): Lock nut (R2/42mm) Inlay: Dot, ESP at 12th fret Joint: Neck-thru-body Bridge: Floyd Rose Pickups (front): Seymour Duncan SH-2 Pickups (rear): Seymour Duncan TB-5 Control: Master Volume, Master Tone (w/Coil Split), 3WAY Lever PU Selector Bigger picture: click
	Amp Set as of late 2008   Head: XL II R-EVO Rack: Ex-pro Wireless, KORG DTR-1, TC Electronic G-Major processor Cabinet: Brunetti Bigger picture: click 　   Accessories (picture) Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9 pedal (lead) Roland FC-200 foot controller Morley Bad Horsie WAH pedal

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CAREER

Previous Bands

    
Session bands

  
One-night session bands

 
Support member

  
Composer

 
In-depth information about HIZAKI's previous bands and side-projects are available on our sister website Tragic Serenade (currently on maintenance).
 

profile

HIZAKI Profile Card
100 question special interview.
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HIZAKI on TWITTER

HIZAKI X BLUE PLANET JAPAN

HIZAKI and TERU took part to the charity project BLUE PLANET JAPAN in 2011. The project had a concert at Shibuya O-WEST on June 25th and also released a maxi-single titled Hitotsu Dake~We Are The One~ on September 14th. PV preview and participating artist list can be read at the BLUE PLANET JAPAN Official Website.
 

perfume

 

 
Princess Stairs
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jewelry

 

 
Maihime 舞姫
bracelet ~ ￥39,800
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MAKE-UP TUTORIAL

 
 (click on the picture to see the full tutorial)
 
Taken from CURE's Style Council (June 2006)

composed songs