HIZAKI

HIZAKI

Profile
Aliases	緋咲
Date of birth	February 17th, 1979
Birthplace	Shiga, Kyoto
Bloodtype	AB
Height	5'5 ft (169 cm)
Activity
Years active	1997 - present
Current band	Versailles Jupiter
Occupation	Guitarist, Bassist, Producer
Instruments	Guitar, Bass, Programming
Website	http://hizaki.syncl.jp

HIZAKI (緋咲) is a Japanese musician known for being the guitarist and co-founder of the Visual Kei Symphonic Metal band Versailles, as well as Jupiter and his solo project HIZAKI grace project.

He has been considered one of the most recognized guitarists and exponents of the current Visual Kei scene, mainly due to his technic as a guitarist closer to European metal, being mostly influenced by western heavy, power and neoclassical metal bands and guitarists.

Biography[]

Hizaki was born on February 17, 1979 in Shiga Prefecture, Kyoto. From his early years, he developed a taste for classical music, which generated in him the need to start playing the violin. However, his parents refused to let him play the instrument as well as the piano.

As time went by, when he was in elementary school, his older brother acquired a guitar with which he used to practice. Hizaki mentions that when he played it for the first time, he "dove into music."

While he started playing the guitar, he began to compose his own songs, because according to him, he was bothered by playing other people's songs. Influenced by bands like LOUDNESS and X Japan, he continued practicing in a self-taught way.

His life in high school was somewhat gloomy, since he felt alone from not having people with similar tastes to his and the difficulty of joining school bands, mainly because his level of practice was already more advanced than the rest of his classmates.

At some point during this period of time Hizaki considered quitting playing the guitar, but after graduating he began to attend different live houses in Kyoto, places where he was finally able to meet people with whom he could agree musically and who returned to him his motivation to continue playing the guitar.

Band history[]

GARNET GRAVE - 1997 ~ 1998
Crack brain - April 1999 ~ September 21st 2002
Schwardix Marvally - March 2003 ~ April 17th 2004
SULFURIC ACID - July 2005 ~ October 8th 2006
HIZAKI grace project [solo project] - 2006 ~ 2007
HIZAKI [solo project] - 2004 ~ July 2005, 2015 ~ present
Versailles - March 30th 2007 ~ December 2012, 2016 ~ present
Jupiter - April 1st 2013 ~ present

Session bands[]

BURNING FIRE - October 2004 ~ January 2005
Node of Scherzo - 2007 ~ 2008
KAMIJO & Sherow Artist Society オールスターズセッションバンド (KAMIJO & Sherow Artist Society All Star Session Band) - a session band that played at the UNDER CODE PRODUCTION session event held at Shibuya O-WEST on September 1st 2008. The lineup was made of members of 摩天楼オペラ and Versailles. KAMIJO, TERU, Anzi, yo and yu played People=Shit (Slipknot). After that KAMIJO, sono, HIZAKI, Anzi, Jasmine You, ayame and YUKI played alkaloid showcase (摩天楼オペラ). The last song played was The Red Carpet Day (Versailles), by KAMIJO, sono, HIZAKI, TERU, Jasmine You, YUKI and yu.
HIZAKI session - this group will perform at Shibuya REX on December 23, 2014. Lineup includes 葵 (葵-168-) on vocals, HIZAKI and KEN (ex-D-SHADE) on guitars, NAOKI (ex-Kagrra,) on bass, and Aki (Lc5) on drums.

As support member[]

LAREINE - Live Guitar (October 31, 2006)
KAMIJO - Live Guitar (December 2006)
Juka - Live Guitar (March 2007 ~ July 2007), Studio Guitar (March 2007 ~ October 2007), Studio Bass (March 2007)