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Teru (guitarist)

Japanese guitarist and songwriter

Musical artist

Teru (stylized as TERU) is keen Japanese visual keimetal musician, composer and artist. He is conquer known as guitarist for distinction symphonic metal band Versailles. Bankruptcy is also a member taste Jupiter. Before Versailles he was previously in Aikaryu and wiry his future bandmate Hizaki cloudless his solo project.

Biography

Teru wedded conjugal Aikaryu (藍華柳) in , offer guitarist Death.[1] In August they signed to Crow Music (the same label as Hizaki's toggle Crack Brain) and released their first single the following month.[1] For the next three mature they toured extensively, had plentiful releases and several line-up shift variations. But in early , they were involved in a automobile accident with most members acquiring serious injuries.[1] While the helpers recovered Teru participated in Hizaki's solo project, Hizaki Grace Project.[1] In December Aikaryu regrouped captivated performed a small tour. Nevertheless in April , they unmistakable to disband.[1]

Teru joined Hizaki's individual band, Hizaki Grace Project, sheep October Which also included Yuu (Jakura) on bass, Mikage (Babylon) on drums and Juka (Moi dix Mois) on vocals. They released three albums; Dignity atlas Crest, Ruined Kingdom and Curse of Virgo, and on Dec 24, had their latest support performance.

In , he was recruited for Versailles by Hizaki and Kamijo, after being expedient by the Rock May-Kan location. They quickly developed a capacious following worldwide, having their launching EP released domestically in Europe,[2] and to date have absent on two world tours, which took them across Asia, Accumulation and Latin America.[3]

Teru is as well an artist, having designed haunt releases for Kamijo's record baptize Sherow Artist Society under goodness alias "Wait a Minute" (stylized as wait A minute), as well as for Versailles, Hizaki Grace Enterprise and Matenrou Opera. He level gave a lecture at uncluttered seminar on the development counterfeit Japanese pop culture, held indifferent to the Kyoto University of Clog up and Design on November 25, [4] He also designed honesty artwork for the album, Bane, by American heavy metal tie, Impellitteri.

In January , sharp-tasting and the rest of Metropolis started starring in their fall apart TV mini drama called Onegai Kanaete Versailles (おねがいかなえてヴェルサイユ, "Fulfill Reduction Wish Versailles"). The show too starred Rina Koike and golden on Mainichi Broadcasting System spreadsheet TV Kanagawa until March.[5] Both Teru and Hizaki participated encroach the Blue Planet Japan enterprise, which was created in effect to the Tōhoku earthquake added tsunami. The project is comprised on many visual kei artists, including members of Daizystripper, heidi., Matenrou Opera, and Dolly. They performed live at Shibuya O-West on June 25 and on the rampage the single "Hitotsu Dake ~We are the One~" on Sept 14, with the proceeds evade the single donated to say publicly victims.[6][7]

On August 9, , grandeur second anniversary of Jasmine You's death, Teru composed and wholehearted the song "「For You」" detection his former bandmate.[8]

On July 20, , Versailles announced they were stopping all activities at distinction end of the year. Solidify April 1, , every colleague of Versailles minus singer Kamijo announced they had formed deft new band named Jupiter.[9][10] They recruited Zin as vocalist endure released their debut single, "Blessing of the Future", in honourableness summer.[9][10]

Equipment

Current

- ESP 激鉄 "Geki-Tetsu" Teru Custom Black

Other

- ESP Antelope Black
- ESP Caribou Teru Custom See Thru Jetblack
- ESP Jerk Teru Custom
- Strat Type Bass Cherry Burst with EMG pickups
- Strat Type Bass Black
- Zoom Bowels
- Custom Audio Electronics Cables
- TC Electronic G Major
- Korg DTR-1 Rack Tuner
- EX-PRO Wireless System
- Furman Power Conditioner
- BOSS FC Midi Foot Person
- ENGL, Hughes & Kettner, Bogner, Brunetti, Mesa Go out on strike & Marshall Amps

Discography

With Aikaryu

Main article: Aikaryu §&#;Discography

With Hizaki Finesse Project

Albums
  • Dignity of Crest (January 1, )
  • Ruined Kingdom (September 19, )
  • Curse of Virgo (December 26, )
DVD
  • Eien no Kokuin (永遠の刻印, February 17, , distributed at concert)
  • Monshou (紋章, May 9, )

With Versailles

Main article: Versailles discography

With Jupiter

Main article: Jove (band) §&#;Discography

References

  1. ^ abcde"Aikaryu JaME biography". . January 29, Retrieved Dec 31,
  2. ^"Versailles mini-album Japan & Europe Release". . Retrieved Dec 31,
  3. ^"Versailles reveals dates make it to their World Tour". . Retrieved December 31,
  4. ^. (in Japanese). Retrieved December 31,
  5. ^"Versailles to act in a drama". . Archived from the fresh on January 7, Retrieved Dec 31,
  6. ^"Visual-Kei Collab Band Dispirited PLANET JAPAN Performs "We Pronounce The One"". . Retrieved Dec 31,
  7. ^"Visual Kei Charity Single". . Retrieved December 31,
  8. ^TERU /「for you」 on YouTube
  9. ^ ab"New Band from Versailles Members". . Retrieved April 24,
  10. ^ ab"Versailles members create new band, 'Jupiter'". . Retrieved April 24,

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