Monthly Archives: February 2010

It was announced yesterday that Kiki would be withdrawing from band activities with Hi:BRiD. There is an official comment on the site as well as a message from Kiki and a conjoined message from the other three members also.

An important announcement for everyone,

Thank you for always being supportive of Hi:BRiD.
We have an important announcement for you all.

After our live on March 27th, our guitarist Kiki will be leaving the band.
Our decision is a result of much discussion, and in respect to Kiki’s request [to leave the band], however, we deeply apologize to everyone for the worry and the trouble.

There isn’t a lot of time left with the remaining line-up, however, we hope that you can continue to support us in the same way you have been been.

February 27th, 2010

Kiki’s Comment about his decision to leave:

First, I want to say that I am truly sorry about the sudden announcement and for troubling those of you who are always supporting me.

It hasn’t even been a year yet since Hi:BRiD started activities, and we’re still young… I’d been doing support for them since last March, and became an official member in June.

I used to think that the four of us had to keep on working hard, expand our activities, and unifiy music, but I feel that even in this short amount of time, there’s been a gap growing between my own thoughts and feeling on how the band’s activities should be done… and the music I want to make.

Although, those are my own personal, selfish troubles, and even though I’ve opened up the lid on my feelings, I kept on going with the band, I think I’d feel this way again. So, I had many discussions with the members who are continuing to work their hardest, who I didn’t want to be rude to, and to our office… and have decided that on March 27th I will be leaving Hi:BRiD.

If you ask me, JILL is like my always funny older brother, Zero is someone who can rely on, who doesn’t lose his cool no matter what happens, and Kisara is the always lovely, mood maker… I am truly grateful that I was able to meet these amazing members and work in a band with them.

I’m not sure if I’ll continue on in music after this….
When I feel like I really want to do something, I’ll do whatever it takes to head in that direction.

I am truly sorry to all of your who support me that things have come to be leaving the band…

Hi:BRiD will continue on with more and more activities, and I’ll be glad if they’ll me keep up with them.

There aren’t many lives left that I’ll be taking part in, but I don’t want things to end on a sad note, so I hope that we can make these last lives even better than before.

I’ve only been in the band a short time, but to all of the fans who support us, to everyone concerned with the band, and of course to JILL, Zero and Kisara… I truly thank you.

JILL, Zero and Kisara’s comment on the OHP was as follows:

Although it’s sudden, on March 27th Kiki will be leaving the band.

At the beginning of January, we were told about KikI’s intentions. After that, we had numerous discussions, and from the outcome of those we realized that our feelings on the type of music we want to do, and also the roads that we want to take have become divided.

For this reason, we had to keep facing our feelings, and be honest about it no matter what.

However, time isn’t something that waits for you, so with everyone’s troubles, we arrived at this decision.

There’s only a little time left [with Kiki in the band], but we hope that we can reveal only the soud of the four of us, and even if it’s one person or many people, we want to be burned in the memory of your eyes and ears.

Finally, to all of the fans who have been supporting us, we are truly sorry that it seems as if we have betrayed you.

Source: OHP