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  • Interview with L~Lotus~

    L~Lotus~ is a five-piece band comprising of three ex. as milk members – 蓮華 (Renka) on vocals, saki and Takayuki on guitars, masato on bass, and YUJI on drums. They officially began their activities on March 6th and have released three digital singles to date: 「worry」 on May 19th, 「snow」 on May 26th, and 「tree」 on June 2nd. The members of L~Lotus~ sat down with us to answer a couple of questions, so give it a read to get to know them better! We’d like to thank JapanFiles... Read→

  • Interview with -LEON-

    -LEON- is a five-piece band from Gunma comprising of Yuji on vocals, Shin and Koya on guitars, Yamato on bass, and Masashi on drums. Mixing Asian cultural influences with visual rock, -LEON- has a heavy, modern sound with a distinct, ethereal flavor. On December 13th, the band released their first three track mini-album, 「REGULUS」 along with a PV for their song, 「Kokou ni Tou Tsuioku no Kagen no Tsuki」. The members of -LEON- took time to answer a few of our questions, so take a read through... Read→

  • Interview with GLACIER

    GLACIER is a five-member group from Okinawa, comprising of Makoto on vocals, Nao on lead guitar, Koujirou on rhythm guitar, Aki on bass, and Yuuki on drums. The band formed in July 2007 and made their major debut a year later on July 23rd. They have released a full album and six singles to date with their seventh single, 「愛の降る街」 (Ai no Furu Machi) which is the third installment of a 7-month digital release project, coming out on June 30th through JapanFiles and on iTunes. The members... Read→

  • Interview with O-PARTS

    O-PARTS is a two-man unit that started in June of 2009, formed by vocalist sho-ka (ex. Vogus Image) and bassist Jun (GaGaaalinG, ex. WAIVE). On August 20th, they released their first maxi-single entitled 「向日葵」 (Himawari) which included four tracks, all of which made it into the top ten of the Oricon Indies ranking. On May 26th, their second maxi-single, 「煌[kou]」 was released and will be available through JapanFiles from June 6th. Both sho-ka and Jun took time out of their busy schedules... Read→

  • Interview with Kaya

    In 2002, Kaya made his vocal debut in the Mana produced two-man unit, Schwarz Stein. In 2004, Schwarz Stein disbanded, and departing from the label the band was signed to, Kaya became a free singer. Using “aesthetics” as his main theme, Kaya conducts his activities with the goals of “the revolution of the aesthetic senses” and the “liberation of sexuality” in mind, and manages his own lyrics, CD jacket designs, make-up and costume designs as well as the organization... Read→

  • Interview with born

    born is a five member band that began together under RENNY AMY, which was active from August 2005, until December 31st, 2006. Shortly after, the same five members created D&L, and eventually changed their name to ‘born’ on April 9th, 2008 with the sponsored event at Takadanobaba AREA called “born presents 「bug scremo vol.01」”. About a week later, they released their first demonstration single, entitled 「Dust pain」, which was followed by the tour, 「Abnormal skin’s」. Since... Read→

  • Interview with Satsuki

    砂月-Satsuki- began his solo career on February 14th, 2009, after spending seven years as the vocalist for RENTRER EN SOI. His first solo release, 「AWAKE」 came out via his online shop on May 9th, and that month he also started his 「AWAKENING TO MOONLIGHT」 tour, which even made a stop in Los Angeles, California. His next release, 「CRYSTAL」 was out on August 21st, which was followed by his 「PEER INTO YOUR CRYSTAL HEART」 tour, where he preformed in both Tokyo and Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Read→

New band – One★Star
Posted on September 1, 2010 in Instore, New band, New release, Tour

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ワン★スター (One★Star) is a fairly new band, which has recently joined Shimizuya Records (a label of Lycaon and Re:dis). The members of the band are:

Vocal: トライチ (Toraichi) || ex. Fuzylog.
Guitar: ロミオ (Romeo) || ex. Fuzylog.
Guitar: ひえ (Hie) || ex. Fate → Fuzylog.
Bass: マキ (Maki) || ex. Fuzylog.
Drums: 真也 (Shinya)

They’re going to release their first single on October 6th. It will be entitled 「MIRACLE MUSIC SHOWTIME」 and will be sold for 1600 yen. The tracklist is as follows:

01. destiny THE PARTY
02. MIRACLE MUSIC SHOWTIME
03. absolution
04. hey!OK COMPUTER

To commemorate the release they’ll hold several instore events:

October 30th @ Like an Edison Nagoya
October 31st @ Ash-LD
November 13th @ Like an Edison Tokyo
November 22nd @ GURUGURU
November 28th @ Like an Edison Osaka

Furthermore, they will participate in a coupling tour called 『Friend Ship Vol.2』, together with DragonWAPPPPPPER, MoNoLith, Arc and Re:dis. The tour is organized by Shimizuya Records and the schedule looks as follows:

Date: November 14th @ Takadanobaba AREA
Performing: ワン★スター (One★Star), 東京ミカエル。(Tokyo Michael), Re:dis, MoNoLith, DragonWAPPPPPPER, SOMATIC GUARDIAN, アイギス (Aigis), OUROBOROS

Date: November 15th @ Urawa Narciss
Performing: ワン★スター (One★Star), 東京ミカエル。(Tokyo Michael), Re:dis, MoNoLith, DragonWAPPPPPPER, SOMATIC GUARDIAN, アイギス (Aigis), XI〜サイ〜

Date: November 16th @ Sendai HooK
Performing: ワン★スター (One★Star), 東京ミカエル。(Tokyo Michael), Re:dis, MoNoLith, DragonWAPPPPPPER, Arc, アイギス (Aigis), Sting-Lay

Date: November 18th @ Morioka Club Change WAVE
Performing: ワン★スター (One★Star), 東京ミカエル。(Tokyo Michael), Re:dis, MoNoLith, DragonWAPPPPPPER, Arc, Sting-Lay, Lycaon

Date: November 20th @ Sapporo MESSE HALL
Performing: ワン★スター (One★Star), 東京ミカエル。(Tokyo Michael), Re:dis, DragonWAPPPPPPER, Abyss Cord, Lycaon

Date: November 21st @ Sapporo MESSE HALL
Performing: ワン★スター (One★Star), 東京ミカエル。(Tokyo Michael), Re:dis, DragonWAPPPPPPER, MoNoLith, ハルシオン (Halsion), Lycaon

Date: November 24th @ Niigata JUNKBOXmini
Performing: ワン★スター (One★Star), 東京ミカエル。(Tokyo Michael), Re:dis, DragonWAPPPPPPER, MoNoLith, Sting-Lay

Date: November 25th @ Kanazawa AZ
Performing: ワン★スター (One★Star), 東京ミカエル。(Tokyo Michael), Re:dis, DragonWAPPPPPPER, MoNoLith, M, Lycaon

Date: November 27th @ Nagoya HeartLand
Performing: ワン★スター (One★Star), 東京ミカエル。(Tokyo Michael), Re:dis, DragonWAPPPPPPER, MoNoLith, Arc, アイギス (Aigis), Sting-Lay, お遊戯ゎが魔々団×【PaRADEiS】(Oyuugi Wagamama-dan x 【PaRADEiS】)

Date: November 29th @ Nishikujou BrandNew
Performing: ワン★スター (One★Star), 東京ミカエル。(Tokyo Michael), Re:dis, DragonWAPPPPPPER, MoNoLith, アイギス (Aigis), Sting-Lay, Jackman

Date: November 30th @ Okayama CRAZYMAMA 2nd Room
Performing: ワン★スター (One★Star), 東京ミカエル。(Tokyo Michael), Re:dis, DragonWAPPPPPPER, MoNoLith, アイギス (Aigis), Arc, Scarlett, Lycaon

Date: December 1st @ Kouchi X-pt.
Performing: ワン★スター (One★Star), 東京ミカエル。(Tokyo Michael), Re:dis, DragonWAPPPPPPER, MoNoLith, アイギス (Aigis), Arc, Scarlett, ヴェルテクス-Vertex-, Lycaon

Date: December 2nd @ Fukuoka Drum Son
Performing: ワン★スター (One★Star), Re:dis, DragonWAPPPPPPER, MoNoLith, Arc, Scarlett

Date: December 4th @ Gifu club-G
Performing: ワン★スター (One★Star), Re:dis, DragonWAPPPPPPER, MoNoLith, Arc, アイギス (Aigis), Lycaon

Date: December 5th @ Shizuoka Sunash
Performing: ワン★スター (One★Star), Re:dis, DragonWAPPPPPPER, MoNoLith, Arc, アイギス (Aigis), ZELGYER, Lycaon

Source: OHP, vkdb

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DragonWAPPPPPPER’s new single and sponsored event
Posted on August 8, 2010 in Event, New release

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Certainly good news for DragonWAPPPPPPER fans!

The band is going to release a new single on November. 「ACT」 will come out in two types on November 3rd. Limited edition will have two tracks + a bonus DVD and costs 1,890 yen, when regular edition will have three tracks and costs 1,575 yen. Both editions will include a trading card, one of six different kinds.

To promote the single they will also have a sponsored event 「Triangle Prism Vol.3」 at Ikebukuro Black Hole on October 22nd. Tickets will cost 3,000 in advance and 3,500 yen at the door. Artist performing are DragonWAPPPPPPER, ALiBi and 東京ミカエル (Tokyo Michael).

Source: OHP

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Twitter update
Posted on June 15, 2010 in Twitter

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Thanks to NATSU子 and jane_cutieh for sending a couple of these our way!

Twitter keeps on exploding in the visual band world, so if you’re a fan of any of these artists, follow them to keep up with what they’re doing!

Ayabie’s Aoi @ aoi_official

ALiBi’s Kai @ alibikai

DragonWAPPPPPPER’s vivi☆ @ vivi_rocker

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New single for DragonWAPPPPPPER
Posted on May 30, 2010 in New release, Release, Track Listing

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Here’s some details of DragonWAPPPPPPER’s third part of 3-months consecutive single releases!「CH:LD」 will be released June 9th and costs 1,260 yen. You can listen sample of 「LINK」 here on their OHP. Tracklist is as follows:
01. LINK
02. CHILD
03. YES&NO

They are also having an instore event same day as the single is released. Location is Jishuban Club and event starts at 18:30.

Source: Jishuban Club, OHP

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New bassist for DragonWAPPPPPPER
Posted on May 27, 2010 in New member

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DragonWAPPPPPPER have announced that 渚 (Nagisa), who has been doing support for them since the end of April, has become an official member of the band!

He is now known as NagisA, and you can find his new blog here: http://ameblo.jp/dwp-nagisa/

Source: vkdb, OHP, Nagisa’s Old Blog

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First oneman for DragonWAPPPPPPER
Posted on April 18, 2010 in Oneman

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DragonWAPPPPPPER have just announced that they will be holding their first oneman live soon! It will take place on the 7th of July at Shibuya o-crest under the title 『CHAPTER∞』.

There is an interesting thing going on with the ticket prices though. A normal ticket costs 2000 yen in advance and 2500 yen at the door. However, for 3000 yen spent in advance you can get two tickets!

Source: OHP

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Details on DragonWAPPPPPPER’s new singles
Posted on March 12, 2010 in New release, Track Listing

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As mentioned some time ago, DragonWAPPPPPPER are planning the 3-months consecutive single releases. There are more details about first two:

The first one will be entitled 「Jam」 and go on sale on the 26th of March for 1260 yen. It will contain 3 tracks:

01. ☆T[start]
02. SPARK
03. Jam audio background

The second single will be released on the 28th of April under the title 「βιце」 (Blue). It will also cost 1260 yen.

You can listen to one sample from 「Jam」 on the band’s OHP. What do you think about it?

Source: Brand-X, OHP

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GTR leaves DragonWAPPPPPPER
Posted on February 24, 2010 in Departure

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Thanks to everyone who sent this in!
GTR has announced that he will be leaving DragonWAPPPPPPER after their performance on March 2nd.

The band has posted the following announcement regarding the news:

Thank you for continuously supporting DragonWAPPPPPPER.

Today, we have an important annoucement for everyone.

Our live on March 2nd at Shibuya BOXX will be the last for our bassist GTR, as he has decided to leave the band.

This is a result of numerous discussions regarding the band’s future activities. All of the members came to this decision after realizing that there is a gap between us that cannot be repaired.

We are sorry for the unexpected announcement and we wanted to tell you what was going on with the band, however, this is for the sake of both the band’s and GTR’s futures, so we hope that you can understand.

Now, both GTR and DragonWAPPPPPPER will be walking down different paths, but hopefully you can continue to support us both.

February 24th, 2010
All of the members of DragonWAPPPPPPER

In his blog, GTR followed the announcement with the following:

I’m really sorry that this was announced so suddenly.

As a result of numerous discussions, I have decided to leave the band after our live on March 2nd at Shibuya BOXX.

After March 2nd, I’ll write more about what I’m going to be doing in the future.

DragonWAPPPPPPER GTR

Source: GTR’s Blog

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DragonWAPPPPPPER news
Posted on February 10, 2010 in Lives, New release

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First of all, DragonWAPPPPPPer have announced a 3-months consecutive single release campaign. The first single is going to be entitled 「Jam」 and be released on the 24th of March. It will be sold normally in shops, in contrast to their previous live-sold only releases.

Secondly, the band has planned a 2days 2man lives. We don’t know who the second band is yet, but both gigs are going to take place on the 13th and 14th of April at Ikebukuro BlackHole. The tickets are going to cost 2500 yen when bought in advance and 3000 at the door. Those who attend will get a special priviledge.

Source: OHP

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Nega fifth anniversary live event
Posted on January 27, 2010 in Event, Lives

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ネガ (Nega) announced that they will be holding an event on April 30th, 2010 at Shibuya O-WEST to celebrate their fifth anniversary. Entitled 「The Counting Song of the XXX 」 performing along with Nega will be spiv states, 平成維新 (Heisei Ishin), ケミカルピクチャーズ (Chemical Pictures), 己龍 (Kiryuu), ベルベット (VelBet), DragonWAPPPPPPER, Zip.er, amber gris, and LuLu. Tickets will cost 3500 yen in advance and 4000 the day of and go on sale February 6th. Those who come to see Nega will be given a present at the live!

Source: UCP OHP

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Shyena moves on with V-last
Posted on December 9, 2009 in New band

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Shyena (ex DragonWAPPPPPPER) now has a brand new band! They are called V-last and they have their very first live on December 11th at Shibuya O-West. They are busy guys and have a few lives lined up into the next year, including an event with PS Company Indie on January 10th with bands like ViViD, Virgil, Serial Number and xTRiPx.

Their home page opened today and the members and look was revealed. What do you think?

V-last

(thanks to comments below)
Vocals: Shyena ex.DragonWAPPPPPPER
Guitar: HIRO ex.Vega
Guitar: yoshi ex.Vega
Bass: yukiha ex.NOIR
Drums: MAKO ex.Vega

There is also a staff blog you can follow on ameba over here.

Source: vkdb, HP

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Aki’s birthday event!
Posted on November 20, 2009 in Event

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Remember this last year? Well Aki’s birthday is coming up December 8th and the event is happening again. This time its called Aki Birth Day Party「FUN TO FAN」-RETURNS-. The cast list for the event includes Seven, -OZ-, ALiBi, ν(NEU) and guests like SKULL and Dragon and DragonWAPPPPPPER!!

The event is on Tuesday, December 8th! Don’t forget to wish him happy birthday next month over here.

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Source: Loop Ash HP

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DragonWAPPPPPPER news!
Posted on November 8, 2009 in New release, News, Tour

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There are finally some good news from DragonWAPPPPPPER news! First of all, they’re going to release a premium single entitled 「♭A♭Y♪」on the 17th of January 2010. It will cost 1260 yen and be sold only at their live in Takadanobaba AREA on that day, which is also Koumei’s birthday!

Secondly, the band has posted details on their new tour 「Friend Ship 2010」! It’s a coupling tour with bands such as Ap(r)il ダウナー (Downer)「東京指定」 (Tokyo Shitei) ジュリエット (Juliette). The details such as dates have already been given by Adrienne here in a post about Juliette, don’t forget to check it out!

Source: OHP, Visunavi

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Tour for DragonWapppppper
Posted on October 10, 2009 in Blog, Costumes, Tour

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We already told you guys about DragonWapppppper’s new singer here. They also updated the site with his look and a new group picture! They all look so colorful and happy XD So far the profiles are not clickable but I am sure they will update with that soon!

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They have a mini tour going on with their new singer so I hope some of their fans can catch them and let us know how their new vocals fit in!

Tour Dates
October 19th – Takadanobaba AREA
November 3rd – Meguro LIVE STATION (2MAN with ALiBi)
December 8th – Niigata JUNK BOX (LOOP ASH EVENT: Aki’s Birthday. With -OZ- NEU, Zip.er and ALiBi)
December 18th -  Namba ROCKETS (With NEU, Juliette and DOWNER)
December 19th – Nagoya (With NEU, Juliette and DOWNER again)
December 22nd – Sendai MACANA (3MAN with MoNoLith and SCAPEGOAT)
December 23rd – Takadanobaba Area
January  7th – Shibuya O-EAST/O-WEST

Also if you want to keep up with Shyena, you can now follow his new blog and site.

Sources: HP, Shyena blog

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DragonWAPPPPPPER’s important announcement
Posted on October 8, 2009 in New member

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As we talked about here, on August 27th DragonWAPPPPPPER lost their vocalist shyena.

Today at their live, the band had an important announcement.

That announcement, was that they would be welcoming a new vocalist to their ranks! The newest member of the band is うめ (Ume) who was previously the vocalist in ArecsiA and Michel Douglas. He’s also going by ‘koUME’ now.

His profile is not yet available on the site, but he did post about it in his blog.

Source: vkdb, Ume’s Blog

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Threeman and first in Sendai
Posted on September 26, 2009 in Event

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Scapegoat will be having their first Sendai Performance, as well as a threeman live on December 22nd at Sendai MACANA.

The threeman is sponsored by MoNoLith, is called 「Tour 09 – 【PRAY】er’s HIDE OUT」 and features MoNoLith, Scapegoat and DragonWAPPPPPPER.

Tickets cost 2500 yen a piece.

Source: Scapegoat OHP

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DragonWAPPPPPPER loses shyena
Posted on September 2, 2009 in Departure, Translation

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Thanks to Mira for the heads up on this!

The following message is posted on the DragonWAPPPPPPER OHP:

As of our performance on August 27th, our vocalist shyena ★ has left the band due to personal reasons.

We plan to carry out the lives that we currently have scheduled with the remaining members. However, we will have to postpone the release of the mini-album, 「Love-Pod」 that was scheduled for September 30th.

We deeply apologize to our fans, and everyone connected with the band for the trouble.

Even though this was a sudden announcement, this is not shyena turning his back on the members, but instead a decision that everyone feels is for the best.

Although DragonWAPPPPPPER is now only four people, we will continue to accelerate, so please continue to support us.

vivi / fumiyoshi / GTR / P / The Staff

Following the news, shyena★ posted the following entry in his blog regarding his decision to leave:

It’s a sudden announcement, but as of September 3rd, due to “personal reason” I have left the band.

I’m very sorry to all my fans.

And even though the nine months of activity in the band was a short time, from the bottom of my heart, I want to tell all my fans who have supported me, and all of the members, “thank you”.

It was a short time, but for me it was they were nine months that I truly loved, and for years to come it will still be like everyone is with me.

From hereon in both me and DragonWAPPPPPPER will be walking down different paths, but please continue to support the DragonWAPPPPPPER that I love just as you have been.

This is the end, but each of the members are truly wonderful people, and working together with them is something that I will never forget.

9.3 from shyena

A bit of discrepancy in the dates, but hopefully the band will be able to find someone to replace him.

Source: OHP, shyena’s Blog

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ALiBi’s twoman extravaganza
Posted on August 24, 2009 in Event

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Along with the twoman live they’re doing with ClearVeil that we talked about here, ALiBi has almost a whole month worth of twoman shows coming up later this year!

The twoman shows kick off with a twoman tour featuring both ALiBi and Juliette called 「ワンダーデート」 (Wonder Date):
October 16th @ ell.SIZE
October 18th @ Osaka Shinkagura
November 1st @ Meguro LIVE STATION

Then they have six more with various artists:
Jewel VS ALiBi – 「Jewely Night Date」
November 2nd @ Meguro LIVE STATION

DragonWAPPPPPPER VS ALiBi – 「～OROCHI～ALB & DWP ver.」
November 3rd @ Meguro LIVE STATION

SOMATIC GUARDIAN VS ALiBi – 「愛のバクダンデート」 (Ai no Bakudan Date)
November 4th @ Meguro LIVE STATION

LiZ VS ALiBi – 「DEEP IMPACT DATE」
November 5th @ Meguro LIVE STATION

Virgil vs ALiBi – 「御主人様とLoveデート☆」 (Goshujinsama to Love Date)
November 6th @ Meguro LIVE STATION

ClearVeil VS ALiBi – 「Clearly date」
November 7th @ Meguro LIVE STATION

Source: ALiBi OHP

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random fact of the day
Posted on July 26, 2009 in Random Fact

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At one time, Nono claimed his favorite animal was a koala! Okay, I agree that koalas are cute and cuddly but…wouldn’t he rather have a bunny to cuddle with? What are your favorite animals?

I totally whore myself out to those who want to cuddle me!

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Ninjaman Japan
Posted on June 3, 2009 in New band, Oneman

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Look out! Here comes yet another new band! This one is called Ninjaman Japan (ニンジャマンジャパン) They are composed of some familiar faces and formed just the other day on June 1st. There’s no official photo as of yet, but I will introduce the members of this band:

Vo.— SARINO (Annie’s Black, ex-TINC/Shelly Trip Realize)
Gt.— Lida (Dacco、Psycho le Cemu)
Gt.— Nono(Dragon WAPPPPPPER, ex-ν)、
Ba.— Metal(Yoshida Metal/Gekidan Shinkansen)
Dr.— AKI (plu’to/p*route/GAM)

They plan on having their first oneman on August 7th at LIVE HOUSE FEVER

ohp: http://www.ninjaman-japan.com/

source: bma, ohp

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