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RIP REITA of the GazettE
A great Japanese musician and legendary Harajuku style icon has passed away. There was no band more popular with Harajuku visual kei fans of the 2005-2010 era. The famous Jingubashi bridge was full of REITA/GazettE cosplayers every weekend back then. RIP 🖤🖤🖤🖤
Official Announcement From The Band
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He’s like my childhood hero you know? 14 years old and being obsessed with gazette. Admiring and looking up to them. Who would have thought that 10 years later, one of my heroes would suddenly pass away? It’s just so shocking and incredibly saddening.
I hope he knew the impact he made on all of us. That we loved him so much and that he will be remembered. I hope his soul is resting at peace.
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Imagine waking up to news that one of your favorite musicians has suddenly passed away.
the GazettE has always been my favorite visual kei band and among the five of them, I always like Reita the most. They were a huge part of my teenage days in high school and university. When I first created a Facebook account in 2008ish, all my profile pictures were Reita's photos.
In high school, me and my sister used to check Wikipedia for the list of their songs and check then one by one in YouTube. If we like it, we manually save the mp3 no matter how horrid the audio quality is because we don't know how to officially access Japanese songs. We still even kept that "Gazerock is not dead" shirts even though it's just an imitation.
Even though I'm no longer following visual kei, the GazettE always have a special place in my heart and I was happy to see them thriving more and more. I can even easily listen to their songs officially now since they're on Spotify.
So seeing this news our of the blue is... I don’t even know how to process this and I can't imagine how the other four members are feeling right now.
I didn't expect I will say something like this so soon and it pains me to do it, but rest in peace, Reita-san. Thank you so much for everything.
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…. Rest in peace Reita… you left too soon from this world.
I don’t know the reason for this sudden deafening departure, and for such sadness…. Regardless if I know the reason or not, you will be dearly missed. You were one of the most talented, spirited, and iconic Visual Kei/Rock Bassist and musician of an era. Thank you for bringing so much energy into my life since 2010, alongside your bandmates that you called your brothers.
We will always be beside The GazettE and will support them so that your last wish before you left this world will be protected dearly.
Thank you for being a part of The GazettE, for creating powerful music that changed so many generations and gave us the confidence to be ourselves and express ourselves. Thank you for being part of my life for over 14 years.
Rest well, you worked hard. But most importantly, I hope that you were able to enjoy your 42 years of life with happiness and celebrations.
🕊️🕊️✨
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holy shit… Reita. I’m heartbroken. At a loss for words. Rest in peace. It’s so incredibly hard to process this..
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When I saw the "important notice" on the GazettE's twitter my heart sank and I expected a disbanding-announcement. But Reita's death... wow... this is just shocking...
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yeah I'm just gonna log off like I'm actually crying so damn much seeing your beautiful farewell messages to him.
Rest in Peace Acchan
A huge loss. The world has lost an icon. I'm shocked and heartbroken.
#this is like an indescribable pain and loss#you guys know I always have a lot to say but this... no I can't find the words for this loss#we will miss him so much#so so so so much
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BUCK-TICK's Atsushi Sakurai Passes Away at 57 Due to Brainstem Hemorrhage
An Emotional Farewell to the Iconic Vocalist During a Fan Club-Exclusive Performance
The music world is in mourning as Atsushi Sakurai, the charismatic vocalist of the iconic Japanese rock band BUCK-TICK, passed away unexpectedly at the age of 57. The devastating news was officially confirmed, marking a sudden and shocking end to the artist's three-and-a-half-decade-long career.
On the fateful night of October 19th, Sakurai was performing at the fan-club exclusive event "BUCK-TICK FISH TANKer's ONLY 2023" at KT Zepp Yokohama in Kanagawa. Unfortunately, due to his deteriorating health, the performance had to be halted. Despite being rushed to the hospital, Sakurai could not be saved and passed away at 23:09 due to a brainstem hemorrhage. The family, respecting their privacy in this trying time, conducted a private funeral. However, according to the band's management, a memorial to honor Sakurai will be organized at a later date.
BUCK-TICK, composed of Atsushi Sakurai, Hisashi Imai (Guitar), Hidehiko Hoshino (Guitar), Yutaka Higuchi (Bass), and Toll Yagami (Drums), debuted in 1987. They rose to fame in 1988 with the hit single « JUST ONE MORE KISS », propelling them to national stardom. Celebrating their 35th anniversary this year, the band had just hosted a grand anniversary concert in their hometown of Gunma in September. They were just commencing their 36th year in the music industry when this tragic incident occurred.
Sakurai's untimely demise has sent shockwaves through the fan community and the music industry at large. It's a loss that leaves a void difficult to fill. The late singer was renowned for his mesmerizing vocals and enigmatic stage presence, qualities that have touched the lives of countless fans globally. His voice will forever resonate in the hearts of those who admired him. While the band's future remains uncertain, Sakurai's rich legacy ensures that he will continue to inspire generations to come.
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I'm going to miss his smile and his gentle presence so much I really don't have words. I hope I never forget the way some of his words resonated so deeply. It hurts so much right now it's indescribable.
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Buck-Tick official instagram post about Atsushi's death
This is instagram's automated translation, so there are some grammatical errors.
I am still speechless. Crying on the phone with my friend.
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My heart feels so heavy atm…the voice of a generation gone just like that. Atsushi you gave comfort to so many people around the world, you’ll be missed so much. Rest in peace king
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Rest in Peace Acchan
A huge loss. The world has lost an icon. I'm shocked and heartbroken.
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@die-kusse Yees I remember you! For those of us active in the fandom here on tumblr back in those days, seeing Genki in a good place now is sooo healing<3 I feel like he especially meant a lot to us mejibray fans and we were always worrying about his mental health. Like when mejibray broke up and even Aryu (band: morrigan) who was close to him had to go live and say that he was mentally fine.
But yeah I agree.. While I think Koichi's situation can be saved (just having a bit of a rebellious rant that backfired), MiA is someone I genuinely was saddened by. When we lightheartedly made fun of his nose job and jaw surgery we never thought he'd go as far as removing his nipples and chewing on his own bone. Bleak situation.
MEJIBRAY MiA is chewing on his ribcage bone
Keeping up with MEJIBRAY: The Series
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Hello to my favorite bitches, long time no see! Ready for a classic mejigay gossip sesh?
If you were anything like me, you started a Tumblr blog about visual kei very young (I've posted about vk on this blog since I was 16) and now you're an adult. MEJIBRAY broke up around 6 years ago now I think right? I am now 24, have a masters degree and planning on moving to Japan in spring. Crazy how time flies right.
Let's refresh our minds a little bit okay? Now I'm assuming you remember everything from those 6-ish years ago. The MEJIBRAY label/contract issue with Tsuzuku and Koichi, Tsuzuku's borderline disorder, the refusal to do encores during the last tour, the charcoal face paint and the result of it all which was 8p-sb. If you want a recap on that specific semi-disbandment drama there's plenty of posts that I made about it while it was happening so feel free to check it out! (keep in mind I was like 18 and very dramatic writing those posts lol) There's also this great summary from a redditor in the comment section here
The same redditor even filled me in on stuff I felt out of the loop about in their reply to the OP. I know 8p-sb is gone and Koichi does Trembling Bambi solo stuff while Genki (Tsuzuku) is a vocal coach, is in the band 30 seconds certain victory, and revives VanessA occasionally. But this has also happened:
Yeah what the fuck Koichi? Now, I do remember starting that yakuza theory here on Tumblr back in the MEJIBRAY semi-disbanding days. I read it on tanuki and told y'all about it and got soooo much shit for it at the time lol. Looks like Koichi kind of confirmed the theory! (take that rude anons in my asks back then lmao). However, Koichi staying in the same industry he claims is rotten and run by the yakuza is definitely weird. Why talk all high and mighty while benefitting from it one may ask. Either way, for those wondering what Koichi is up to, there's your answer and an explanation to why he got backlash. About the VanessA stuff, one can conclude that our favorite duo, Genki and Koichi, doesn't seem to be that involved with each other anymore.
I would also like to take time to talk about Genki's well being, as some of you might know he has a youtube channel in Japanese. From my so-so Japanese skills I can still keep up with a lot of what he's saying. Good news, he's doing better now than the MEJIBRAY days from the looks of it. In this video he talked about how the photo from the MEJIBRAY days was him being unwell and the picture to the right is him feeling much better!
(TW for this paragraph: self harm) In another video he talked about various topics/gave advice such as about self harm/cutting and how it annoys him when people say he shouldn't hurt the body his parents gave to him. He thinks that's an incorrect way to tell someone to stop cutting and seems in general to be very open to talk about this topic while smiling and not getting angered. So he seemed very stable, mature and content to me.
What about Meto/Yutaro? Well, he seems to be a happy chef! As for MiA... I've seen him hang out with hosts like Roland and in general seems to live that bougie life. Roland is a top host who aims for the prince vibe just like MiA, and is open about his plastic surgeries just like MiA. Now let's get into a really recent topic about Mia!
Just like me, you might still follow our MEJIBRAY boys on various social medias. And just like me, you might have seen MiA's picture where he chews a bone. "Huh, weird" you might have thought as you scrolled past it. Well here I am, resurrecting this blog once again, just to tell you that the bone is MiA's fucking ribcage bone. I ain't posting that picture, find it yourself cause it's gross.
As MiA poses in the same costumes from his MEJIBRAY days and posts them on Instagram, you'd think his life and social media posts were a bit mundane. Then, a fucking picture of him chewing a thick ass bone pops up. The bone in question was taken out during a ribcage surgery, that MiA claims was done in order for him to create a custom guitar with his BONE INFUSED into it. Yeah I know. What???
In general you could either see it as him being a massive attention hungry person, or as unhinged and putting his life in danger. Bone surgeries are very harmful and anyone with two working eyes can see his shaved jawline bone already. So adding a removed ribcage bone to that... It's dangerous.
That's it for the gossip sesh! I'm thinking of making this "Keeping up with MEJIBRAY: The series" a thing whenever I think there needs to be a big gossip update like this.
To anyone still here in the MEJIBRAY Tumblr tags and to anyone following this blog, thanks for reading all of this and I hope we can laugh at this absurdity together! <3
xoxo mejigay
(feel free to read that sign off in the gossip girl voice lmao)
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