Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - View Single Post - [BREAKERZ] 18th thread ~ Hiatus + guitarist AKIHIDE's 2nd album Lapis Lazuli (30.10)

KarenPang · #1 29th April 2013, 06:17 PM

Welcome to the 18th thread of 1 of JRock most talented trios

Today is really fun WISH-wink wink wink ! xD

xD

From Left To Right :

AKIHIDE - Guitar , Chorus , Music , Lyrics

DAIGO - Vocals , Chorus , Music , Lyrics

SHINPEI - Guitar , Chorus , Music

Supposedly's Aki's drawing that he did up in the Oct '09 issue of Arena 37C xD

Band

Formed in April 2007 , BREAKERZ is a J-rock trio that is made up of 3 gorgeous & extremely talented guys : frontman vocalist DAIGO & guitarists AKIHIDE and SHINPEI .

BREAKERZ started off as DAIGO and SHINPEI's project . Meeting through a mutual friend and various recording sessions , they worked together to make a demo . DAIGO is in charge of music and lyrics while SHINPEI is in charge of arrangements .

In the span of 1 month , they created 40 songs . Later on , they are joined by DAIGO's longtime friend who has worked many times with him in his band , songwriting , playing guitar and singing chorus . That is AKIHIDE & the 3 of them joined together to form BREAKERZ .

The origins of BREAKERZ's name means "wanting to destroy" or "destroying once & for all" & connects breaking through genres & barriers . The original band's name was first spelled with an S but it was later changed to Z adopting the letter from B'z , which SHINPEI's a massive big fan of the duo .

Incidentally , the band's name was derived even before SHINPEI joined .

BREAKERZ's goal was to be like the musicians that they admire/respect such as hyde & Himuro Kyosuke .

All arrangements are credited under BREAKERZ as so but it is the composer of the song who leads the arrangement , while the rest of the members fine tune the song while utilising their own ideas .

Their music can't be described in just one word . It's a fusion mix of AKIHIDE's UK rock guitar sounds & SHINPEI's American rock guitar sounds which're both combined with DAIGO's somewhat sexy lush seductive voice xD .

The band's historic debut is on 6 June 2007 with their first single WAKE UP MY SOUL / THE TRAIN's GONE ... became available on iTunes Japan .

BREAKERZ is signed by ZAIN Records , a member of the Being Giza Group .

The trio made their major debut with their self-titled debut album on July 25th 2007 . Their first live performance took place at SHIBUYA BOXX on August 5th 2007 . During live performances , the guys often wear prayer bead bracelets which were made by DAIGO's late maternal grandma .

BREAKERZ doesn't have a permanent bassist nor a drummer in their duty roaster , so they use various support members when comes to recording of their material & also in live performances too .

Members

DAIGO (Daigo Naito)

ROLE Vocals , chorus , lyrics & composition
PAST PROJECTS JZEIL , DAIGO with the space toys , DAIGO☆STARDUST
BIRTHDATE/BIRTHPLACE 8 April 1978 / Tokyo
BLOODTYPE AB
HEIGHT / WEIGHT 178cm / 64kg
BLOG http://ameblo.jp/daigoblog/
TWITTER http://twitter.com/#!/daigo19780408

10 RANDOM FACTS ON DAIGO

1) His late maternal grandpa was the 74th prime minister of Japan ie. Noboru Takeshita

2) His oldest sister is Eiki Eiki (who's born on 6th Dec 1971) & she's a mangaka (comic artist/cartoonist) . Eiki Eiki drew/published a comic book called Eiki Eiki no Buchaketai !! that was released on 3rd June 2009 & the manga centres on DAIGO & their late grandpa

3) DAIGO's famously well known for his WISH rock pose . On why he use the word WISH , it's because it derives from the word Wissu which's like a greeting that school students used , kind of like the Japanese version of the word 'hi'

4) In real life , DAIGO's a complete DoM (Mascochist) but onstage during live performances & in the band's PVs , he adopts a DoS (Sadist) personality

5) DAIGO is responsible for close to writing/composing (most of the time both but depends) 90% of BREAKERZ's material

6) 3 things he cannot live without - phone , iphone & gloves

7) Prior to the release of DAIGO FIRST PHOTOBOOK DAIGOING L.A , it was DAIGO's 1st visit to US where he went to L.A for 5 days to shoot/complete the photobook

8) DAIGO has tremendous respect to Himuro Kyosuke (whom composed DAIGO's debut solo single MARIA when he was DAIGO☆STARDUST) , Acid Black Cherry's yasu , L'Arc~en~Ciel~'s hyde & holds them in high regard/esteem

In fact BREAKERZ super respect ABC's yasu , so much so that DAIGO calls yasu Aniki / elder brother in his blog

He's also good friends with Anna Tsuchiya , SID's lead singer/frontman Mao , GACKT & abingdon boys school's lead singer/frontman Takanori Nishikawa aka T.M.Revolution

9) Aside from WISH , in 2010 , DAIGO coined a lingo called Kuraimu (pronounced as Climb) . In 2011 , DAIGO coined Bunnysh (Bunny + WISH) & Ariasu (the short form of Arigatou Gozaimasu) while this year in 2013 , the word Hebish (Hebi ; Japanese word for Snake + WISH) have been added to DAIGO's ever long list of words he coined up himself -_-

After DAIGO officially joined Twitter , 2 more set of words that he coined up has entered his dictionary in the form of Retwish (DAIGO's version of retweet) & Twishing (tweet + wish)

10) Besides being a singer/songwriter/composer for BREAKERZ , he's also a talento

AKIHIDE (Akihide Sato)

ROLE Guitar , chorus , lyrics , composition & arrangement
PAST PROJECTS nostalgia , LULL , FAIRY FORE , NEVER LAND & did work for DAIGO's solo work when he was DAIGO☆STARDUST , NATCHIN and Acid Black Cherry
OTHER PROJECT support guitarist for Acid Black Cherry
BIRTHDATE/BIRTHPLACE 05 July 1977 / Tokyo
BLOODTYPE O
HEIGHT/WEIGHT 164cm / 49kg
BLOG http://blog.livedoor.jp/akihidelife/
PERSONAL WEBPAGE http://akihide.com/

10 RANDOM FACTS ON AKIHIDE

1) AKIHIDE is the oldest in the group

2) AKIHIDE has 11 guitars in total as documented in this section of his personal webpage

3) He's bad at remembering names :O

4) He sleeps at 6am on most days & wakes up at 11am & a self confessed insomniac

5) AKIHIDE is also a professional web designer

6) The other 2 address him as Aki-sama on their blogs if not during their MC sessions in concerts

7) NEVER LAND was a trio AKIHIDE fronted which disbanded some 3 years ago . Other than being the guitarist , he was the lead singer of the group & he wrote/composed everything

He even drew/designed the album cover art for their only proper release mini album Beautiful Days & frankly he's a pretty good singer

8) During live performances , AKIHIDE always if not get tormented by DAIGO & the reverse can happen sometimes too D:

9) His favourite food is gorgonzola risotto

10) AKIHIDE hangs out with friends and uses his computer during his spare time

SHINPEI (Shinpei Inoue)

ROLE Guitar , chorus , composition & arrangement
PAST PROJECTS SummerSol.10 & houseband guitarist and recording guitarist (selected tracks) for Kamiki Aya & Kuraki Mai
BIRTHDATE/BIRTHPLACE 11 May 1981 / Kyoto
BLOODTYPE AB
HEIGHT/WEIGHT 178cm / 65kg
BLOG http://yaplog.jp/brzshinpei/
TWITTER http://twitter.com/#!/shinpei_brz

10 RANDOM FACTS ON SHINPEI

1) SHINPEI is the youngest in the group

2) SHINPEI's the only one so far in BREAKERZ that has not written lyrics for their discography as he tends to lean on the composing side of things at this point in time

3) SHINPEI has 13 guitars , in which 6 of them which are used to write songs at home & the rest are used for recording the group's material

Now that SHINPEI has purchased a brand new Sugi SH485 , the number has since been changed to 14 guitars

4) His given name means "modest peace" (It was in order for him to become a modest & peaceful person . So his parents named him like so)

5) He's in B'z fanclub even though a lot of times during MC sessions , DAIGO said SHINPEI's not lol

6) SHINPEI always is if not the butt of jokes during their offshot clips , no thanks to DAIGO's antics & also sometimes AKIHIDE too :O

7) He's the proud uncle of a beautiful niece whose nickname is BOSS-chan & in 2010 , a nephew whose nickname is Agubi-kun . Sometimes he talks about them on his blog

8) his special skills include weight training and eating curry

9) SHINPEI's nickname is Shinpi & his catch phrase is using the word 'muscle' on his blog even though in real life , he surprisingly doesn't use it verbally

10) SHINPEI had a dog which's called Chappy . Chappy was a Pomeranian & it was born on 24th Feb 2010

The origin of Chappy's name was due to the fact that SHINPEI raised a light brown puppy , since light brown means Chairoi in Japanese

Just like BOSS-chan & Agubi-kun , SHINPEI talked about Chappy a fair bit on his blog but sadly in early May 2013 , Chappy passed away from an accident as what SHINPEI wrote on his blog . RIP Chappy

The final photo taken of Chappy together with SHINPEI's niece & nephew

Supporting Members's

Left - MATSU (Takafumi Matsuura)

Right - MAKOTO (Makoto Dobashi)

MATSU (Takafumi Matsuura)

ROLE Support Bassist
OTHER PROJECTS BRASH
BIRTHDATE/BIRTHPLACE 28 July 1980 / Aichi
BLOODTYPE A
BLOG http://ameblo.jp/rock-bass-matsu
TWITTER https://twitter.com/Matsu19800728

MAKOTO (Makoto Dobashi)

ROLE Support Drummer , Recording Drummer (selected tracks)
OTHER PROJECTS DEEPSOUL & support drummer for Acid Black Cherry
BIRTHDATE/BIRTHPLACE 3rd Feb 1982 / Saitama
BLOODTYPE A
HEIGHT / WEIGHT 170cm (5'7'') / XX
BLOG http://blog.livedoor.jp/makotodrums1/
PERSONAL WEBPAGE http://makotodrums.jp/index.html

- AKIHIDE 1st met MAKOTO via Acid Black Cherry since both of them play guitar & drums for yasu . In the process , AKIHIDE asked MAKOTO to be the support drummer for BREAKERZ

- MATSU & MAKOTO are collectively known as M&M when both of them work together . In M&M , MATSU takes on the role of both vocalist & bassist

Discography

Singles ::

1) SUMMER PARTY / LAST EMOTION (09.07.2008) #10 | 27,157
2) Sekai wa Odoru / Shakunetsu (24.09.2008) #6 | 29,419
3) Angelic Smile / WINTER PARTY (05.11.2008) #9 | 24,598
4) GRAND FINALE (18.02.2009) #6 | 21,182
5) Everlasting Luv / BAMBINO ~Bambino~ (08.04.2009) #2 | 31,188
6) Hikari (15.07.2009) #6 | 24,474
7) LOVE FIGHTER ~Koi no Battle~ (04.11.2009) #5 | 22,327
8) Gekijou / hEaVeN (14.07.2010) #5 | 20,073
9) BUNNY LOVE / REAL LOVE 2010 (03.11.2010) #4 | 19,659
10) Tsukiyo no Itazura no Mahou / CLIMBER × CLIMBER (27.04.2011) #5 | 22,247
11) LAST † PRAY / Zettai ! I LOVE YOU (13.07.2011) #8 | 17,252
12) Miss Mystery (25.01.2012) #5 | 17,488
13) Overwrite / Nounai Survivor (13.06.2012) #5 | 18,044
14) RUSTY HEARTS (16.01.2013) #6 | 13,696

Best Album ::

1) BREAKERZ BEST ~SINGLE COLLECTION~ (10.10.2012) #5 | 21,094

Albums ::

1) BREAKERZ (25.07.2007) didn't chart
2) CRASH & BUILD (05.12.2007) #300
3) BIG BANG ! (26.11.2008) #8 | 38,185
4) FIGHTERZ (02.12.2009) #7 | 24,476
5) GO (21.09.2011) #4 | 17,699

Mini Albums ::

1) Ao no Mirai EP (02.04.2008) #123 | 2,257
2) B.R.Z ACOUSTIC (07.04.2010) #9 | 10,569

Digital Singles ::

1) THE TRAIN'S GONE ... / JOKER (06.06.2007)
2) WAKE UP MY SOUL / Re:born (04.07.2007)

Concert DVDs ::

1) BREAKERZ LIVE 2009 "WISH" in Nippon Budokan (14.10.2009) #8 | 5,824
2) BREAKERZ LIVE TOUR 2009～2010 “FIGHTERZ" (26.05.2010) #26 | 4,223
3) BREAKERZ LIVE 2010 “WISH 02” in Nippon Budokan (09.02.2011) #4 | 3,789
4) BREAKERZ LIVE 2011 "WISH 03"+"GO" PREMIUM BOX (28.03.2012) #32 | 3,023
5) BREAKERZ LIVE 2012 “WISH 4U” in Nippon Budokan (26.12.2012) #35 | 2,966

Concerts

[2007] BREAKERZ DEBUT LIVE @ SHIBUYA BOXX
[2007] BREAKERZ NIGHT @ 大阪 (Osaka) hills パン工場 (Bakery)
[2007] BREAKERZ 2nd ONE MAN LIVE @ 原宿 (Harajuku) ASTRO HALL
[2008] BREAKERZ VALENTINE ROCK PARTY
[2008] BREAKERZ ONE MAN LIVE 2008 FUTURE IN BLUE
[2008] BREAKERZ ONE MAN LIVE 2008 SUMMER PARTY
[2008] BREAKERZ ONE MAN LIVE 2008 SPECIAL SUMMER PARTY @ SHIBUYA-AX
[2008] BREAKERZ ONE MAN LIVE TOUR 2008 BIG BANG!
[2009] BREAKERZ LIVE TOUR 2009 GRAND FINALE ~Seishun Days~ (～青春デイズ～)
[2009] BREAKERZ 2nd Anniversary Live Debut "WISH" Eve (デビュー2周年記念ライブ “WISH” 前夜祭) in SHIBUYA-AX ; 6th July
[2009] BREAKERZ Debut 2 Shuunen Kinen Live "WISH" in Nippon Budokan (デビュー2周年記念ライブ “WISH”) ; 24th July
[2009 - 2010] BREAKERZ LIVE TOUR 2009～2010 “FIGHTERZ”
[2010] BREAKERZ 3rd Anniversary Live Debut "WISH02" Eve in SHIBUYA-AX (BREAKERZ デビュー3周年記念ライブ “WISH02” 前夜祭) ; 5th July
[2010] BREAKERZ 3rd Anniversary Live BREAKERZ debut "WISH 02" in Nippon Budokan (デビュー3周年記念ライブ “WISH 02” in 日本武道館) ; 30th July
[2010] BREAKERZ LIVE TOUR 2010 BUNNY LOVE ~Yasei ni Kaere~ (~野生に還れ~) ; Nov -> 3rd , 7th , 9th , 14th , 16th , 18th . Dec -> 1st , 8th , 10th , 13th
[2010] BREAKERZ X'mas Special Live “WHITE LOVE" ; 20th Dec
[2011] BREAKERZ CHARITY LIVE “CLIMBER” ; 11th May & 20th May
[2011] BREAKERZ 4th Anniversary Live Debut "WISH 03" ♥ Eve (BREAKERZ デビュー4周年記念ライブ“WISH 03”前夜祭♥) ; 30th June , 5th July & 9th July
[2011] BREAKERZ 4th Anniversary Live BREAKERZ debut "WISH 03" in Nippon Budokan (デビュー4周年記念ライブ “WISH 03” in 日本武道館) ; 22nd July
[2011] BREAKERZ LIVE TOUR 2011 “GO” ; Oct -> 22nd , 29th , 30th . Nov -> 6th , 7th , 10th , 12th , 19th , 20th , 23rd , 29th . Dec -> 3rd , 8th , 9th
[2011] BREAKERZ X'mas Special Live 2011 "GO!GO! X'mas" ; 21st Dec & 24th Dec
[2012] BREAKERZ SPRING PARTY 2012 DAIGO's Birthday ~Henshin!! Miwaku no Urutora D~ (Transform!! Charming Ultra D) ; 8th April
[2012] BREAKERZ MUSCLE PARTY 2012 SHINPEI's Birthday ~Ikuze!! Gogatsu no Kin'niku-sai~ (Let’s Go!! May Muscle Party) ; 11th May
[2012] BREAKERZ TWINKLE PARTY 2012 AKIHIDE's Birthday ~Amanogawa no Shita ni Kimigaita~ (You Were Under The Milky Way) ; 5th July
[2012] BREAKERZ 5th Anniversary Live BREAKERZ debut "WISH 4U" in Nippon Budokan ; 27th July
[2012] BREAKERZ WISH 4U AFTER PARTY ~Goya-sai♥5-Shūnen Dake ni GO Yomatsuri tte Yoba sete !~ ; 28th July
[2012] BREAKERZ LIVE TOUR 2012 "BEST" -LIVE HOUSE COLLECTION- ; Nov -> 16th , 17th , 19th , 25th , 27th , 29th . Dec -> 1st , 2nd , 5th , 8th , 9th , 12th , 13th , 15th , 17th , 18th , 26th
[2013] Acid Black Cherry & BREAKERZ 5th Anniversary Live "Acid BREAKERZ Cherry 69 -sixnine-" ; 9th Jan
[2013] BREAKERZ LIVE TOUR 2013 "BEST" -HALL COLLECTION- ; Jan -> 19th , 20th , 26th , 27th . Feb -> 2nd , 9th , 11th , 16th , 20th , 21st , 23rd , 24th , 27th

Miscellaneous

BREAKERZ Official Perfect Book BREAKERZ CHRONICLE 2007-2012

Release date - 24.10.2012

BREAKERZ Official Perfect Book BREAKERZ CHRONICLE 2007-2012 details

BREAKERZ's Solo Activities

Spoiler:

Solo activities details

How to send letters/gifts to the members

1) Use the MAIL TO BREAKERZ function on their official site

2) Use the following mailing address :

[MEMBER NAME]
Zain Products Corporation
6th Floor Azabu Gardenia Building
5-12-11 Roppongi
Minato-ku, Tokyo-to
〒106-0032
Japan

Information for this whole thread were sourced from the following websites

1) Official Site | Official YouTube Site

2) brzfan

3) BREAKERZ's LiveJournal Community

4) BREAKERZ's Staff Blog

5) Translation Of AKIHIDE's Blog Entries

6) Random JBlogs LiveJournal Community (Translation Of DAIGO's Blog Entries)

7) Random JBlogs LiveJournal Community (Translation Of SHINPEI's Blog Entries)

8) Translation of DAIGO☆STARDUST's Old Blog Entries

Kanjani∞'s Yokoyama You loves LOVE FIGHTER ~Koi no Battle~ so much so that he mimic the hand gestures going on

xD

Want to do an EXILE's Choo Choo Train inspired like move with BREAKERZ ?

Everyone is all addicted to Monster Hunter no thanks to Aki