Toshiya
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Toshiya (born in Nagano on March 31, 1977) is a Japanese singer.
He is best known as the bassist of Dir En Grey's metal band.
He has been with the band since its inception in 1997, but not in La:Sadie's as the other four previously were.
Toshiya has only written a few of Dir en grey's songs, such as "Erode" and "Bottom of the Death Valley," unlike his fellow band members Kaoru and Die.
His compositions, surprisingly, have a distinct, bass-driven sound.
2005–2006: Early non-Asian touring
Dir En Grey appeared in Europe for the first time in 2005. Their concerts in Berlin and Paris (part of the It Withers and Withers tour) sold out without an invitation except for newsletters from import record stores and internet-based word of mouth.
The band has appeared at two major festivals, Rock am Ring and Rock in Park. Eths, a French band, opened for them at the Paris concert, and Dir en Grey invited an American musician and his band to perform in Japan on Wednesday. They were becoming more popular with the international music scene. Dir En Grey was also on the Japanese leg of the Taste of Chaos tour earlier this year.
The company's first official European releases came in 2005, ranging from Withering to Death. The band's songs had only been available to European fans through import and Internet file-sharing. The album debuted on Dir En Grey's first non-Asian chart position, peaking at No. 2. In the Finnish album charts, 31 is number 31. Later, the following single, "Clever Sleazoid," soared to No. 1. In the same region, 15 people appear on the singles charts. Several Dir En Grey songs were also included in the 2005 film Death Trance's soundtrack.
Touring to the United States began in early 2006 and has since grew to the United States. The band appeared at the Avalon Club and Los Angeles, California, then accompanied by the North American release of Withering to Death. All shows were sold out within days, once more. Singer Kyo was hospitalized in Germany after further concerts and festival appearances in the summer, due to inflamed vocal cords. Although two concert dates in Japan had to be postponed, Diren Grey was nevertheless able to attend Korn's Family Values Tour 2006. The band appeared at the Loudpark Festival in October, along with bands such as Megadeth, Slayer, and Children of Bodom. During the Inward Scream tour's Japanese leg, the Inward Scream Tour's 22nd single "Agitated Screams of Maggots" was released on November 15th. The music video for -Saku- was voted No. 1 on December 30. On the MTV2 show Headbangers Ball, there is 1 video of the year.
Dir En Grey went on its first North American headlining tour in February, touring sixteen cities as its sixth full-length album The Marrow of a Bone was released in Japan and Europe in the ensuing months on February 7. Deftones appeared on the road from May to July, and then performed another European tour, including debut shows in Denmark, Finland, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, as well as numerous festival appearances around the continent, including Ankkarock, M'era Luna Festival, and Wacken Open Air.
After their most recent single "Dozing Green" debuting in Japan and spreading throughout Europe, the group's first appearance in the Netherlands and Switzerland culminated in a second international tour in September. Diren Grey opened two shows at Saitama Super Arena in late November and another one in December marked the end of the Japan tour with 10 years as a support act. On December 19, two of the best hits compilations, Decade 1998–2002 and Decade 2003–2007 respectively, commemorating Dir En Grey's tenth anniversary as a band were announced.
Dir En Grey revealed plans to record a new studio album at the start of 2008. In May, the first tour of the year, Shinkiba Studio Coast, came to an end with three shows titled Death over Blindness. Dir En Grey appeared on some nights of the two-night hide memorial summit on May 4, alongside X Japan, Luna Sea, and others, who were touring. On September 10, the Rose Trims debuted a second Japanese tour, titled Tour 08 The Rose Trims debuted on September 10, the same day as the introduction of their single "Glass Skin."
Dir En Grey's seventh studio album, Uroboros, was released in the United States on August 1, 2008. The band also toured Canada in support of the album, with dates scheduled for November and December (overlapping the release of Uroboros) as the first act The Human Abstract. Dir En Grey's fall tour included a series of four shows, two of which were fan club exclusives, and a single show under the moniker Uroboros -Breathing- at the famous Osaka-jo Hall, where he hadn't appeared since December 18, 1999 (as seen on 1999.12.18 Osakajo Hall).
Dir En Grey's first thorough tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland began in 2009 with Kerrang! "Relentless Tour '09" with Mindless Self Indulgence, Bring Me the Horizon, Black Tide, and In the Event of Fire. The band announced the public release of Tour 08 The Rose Trims Again, as well as the renaming of European record labels to the newly formed Okami Records, a sister brand of Gan-Shin's former European representation.
The band began to promote Uroboros fully in the spring of 2009 with a series of national tours under the name Tour 09 Feast of V Senses. For a brief period in Sapporo and Sendai, the tour was postponed briefly due to a death of the larynx caused by an eruption of the larynx, which required the cancellation of three shows, which were postponed until May.
Diren Grey's Feast of V Senses tour in Europe continued, with a mixture of festival appearances, headlining shows, and one co-headlining performance with Killswitch Engage. The festival included their third appearances at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, as well as their first concerts at Download Festival, Nova Rock, and Metaltown. Dir En Grey was also playing debut concerts in Italy and the Czech Republic as one of the headlining shows.
Dirt En Grey, the late-summer tour, announced their new single for December, "Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Yami," as well as a North American and South American tour titled "All Visible Things." The band's new single was announced on December 2, 2009, and it landed at number two on the Oricon Weekly Chart, the highest position for the band to date. Dorje, a three-live tour that ended the 2009 tour season, concluded. They brought an end to their long-centered tour by playing two back-to-back performances at the Nippon Budokan, titled Uroboros: with the facts in the name of living, where tickets sold out in 15 minutes.
On April 7, 2010, it was announced on April 7, 2010 that the band would return to the United Kingdom in August for the Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth, playing on a bill headlined by Iron Maiden and Rammstein. This was to be their only UK festival appearance of the year, according to the festival website. "I'd never have guessed that we'd be hosting a festival of this caliber," Kaoru (on the Sonisphere UK website) says. To be a part of such great bands at Sonisphere is like a dream come true. Although we're not back in the United Kingdom for a tour, we wanted to give back to the fans who were dissatisfied last year with the cancellation of our final in London.
Dir En Grey will appear in an exclusive club date at London's Koko venue on August 3 as part of The Unwavering Fact of Tomorrow Tour 2010. Dir En Grey revealed later today that they would also perform in Russia by staging one show in Moscow on August 5 and one show in St Petersburg at Glav Club on August 6. Dir En Grey appeared on a co-headlining tour with the Finnish band Apocalyptica, with a special guest of Kyo interpreting the song "Bring them to Light," one of the cello-metalers new album's tracks.
In an interview with Kerrang in September 2010, the band announced it. According to the magazine, they were writing new content for the sequel to Uroboros. In addition to "Hageshisa," Kono Mune no Naka de Karamitsuita, "Mayami" appeared on the soundtrack of American film Saw 3D's "Warichawa no Gens," the Stalin, Michiro Endo (Washington) album on December 1, 2010 in honor of The Stalin's frontman Michiro Endo's 60th birthday. Buck-Tick, Group Tamashii, Merry, Jun Togawa, and Wagdug Futuristic Unity were among the album's notable artists on the album.
The single "Lotus" was released on January 26, 2011, as well as a new fan-club only tour named The Decomposition of the Moon, which will run from May 14 to June 26. On June 22, the band "Different Sense" was released. Following the 2011 Thoku earthquake and tsunami, Dir en Grey published an open letter on Facebook accusing the Japanese government of lying to its people and masking the true danger of the radiation levels. In October, the band launched Scream for the Truth, complete with a website and a billboard hanging in Times Square in New York City, in the hopes of preventing the false information from being published and getting the correct figures. On August 3, the company's eighth studio album, Dum Spiro Spero, was released. In November and December 2011, Age Quod Agis' South and North American tour was showcased on the band's South and North American tour.
Following a doctor's visit, vocalist Kyo was diagnosed with vocal nodule dysphonia, causing Dir En Grey's withdrawal from the North American The Still Reckless Tour, which included Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Motionless in White, and I See Stars, which culminated in Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Embarray, and I See Stars. Although Kyo had been hospitalized before and 2009 for vocal inflammation, he did not require surgery until this time. Kyo later reported that his illness was cured with medication.
Diren Grey won the Extreme Metal Olympics organized by Loudwire.com on August 11, 2012, defeating Death in the final. After a one-year and a half absence since the band's last single appearance, the band released the single "Rinkaku" on December 19. In addition, a tour called In Situ launched in Tokyo on December 25.
They released their third EP, The Unraveling, on April 3, 2013 with one new song and six re-recordings. The band's supporting tour Tabula Rasa debuts just a few days later on April 5 for their latest EP. The band appeared on a short European tour in June 2013.
The band began their Ghoul tour in September 2013, which spanned Japan from September 18 to October 23 in Japan and continued in North America on November 3. In addition, the band confirmed two back-to-back shows at the Nippon Budokan in March 2014, "Dum Spiro Spero," as well as a new single, "Sustain the Untruth," which was released in January 2014.
The band commemorated Gauze's 15th anniversary in August 2014. They embarked on a Japanese tour titled Tour14 Psychonnect: Mode of "Gauze"?, which was identical to the one they started back in 1999 to promote the album.
It was revealed on August 5, 2014, that Diren Grey's ninth album, Arche, would be released on December 10, 2014. The album was accompanied by the Grace of God's 2014–2015 tour following its debut. In April and May 2015, the tour was followed by another one titled The Unstoppable Life. Dir En Grey appeared at Luna Sea's Lunatic Fest in Makuhari Messe on Friday, June 27th. Dir en Grey's album Arche at Nippon Budokan was released on Sunday, the first day of Blu-ray & DVD for June 2016.
In July 2016, the band's "Utafumi" single was released. From depression to ________ [mode of Vulgar], Tour16-17 From depression to _______ [mode of Vulgar] From June to November 2016, they embarked on several tours based on previous albums called Tour16-17. [Vulgar] From depression to _______ [mode of Vulgar], Tour16-17 From Depression To _______ [dum Spiro Spero], Tour16-17 From depression To _______ [mode of Vulgar] From depression to _______ [mode of ]
The band did further tours in 2017 based on previous albums. D'erlanger's "Easy Make, Easy Mark" was also included on the D'erlanger Tribute Album Stairway to Heaven.
The Vestige of Scratches, the band's compilation album, was released on January 2, 2018. "Ningen wo Kaburu" was Dir en Grey's twentieth single "Ningen wo Kaburu" was released on April 25, 2018. One of its B-sides is a remake of "Ash," a song that dates back to 1997.
Dir en Grey announced on June 29, 2018, that their tenth studio album The Insulated World would be released on September 26, 2018. In addition, the band announced a European tour under the name "Wearing Human Skin" in October 2018. They followed this tour in December 2019 and another European tour in January and February 2020.
"The World of Mercy" was their 30th single, and they were announced on September 18, 2019. For the January 29, 2020 Buck-Tick tribute album Parade III, they had a portrait of "National Media Boys."
On August 3rd, 2020, the 31st single, "Ochita Koto no Aru Sora," was released digitally.
They released their 32nd single, "Oboro," on April 28th 2021.
Phalaris, their 11th studio album, was released on June 15th 2022.
1997–1999: Early career
Four of Dir En Grey's members were preceded by the independent rock band La:Sadie's, which featured four of Dir En Grey's members before disbanding. They disbanded due to leader and bassist Kisaki's refusal to debut because it was too soon, but guitarist Kaoru said they were excited for it. Toshiya, a bassist who left Kisaki, and members Kaoru, Kyo, Die, and Shinya, all got a new band. They officially established "Dir en grey" on February 2, 1997 after appearing at one show as a Kuroyume cover-band at the live house Nagano J on January 24, 1997.
The band's name is a combination of German "dir," French "en," and English "grey" and was thought to refer to "Grey Silver Coin" (Hiro no Ginka); the Japanese translation was used as the name of their fanclub's fanclub's magazine. They wanted to create a black and white symbol, so they went for grey. In an early interview, vocalist Kyo admitted that he knew the name before the band was established. Kaoru explains that they borrowed the name from another band that was well-known at the time during the WOWOW Special in 2020. This band was La Lavonne, who had released "Dir en gray" in 1995. The line en gray starts the song, with the Latin portion being a faithful translation of the Japanese part. Both mean "to you in grey." "At the time we picked the band name, it had some significance but right now it doesn't mean anything particular." We chose the band name because it sounded legitimate, and because it also depicts an image that is undoubtedly does not exist elsewhere.
They dropped Missa, a few months later and drew widespread notice in 1998 by establishing themselves on the Oricon music charts with the songs "Jealous" and "Ill-." During the first half of 1999, five subsequent singles, arranged and produced by X Japan co-founder Yoshiki Hayashi, were released. Gauze, the band's first full-length album, was followed by others. One of the album's highlights (filmed at the Osaka-jo Hall) would later become the first of many live concerts to be released on VHS and DVD.
With hearing difficulties and a number of dates of the tour in support of Dir En Grey's then-upcoming album, Macabre, had to be postponed in 2000. 01 Macabre died earlier this year, and Nippon Budokan closed shortly after the single "Ain't Afraid to Die" was released in April 2001.
Kisou, Dir En Grey's debut in the United States in the first year as a result of the release of a new full-length album, they appeared in China, Taiwan, and South Korea. The last dates of Rettou Gekishin Angya's tour were already in favor of the band's second EP, Six Ugly, back in Japan. They released the single "Child Prey," the second opening theme of the Baki the Grappler anime series, as well as the start of their fourth album, Vulgar. Dir En Grey appeared at Akasaka Blitz for five evenings in a row, with each show (except the first) themed after a particular song from the time when it was still being announced by Vulgar. Later, a DVD set dubbed "A Knot" was exclusively for members of the band's official fan club. Vulgar was born in September 2003, and tours in support of the record would last well into 2004.
Dir En Grey appeared in Europe for the first time in 2005. Their concerts in Berlin and Paris (as part of the It Withers and Withers tour) sold out without advertising except for newsletters from import record stores and internet-based word of mouth.
The band has appeared at two major festivals, Rock am Ring and Rock in Park. Eths, a French band, opened for them at the Paris show, and Dir en Grey invited American musician John 13 and his band to perform in Japan on Wednesday 13th. Dir En Grey appeared on the Japanese leg of the Taste of Chaos tour earlier this year.
The company's first official European releases were released in 2005, starting with Withering to Death. The band's music had only been available to European audiences before by way of importation and internet file sharing. The album debuted at No. 1, which was the first non-Asian chart position for Dir En Grey. In the Finnish album charts, 31 is number 31. "Clever Sleazoid" was the follow-up single, and it's now at No. 1 in the United States. In the same region, there are 15 on the singles charts. Several Dir En Grey songs were also included in the 2005 film Death Trance's soundtrack.
Touring to the United States began in early 2006. The band appeared at the Avalon Club and Los Angeles, California, at the Avalon Club and Los Angeles, California, as part of the South by Southwest festival, followed by the North American release of Withering to Death. All shows were sold out within days, so there was no time to worry about it again. singer Kyo was hospitalized in Germany again after more concerts and festival appearances in the summer, owing to her inflamed vocal cords. Although two concerts in Japan had to be postponed, Diren Grey was nevertheless able to attend Korn's Family Values Tour 2006. The band, Megadeth, Slayer, and Children of Bodom were all back in Japan in October to appear at the Loudpark Festival in Japan. During the Inward Scream tour's Japanese leg, the company's 22nd single "Agitated Screams of Maggots" was released on November 15th. The music video for -Saku-was selected No. 1 on December 30. Headbangers Ball, the MTV2 show Headbangers Ball, has been featured in one of the year's best videos of the year.
Dir En Grey's first North American headlining tour began in February, touring sixteen cities as its sixth full-length album. The group debuted on the Deftones during their first European tour from May to July, with shows in Denmark, Finland, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, as well as several festival appearances around the continent, including Ankkarock, M'era Luna Festival, and Wacken Open Air.
The group continued in Europe in September after the group's most recent single "Dozing Green" debuted in Japan and lasted in Europe, with their first appearance in the Netherlands and Switzerland. Dir En Grey opened two shows for Linkin Park in Saitama Super Arena in late November and performed another Japan tour with ten years as a support act in December. On December 19, two greatest hits compilations, Decade 1998-2002 and Decade 2003–2007 respectively, commemorating Dir En Grey's tenth anniversary as a band.
Dir En Grey revealed plans to record a new studio album at the start of 2008. Those was their first touring of the year in May, another Japan tour, with the conclusion of three shows at Shinkiba Studio Coast, titled Death over Blindness. Dir En Grey appeared on one night of the two-night hide memorial summit in Geneva, as well as X Japan, Luna Sea, and others. On September 10, the Rose Trims, a second Japanese tour, began.
Diren Grey unveiled Uroboros, their seventh studio album, which was released in the United States on November 11, 2008. In support of the album, the band toured the United States and Canada, with dates scheduled for November and December (equivalent to the unveiling of Uroboros) in the first act. Dir En Grey's tour included a series of four shows named Bajra, two of which were fan club exclusive, and a single show under the moniker Uroboros -Breathing titled Osaka-jo Hall, where he had not appeared since December 18, 1999 (as seen on 1999.12.18 Osakajo Hall).
Dir En Grey and Kerrang Tours of the United Kingdom and Ireland began in 2009, marking their first comprehensive tour of the UK and Ireland. "Relentless Tour 09" includes Mindless Self Indulgence, Bring Me the Horizon, Black Tide, and In Case of Fire. The band announced the public unveiling of Tour 08 The Rose Trims Again, as well as the renaming of European record labels to the recently formed Okami Records, a sister brand of Gan-Shin's former European representation.
The band started to officially promote Uroboros in the spring of 2009 with a series of national tours titled Tour 09 Feast of V Senses. With an announcement on the band's official website that Kyo had been diagnosed with edema of the larynx, the tour was postponed for a short time.
Dir En Grey's Feast of V Senses tour in Europe continued with a mix of festival appearances, headlining shows, and one co-headlining performance with Killswitch Engage. The festival featured their third appearances at Rock am Ring and Rock in Park, as well as their first concerts at Download Festival, Nova Rock, and Metaltown. Dir En Grey was also playing debut concerts in Italy and the Czech Republic as part of the headlining shows.
Dirt En Grey, a late-summer tour, revealed their next single, "Hageshisa to, Kono Mune no Naka de Yami," as well as a North American and South American tour under the banner All Visible Things. Their latest single was released on December 2, 2009, and they ranked second on the Oricon Weekly Chart, the highest position for the band ever. Dorje, the 2009 tour guide's, came to an end. They brought an end to a long-running Uroboros tour by appearing in two back-to-back performances at the Nippon Budokan, titled Uroboros: the proof of life..., where tickets sold out in 15 minutes.
The band would be back in the United Kingdom in August on the Unisphere Festival in Knebworth, playing on a bill headlined by Iron Maiden and Rammstein on April 7, 2010. This would be their first UK festival appearance of the year, according to the festival website. "I'd never have guessed that we'd be playing a festival of this caliber," Kaoru (on the Sonisphere UK website) says. To be competing with such outstanding bands at Sonisphere is like a dream come true. Although we're not back in the United Kingdom for a tour, we wanted to give our fans something back after our cancelled finale in London last year.
Dir En Grey will be on Saturday's Koko venue for an exclusive club date as part of the Unwavering Fact of Tomorrow Tour 2010, according to the company. Dir En Grey revealed later on that they would also perform in Russia by staging one show in Moscow on August 5 and one show in St Petersburg at Glav Club on August 6. Dir En Grey has also toured North America with the Finnish band Apocalyptica, with a special guest of Kyo interpreting the song "Bring them to Light," one of the cello-metalers' new record.
In an interview with Kerrang in September 2010, the band revealed itself in a new interview. According to the journal, they were writing fresh content for the sequel to Uroboros. In addition to "Hageshisa" to Kono Mune no Naka de Yami" on the soundtrack of the American film Saw 3D, they covered "Warushawa no Gens" on December 1, 2010. In addition, Buck-Tick, Group Tamashii, Merry, Jun Togawa, and Wagdug Futuristic Unity were among the album's artists.
The single "Lotus" was released on January 26, 2011, as well as a new fan-club only tour called The Decomposition of the Moon, which will run from May 14 to June 26. On June 22, the band released "Different Sense." On August 1, 2011, Dir en Grey issued an open letter accusing the Japanese government of lying to its people and masking the true danger of the radiation levels following the 2011 Thoku earthquake and tsunami. In October, the band launched Scream for the Truth, which included a website and a billboard in the hopes of reducing the alleged misinformation and getting correct numbers. On August 3, the artists' eighth studio album, Dum Spiro Spero, was released. In November and December 2011, the band's South and North American tour Age Quod Agis displayed material from this album.
Following a doctor's visit, singer Kyo was diagnosed with vocal nodule dysphonia, resulting in Dir En Grey's withdrawal from the North American The Still Reckless Tour, which featured Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Motionless in White, and I See Stars, in February 2012. Despite the fact that Kyo had been hospitalized before 2005 and 2009 for vocal inflammation, he did not need surgery until this point. Kyo later confirmed that his illness was treated with medication.
Dir En Grey won the Extreme Metal Olympics organized by Loudwire.com on August 11, 2012, beating Death in the final. The band's first single appearance since their one-year and a half hiatus began on December 19 with the single "Rinkaku." In addition, a tour named In Situ launched in Tokyo on December 25.
They released their third EP, The Unraveling, on April 3, 2013, with one new song and six re-recordings. The band's support tour Tabula Rasa began just a few days later on April 5 for the latest EP. The band appeared on a short European tour in June 2013.
The band began in September 2013 in Japan and ended on November 3 in North America, where they stayed until October 23. "Dum Spiro Spero" was released in March 2014 as a back-to-back show at the Nippon Budokan, as well as a new single, "Sustain the Untruth," which was released in January 2014.
The band commemorated Gauze's 15th anniversary of debuting in August. They embarked on a Japanese tour titled "Gauze" (not a tour they launched back in 1999 to promote the album.
It was announced on August 5, 2014 that Diren Grey's ninth album, Arche, would be released on December 10, 2014. The album was accompanied by By the Grace of God's 2014–2015 tour. In April and May 2015, the tour was followed by another one called The Unstoppable Life. Dir En Grey appeared at Luna Sea's Lunatic Fest at Makuhari Messe on Friday, June 27th. Dir en Grey performed their album Arche at Nippon Budokan on Friday, June 2016, the first date of Blu-ray & DVD, which was June 6.
In July 2016, the band released "Utafumi," a single. They've also embarked on various tours based on previous albums, including Tour16-17 From depression to _______ [mode of Vulgar] from June to November 2016, and Tour16-17 from Depression To _______ [mode of Vulgar] from June to November 2016.
The band also performed "Easy Make, Easy Mark" by D'erlanger for the D'erlanger Tribute Album "Stairway to Heaven" in 2017.
The Vestige of Scratches, the group's compilation album, was released on January 2, 2018. On April 25, 2018, Dir en Grey's twentieth single "Ningen wo Kaburu" was released. A remake of "Ash," a song that has roots as far back as 1997.
Dir en Grey revealed on June 29, 2018 that their tenth studio album The Insulated World would be released on September 26, 2018. The band also revealed a European tour under the heading "Wearing Human Skin" in October 2018. They continued this tour in December 2019 with a North American tour and another European tour in January and February 2020.
"The World of Mercy" is their 30th single, and it was released on September 18, 2019. For the January 29, 2020 Buck-Tick tribute album Parade III, they gave a preview of "National Media Boys" on "Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick."
"Ochita Koto no Aru Sora," the group's 31st single, was released digitally on August 3rd 2020.
They released "Oboro" on April 28th, 2021, their 32nd single.
Phalaris, the studio's 11th studio album, was released on June 15th, 2022.