Part 4: Started guitar during elementary school. At the 10th year anniversary, [Wanted to quit the GazettE]
-- In the previous part was Aoi-san’s chance at starting (to play) guitar. And next I’d like you to look back as the GazettE’s (member) about the 10th anniversary. Back then, did you start playing guitar under the influence of your brother who had been in high school?
Aoi: That’s right. I was an elementary school student at that time, and I found the figure of my brother playing guitar so admirable. There were also a lot of guitar heroes (that I admired) from abroad. Until the time I started becoming a part of a band, I thought the future I wanted the most was to be a guitarist. Even now it’s still the same way abroad, but in Japan it’s the vocalist (that takes up more attention). That’s why, at the moment, I’m thinking “What happened??”
-- While reading a past interview, I was thinking, “I want to listen to the intro of X JAPAN’s [Kurenai]!”
Aoi: When I was in 1st grade, I liked hide-san, so much so that I practiced desperately. I wanted a guitar so much, but I couldn’t exactly ask my parents (to buy me one). So I would wake up at 4 a.m. and work at the nearby newspaper stand as a delivery boy. (I was living in) a rural area, so there wasn’t even a game center anywhere around the house. Before I began playing guitar, from the moment school was over I would go to the beach to swim and stuff. But as soon as I got my hands on a guitar, I would spend every single day playing it. At that time, I probably played most often.
-- When did you form a band?
Aoi: I had never really properly formed a band, but when I was in 3rd grade in junior high, or maybe 1st grade in high school, I and a senior performed ZIGGY’s [GLORIA] at the school festival in the gymnasium.
-- Ah, that song was popular back then, huh. It was a drama’s theme song or some sort.
Aoi: Yep. By the time I graduated junior high, I had wanted to enter a vocational school instead of high school, but I wasn’t allowed to, so I reluctantly entered high school. No one was playing music back then, so I stopped playing guitar and did nothing else but surfing instead.
-- Surfing??
Aoi: Yeah. And then I quit high school. While I was doing nothing, one time late at night in a local Tokai area TV program, there was a band from Nagoya that was doing an introduction of themselves; (I felt) really gloomy. It came to the point (where I thought), “Why couldn’t I be that skilful as well!!” And so I told my father, “I’m going to Tokyo”, and then I got up and left.
-- The talk escalated so quickly (to want to go to Tokyo), the scene is almost like Yawaza Eikichi-san.
Aoi: I was 20 years old. I brought my guitar and a sports bag with my clothes stuffed into it. I came to Tokyo. I did a part time job at Chinzan-so (a hotel in Tokyo metropolitan area). There was a recording company nearby, but since their image was nothing but enka, I thought impertinently, “I’m definitely not going to get into that company!” (LOL)
-- (LOL). You’re probably much indebted. (LOL)
Aoi: Yeah. The moment I was in a band with our previous drummer, I met RUKI and the others. His band hadn’t had any drummer from the beginning, so at first only the drummer was asked to join. But then, just when I was thinking of what I should do, RUKI said, “We also need a guitarist, how about it?” and invited me as well. At the same time, Jinxxxx Raxxo was also recruiting and I had already sent an application. If the GazettE hadn’t existed I might have been a member in Jinxxxx Raxxo instead (LOL).
-- Ooh. I’m surprised to hear that. But I’m glad the 5 of you met. And then, starting from Meguro-Rokumeikan to Tokyo Budoukan, and then to Tokyo Dome, connecting the memories, you’ve reached your 10th anniversary this year in March, right? Looking back, what is the most memorable thing you keep in your heart?
Aoi: The truth is, before the live at Makuhari (Messe), I was thinking about quitting the GazettE. It’s because I thought I wouldn’t be able to continue (being in) the band until the relationship between these 5 guys collapsed. I didn’t want to come to the point where I was overdoing it. But then, as I stepped onto the stage, the moment I saw the faces of 20,000 fans, I instantly thought, I couldn’t possibly betray those kids. If I quit, I would snatch away the GazettE from them. So then we played “Shunsetsu no Koro” in that live, that was ended with the scene of me gathered with REITA, RUKI, and Uruha in the center of the stage.
-- Yes. In the midst of white and pink confetti fluttering about, the 4 of you stood up on the pedestal. Behind Kai there was the GazettE’s logo shining in gold.
Aoi: Yes. (At first) I didn’t want to do that, gathering up on the front like that. It’s because I thought it was superficial, and because I couldn’t mend only the surface.
-- When it was time for everyone to say some words, Aoi-san said, “With these 4 guys and me, the GazettE exists. Because everyone is there (with us), the GazettE that you like exists. I’m so moved that I can’t even say thank you (enough) to everyone”… and then tears flowed from your eyes, and you looked so deeply emotional.
Aoi: I think there’s no other band that is worth as much as the GazettE. That’s why I can’t betray all the people who have been supporting us.
-- Now that you’ve passed your 10th anniversary, is it okay to say that the bond between you guys will only get deeper? And then what do the 5 of you wish to accomplish from now on?
Aoi: I’d like (for us) to create another production. “DIVISION” was born from “TOXIC”. I’m aiming for something that surpasses (all of those).
credit to: theGazettE_INA
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