JRock/Visual Kei Facts

The GazettE

Ruki:
Birth Place : Kanagawa Prefecture (Kantou, southern Japan), 1 February 1982
Blood Type: B.
Height: 162cm.
- Ruki has a chihuahua named Koron
- Ruki didn't finished school. He just leaved the school when he was in middle of the last year.
- Ruki has a strawyberries trauma. Whe he was a kid he loved strawberries, but in one of his birthdays, he ate a lot of strawberries and went wrong. (I mean something like a stomachache) and in that day happened a fire too, so since this incidents he don't eat strawberries anymore.
- When Ruki was a drummer in his previous band, he was something like the "girl" of the band. 
- Ruki artistic name would be Rukia, but someone already had this name, so he decided to put "Ruki" 'cause he think it was cute.
- Ruki studied in a private school, because of that he couldn't dye his hair, so when he was on vacations, he always dyed his hair with exuberant colors like pink, blond
- Ruki is a Kiyoharu's fan
- In one live his shoe was badly tied, so his shoe flew to the audience and he was making signs to the audience give his shoe back
- Ruki had column problems since young, then he had to operate it in the first year of middle school.
- Ruki wanted to be a tattoo maker
- When Ruki and Reita met , they both had pink hair , and they talked about what they use to dye their hair.He mailed Reita before he dyed his hair blond , then Reita wanted blond too so he mailed Ruki to know what product he used to take the pink out.
-Ruki hates that Reita trashes his house ,when comes to him.
- Ruki said he'll never get married
-REILA is Ruki’s ex-girlfriend Who commited sucide
- he is very self conscience
- he hates showing chest
- he hates his sun spots/beauty marks, and he tries to cover them as much as he can.
- he had a pretty rough childhood
- his parents where kind of the equivalent of nazi's
- he use to as a child wake up in the middle of the night, grab his head phones, and plug them into the tv and watch horror films while his parents where asleep.
- his first favorite horror film was Child's Play
- his older brother was into X japan and luna sea and when no one was home, lil ruki use to play thier songs.
- designs jewelry sometimes
- current pet is Mr. Squidge, a cat.
- wore his bother's hand-me-downs
- parents and family wanted him to be a 'good child' so they made him always busy in school and at home with lessons
- was grounded and beaten frequently by his parents for his misbehavior
- use to skip classes that he did not like
- was in a private elementary school
- made a promise that if the GazettE where to break up it would be his, reita's and uruha's last band
- was hurt by an ex-girlfriend long ago
- he ate food that fell off the table as a kid
-Ruki likes to eat frankfurters
- likes to try new things
- very, very talkative
- when things get hard or diffucult, he just wants to run and hide away.

Uruha:
Birthplace : Kanagawa Prefecture (Shounan District) , 9 June 1981
Blood Type: O
Height: 177cm
Cigarette: Marlboro Menthol Light
Favorite Drink: Smirnoff, MOET & CHANDON
Favorite Food: Mentai Korokke Bento
- Whe he was a child, he was called "Shima"
- In an interview, Uruha said he stopped smoking.
- Uruha accidentally dropped his apartment keys in a manhole while he was taking a walk one day before his birthday.
- He tried to practice snowboarding.
- Uruha said he often goed to drink with Shin and Akiya from Kagrra,
- Uruha has a "pet plant" named Pakira-chan
- Once he went to Mötley Crüe with Kai.
- When he moved to Tokyo, one of the most important things that he brought with him was his washing machine
- His sister told him he looks like Hideaki Takizawa, and he was very happy about it.
- Uruha is obsessed by Rookies manga and forced Reita to read it too.
- When bothered with something, he drink rum and listen Rock.
- In his blog he once presented an iPod device which you can strap to your arm, so you can go jogging with it and it will not only play music but also count the calories you burn or something. It showed that he ran for 30 minutes - and he also explained he could therefore drink two beers.
- When he was little he often hid under his mom's skirt
- If he has to be somebody else in the band, he would be Kai to make lunch boxes to the others.
- He always have Coke in his fridge
- Sleeps in T-shirts and boxers
- Drinks sport drinks on stage
- Once he was chased by a yakuza
- He thinks champagne is too low
-He just have one acoustic guitar which was bought recently... he's used rented before.
- His first guitar was a Horizon- Grass Rots, black when he was still in the high school. It was a parent’s gift.
-He learned guitar watching band videos with friends.
-His favorite animals are domestic ducks, penguins, dogs and white bears
-He loves to challenge people on his gameboy advanced
-He hates eating olives
-Uruha has a total of nine piercing, five on his left ear and four on his right ear
-He used to work at a vegetable shop
-His favourite colours are grey and purple
-He also likes to go bowling
-Homesickness ~ Sometimes, when on tours or away from home, poor little Uruha-chan suffers from homesickness
-Mars ~ Uruha wants to migrate to Mars
-Presents ~ Uruha once said that receiving presents from fans is very important to him
-Teasing ~ Uruha said that teasing Kai is popular among the members
-Uruha like Sugizo(Luna Sea)
-Vodka ~ Uruha loves to drink Smirnoff...he's a vodkaholic
-Uruha sleeps until someone wakes him up (but he hates being woken up). But if no one does, he won't get up. He's glued to his bed.
-Occasions: If it's a tour, Kai will wake him up because he's the only one awake.
-If it's normal day, Reita calls him.
-He drinks soymilk. he just drinks it every morning. And Reita gets irritated because he thinks Uruha is showing off when he does that.
-Depends on what they're doing, but Uruha tends to sometimes sleep during the day when he's not doing anything. Like in studio or something. And if he's not sleepy, he'll:
a. Bring in games to play or play with others
b. Bring a dvd to watch
-After a good days work, he goes to a family restaurant to eat
-he admits this is bad, but if he can't get to sleep, he'll drink a bit and then he can go to sleep
-he hates it when people ignore him on purpose
-he actually doesn't really like it when he has to show his thighs
- is a proud uncle (he has 2 nephews)
- thinks he looks smart in glasses
- hates being ignored when he is talking
- looks at the person on the inside before he judges on them
- he was made fun of in school because of his lips
- used to work in a grocery store
- met reita through soccer club/team at school
- fights with reita over food
- when sleeping over at the others places, he usually steals their beds, making them sleep on the floor or couch.

Aoi:
Birthday Place : Mie , 20 January 1979
Blood type : A
Height : 171 cm
- He can speak 3 dialects.
- His favorite season is Winter.
- Sleeps with T-shirt and Jersey pants.
- Aoi wanted to be a carpenter if he weren't a musician
-Aoi worked in a Convenience store and a Wedding Hall.
-In school he was good in home economy and was part of the baseball club.
- Once he fell of the stage and accidentally hit the face of a fan. He apologized
- When he was in Fukuoka, he felt familiar with the dialect 'cause Fukuoka's dialect is quite similar with Kansai's dialect.
-He went to SUMMER SONIC in 2006 (Is a festival of two or three days that happens simultaneously in Tokyo and Osaka with international and national bands.) Aoi couldn't buy what he wanted 'cause the products were all sold out and he couldn't see Metallica too.
- Take great care of his own equipment, but his house is a mess, as Reita said.
- Ruki said that when they went o Hawaii, Aoi went to surf alone.
- When he was on school, he liked to do kendo, surf and play.
- He got interested by guitar 'cause his older brother played in a cover band. One day he found a X Japan CD and heard "Kurenai". So he wanted learn and borrowed his brother acoustic guitar. His brother got tired of him playing in his room and gave him a guitar, but it was broken. That's why he had to buy his first guitar.
- He worked as a newspaper delivery.
- Started to surf when he was 18 years old and bought a car. The brother of his girlfriend also surf, so, sometimes he borrowed his surfboard. At that time, he worked in a pub at night and surf in the morning.
- He was dating when decided to go to Tokyo, but she didn't go with him. They broke up. Went to Tokyo only with a bag, guitar and 5.000 yen.
- The place where he gets more inspired to compose melodies and lyrics is in his bath.
- Liver near the train line.
-He and Uruha delay to decide who is going to record first.
-Aoi 葵 means "hollyhock flower"...
-He has a radio program, called 'Hollyhock Radio
- he admitted his very first memory is about a place they often went out with his relatives to dinner
- as a child he wanted to be a bike racer
- most of the members told him that he's like a fox
- He said he's rival is his father
- His favorite pick up line: I like you! (in his dialect)
- habit: playing with his sideburns
- He said there's no food he doesn't like
- He said he doesn't have a fridge
- Stage drink: water
- Liked type: Someone he can laugh with/ disliked type: A temper mental person
- He totally afraid of ghosts, he doesn't really like places which looks like there's one.
- After lives he always gargle
- He would tell his girlfriend if she doesn't look good.
- He doesn't want a girl who's always next to him 24/7. He prefers independent women and has to have a job, and be strong - willed.
- At his parents' place there's everything about Gazette (magazines, posters, his mom collects all of these stuffs)
- Aoi loves his stomach. He said when he goes back to his parents there are always a lot of food, and it makes him very happy. (And we all know he still couldn't get over the fact, when they were in Germany, there weren't any food in the backstage, and he bothered Reita to go out to eat -
- He said all the members are quite shy in the band
-also, he did surf, and he could swim about kilometres in the sea, and when he was young , he did this daily.
-when he was teenager , he was very lazy...[ and now it's hardworking, that's awesome]
-he decided to come to Tokyo, when saw the performance of some VK band, and thought he could much better. next day, he was on train to Tokyo. he had to break up with his girlfriend when came to Tokyo, and he said that he realizes : that girl didn't deserve him.
-he doesn't watch tv at all.
-His favourite season is winter
-Aoi has two lip piercings (although he normally only wears on lip ring), one piercing on his right ear and two on his left ear
-Luna Sea ~ The band that influenced all of the Gazette members...apart from Aoi...because he said lots of bands have influenced him
-Runny nose ~ On stage, Aoi always checks to make sure he doesn't have a runny nose
-Sideburns ~ Aoi has a habit of playing with his
- has a belly button ring
- the oldest member in gazette
- he likes Vivenne Westwood
- got kissed by Uruha during the Yokohama live.
- has to sleep on the guest bed when he goes home to visit his parents
- he wears the clothes that fans send him
- he wanted to be a pro motorcycle driver when he was younger
- does kendo.
- he likes to play video games
- started playing the guitar because of his brother
- likes surfing
- loves strawberries
- is very courteous to anyone who visits his house (ie. offers drinks, food, etc)
- strongest subject in school was Home Economics.
- his favorite colors are black and white
- uses mouthwash after lives.
- stopped dying his hair after being in gazette for a while
- often smokes
- likes to drink coffee
- he speaks Kansai-ben
- he was in a baseball club at school
- compares himself with a fox.
- favorite phrase; '' No. ''
- wears Bvlgari cologne
- likes to wear dangly stuff during lives because it gives him more energy
- says a lot of 'mmmm...' and 'nn...'s when he speaks.
- is a meticulous planner, scheduler and likes to adhere strictly to his daily schedule
- Aoi loves Mika Nakashima. He listens to her songs whenever he feels sad.

Kai:
Birthplace : Tokushima , 28 October 1981
- His blood type is B.
- Other gazette members consider him to be a leader of the band.
- Kai's hobby is cooking and he does it well.
- His weak point is forgetfulness
- Likes playing video games
-He likes to sleep naked, when he is alone.
-Recently , he moved to his own apartment.
-He didn't finish school.
- Likes playing video games
- His childhood nickname was: Yukkun
- He said if he was an animal he would be a monkey, because it's represent him the best.
- He's very positive thinking, but awfully forgetful.
- If he could be another member for one day he would be Ruki to make his room messy (it's well-known fact that Ruki is really a maniac about his place.)
- He doesn't like Eggplant, Potato
- He super loves mayonnaise. (Caused high colesterol kind a problems to him, so now he tries to avoid eating it - Beat Shuffle - don't know when but he was with Uruha in the show)
- Stage drink: Pocari
- Fav type of woman: Short cut, black hair, feels like the countryside, interesting person.
- Doesn't like over-accessorized girls.
- Once he dreamt that Reita was his mom
- According to Uruha Kai always likes to stand in the corner.
- Dislike tattoos, piercings and plastic- surgeries
- He's having a very bad eye sight, but he wouldn't undergo surgery with it.
- Always eating salted Japanese plums before lives
-kanji of Kai means 'caution/warning'
-Kai loves playing football and cooking
-His favorite animals are dogs, tigers, alligators and crocodiles
-He likes to drink apple juice
-His favorite season is winter (he like christmas)
-Kai has two piercings, both on his left ear
-He used to want to be a football player
-Poor little Kai got tricked on April fools day and didn't really understand what had happened until 5 days later
-Batteries ~ What Kai always buys at convenience stores
-He loves to cook with cabbage and various recipes can be found on his section of the site. And he wears the cutest little apron . So take a look and maybe even try out some of his recipes here. Rei-chan says that he doesn't like Kai's cooking...but admits he can't cook
-Kai likes Dir en grey
-Kai got his drivers license on the 6th January
-France ~ The place that Kai most wants to go on his own
-During lives, Kai always checks to make sure all of the members are having fun
-Kai once said he really wants to have a 'session' with Gackt
-Hospital ~ In an interview Kai once talked about the time he was hospitalized. He said that it was a very emotional time, and that he received 1000 cranes...I don't know exactly what happened to him or when he was in there but I do know that the first live he did after that was on July 22
-Marilyn Manson ~ ...I'm not sure if Kai likes him (he might do...his favorite album is by him) but he said that he wanted to go to a Marilyn Manson concert .
-Pearl ~ Kai's drum make, a very popular choice with a lot of indies drummers
-Reita and Kai both find lack of sleep the worst thing on tours...and Kai always moans 'sleepy'
-SMAP ~ Kai's first ever live
-Kai use his hp ringtone with Wakaremichi song’s
-Kai collects Zippos
- was once put in the hospital because of a fever from too much drumming
- sleeps nude when nobody is around
- used to work in a restaurant before going into entertainment
- was ranked as #3 popular male by the girls at school (he found out AFTER he quit the soccer club)
- he used to push his way to the center of a crowd that was laughing and make what they were laughing at funny for him too (he says he was selfish in this way, always wanting to be center of attention/funny)
- when he was bullied, he would laugh because it made others laugh and that made him feel good (that he made others laugh)
- as a result, whenever his band members "bully" him, he laughs, just to make everyone else laugh (naturally)
- hugged Uruha in his sleep... making Uruha feel very uncomfortable.
- tends to over work himself
- once (probably more) was taking care and worrying about the others so much, he didn't realize that he was getting sick.
- Kai loves soccer and played it in elementary school, junior high, and high school
-Kai thinks he's "gotten better at human relationships", becoming more considerate of others.
-Kai's mother can read and speak English. So that means, if another GazettE’s member can't read some of the English fanmail, he asks his mom to translate them for him.
-Kai actually doesn't dislike drinking, and has in fact started drinking again! But when he's out drinking with everyone, he tends to "over-drink"... as in, he gets hyper and then crashes.
-Kai stopped drinking for two years because after he drank, he'd hit a low point "tension-wise", and he didn't like that about himself, which is why he stopped drinking.
-Kai likes beer, a brand from Okinawa called Awamori.
-His wish for the future is to attain happiness, and one way of getting that happiness, for him, is getting a big house

Reita:
Birthplace : Kanagawa , 27 May 1981
Blood Type: A
Height: 172cm
Favorite Colors: purple, red, white
Hobbies: watching movies
Brand: Cropped head, Lock
Cigarette: Marlboro Mild Seven Lights
Family: Mother, grandmother, older sister
- Reita was born in 27th May, in Kanagawa.
- Whe he was a kid, was called by "Ue-chan"
- Sleeps with underwear.
- Reita dreamed he was the vocalist and he was singing with Ruki in a twin vocal.
- Reita worked in a Bread shop and Sweets shop.
- He doesn't like vegetables!
- The most stubborn one in the band
- He would be Aoi for one day, because he can speak 3 dialects.
- He doesn't really likes Kai's cooking (once he said it's to sweet to him)
- He always have Barley tea and pudding in his fridge.
- He said the biggest mischief he gotten into was he threw rubbish under Ruki's bed.
- Stage drink: Sport drink or something like that
- Prefered type: Someone to settle down with, a devoted, giving, kind, feminine person.
- Doesn't like vulgar persons.
- If he could choose if he should be a man or a woman in his next life, he would man again, because female relationships seem to be messed up to him.
- Once he quit smoking, but after one year he got back to it again
- His nephew was once attacked by crows
-He has Harley and likes to drive it
- He's TV junkie
- He believes in reincarnation.
-His favourite season is spring
-Reita doesn't wear perfume
-He doesn't like Kai's cooking but said that he couldn't cook
-He likes eating Kit-kats and spaghetti
-Reita loves watching movies
-People used to call Reita 'Bonkura' when he was little...it means blockheaded
-Bugs ~ Reita HATES them (especially mosquitos)
-Face-off ~ Reita's favorite movie of all time
-Initial D ~ Reita's favorite comic
-Macho ~ Reita would like to be macho in 5 years time...and more macho in 10 years time
-Meat ~ Reita said he gets excited in front of the meat store
-Nose band ~ This is Reita's trademark always mistaken for not having a nose. Although he can be quite quiet, Reita sometimes reveals his mad side and sends the fangirls crazy...and don't forget the pokey pokey dance!!
-Sleep ~ Reita and Kai both find lack of sleep the worst thing on tours...and Kai always moans 'sleepy'
- the last known girlfriend of reita, broke up with him because he couldn't be with her all the time when the band was beginning to get popular. This apparently broke his heart and he was in a state of depression for a month. (This may be a rumor)
- Wanted to be a soccer player when he was little.
- hates vegetables, mushrooms, shellfish, and kai's cooking
- He hates sweets except for pudding, cake and kit kats.
- He has 2 piercings; one on the right ear, and one on the left.
- He loves The sex pistols and collects DVDs and everything that has something to do with the Sex Pistols.
- He used to work in a bread shop and a sweet shop.
- He sleeps in his underwear
- He is a couch potato in his free time and apparently has a facination with porn...
- He thinks his nose is the most unattractive thing on his body.
- He wonders a lot about the next day...
- He's a stubborn guy.
- Favorite season is spring.
- Compares himself to a cheetah
- met uruha in soccer club/team in school
-Reita and Tora (Alice Nine) they are best friend
- is the instigator of the band and likes to play tricks.
- fell off the bullet train as a kid
- Reita's really worried how long he's going to have to hide his nose...that's his biggest concern