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Zi:Kill

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Zi:Kill (stylized as ZI:KILL or ZI÷KILL) was a Japanese visual kei rock band active from 1987 to 1994. [1]

41 relations: Acid Android, Aion (Japanese band), Bass guitar, Bellzlleb, Bow Wow (band), By-Sexual, D'erlanger, Die in Cries, Drum kit, EMI Music Japan, Extasy Records, Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle, Gackt, Guitar, Guniw Tools, Hard rock, Heidi (band), Hide (musician), Japan, Kamaitachi (band), Kanagawa Prefecture, Karl Taro Greenfeld, King Records (Japan), Kyoji Yamamoto, L'Arc-en-Ciel, Nippon Budokan, Oricon, Osaka-jō Hall, Pata (musician), Progressive rock, Punk rock, Rock music, Sakura (musician), Shazna, Singing, Speed Tribes, Visual kei, X Japan, Yoshiki (musician), Yukihiro (musician), Zeppet Store.

Acid Android

Acid Android (often stylized as acid android) is the solo project of Yukihiro, drummer of the Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel.

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Aion (Japanese band)

Aion is a Japanese metal band from Osaka, formed in 1983 by guitarist Izumi.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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Bellzlleb

Bellzlleb (stylized as BELLZLLEᗺ) was a Japanese heavy metal band, formed in 1985 by Tetsu and Yuji in Chiba.

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Bow Wow (band)

Bow Wow is an influential Japanese rock band formed in Japan in 1975.

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By-Sexual

By-Sexual (stylized as BY-SEXUAL) was a Japanese visual kei punk rock band from Osaka.

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D'erlanger

D'erlanger (stylized as D'ERLANGER, believed by the band to mean "indecent temptation" in French) is a Japanese rock band from Kyoto, formed in 1983 by guitarist Cipher and bassist Seela.

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Die in Cries

Die in Cries (stylized as DIE IN CRIES) was a Japanese visual kei rock band of the 1990s, whose members have all played in other prominent bands.

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Drum kit

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum.

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EMI Music Japan

(formerly) was one of Japan's leading music companies.

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Extasy Records

Extasy Records is a Japanese record label founded in April 1986 by Yoshiki Hayashi, co-founder of the heavy metal band X Japan.

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Fatal Fury 2: The New Battle

is an anime TV Special based on the Neo Geo SNK video game, Fatal Fury 2, and is a sequel to the previous TV movie, Fatal Fury: Legend of the Hungry Wolf.

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Gackt

, better known by his mononymous stage name Gackt, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He has been active since 1993, first as the frontman of the short-lived independent band Cains:Feel, and then for the now defunct visual kei rock band Malice Mizer, before starting his solo career in 1999. He has released nine studio albums and, with forty-eight singles released, holds the male soloist record for most top ten consecutive singles in Japanese music history. His single "Returner (Yami no Shūen)", released on June 20, 2007, was his first single to reach the number one spot on the Oricon charts. Besides being established in the modern entertainment industry, Gackt's music has been used as theme songs for video games (Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII), anime films (Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam#Compilation movies) and television series. In addition to his music career Gackt has acted in a few films, including a film he wrote, Moon Child, and his international debut Bunraku, and TV series such as the NHK drama Fūrin Kazan. He also performed live in theatre stage plays, one of which was written, composed and directed by him: Moon Saga - Mysteries of Yoshitsune I&II. He also provided the voice samples for Internet Co., Ltd.'s first Vocaloid, Gackpoid.

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Guitar

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings.

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Guniw Tools

were a Japanese visual kei rock band.

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Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements.

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Heidi (band)

Heidi. (stylized as heidi.) is a Japanese visual kei rock band formed in Tokyo in February 2006.

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Hide (musician)

, better known by his stage name hide,His stage name is written in all capital letters while in regard to his work with X Japan, but in all lowercase letters when talking of his solo career and work with Zilch.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Kamaitachi (band)

was a Japanese visual kei punk rock band, formed in Kyoto and active from 1985 to 1991.

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Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefecture located in Kantō region of Japan.

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Karl Taro Greenfeld

Karl Taro Greenfeld (born 1964 in Kobe, Japan) is a journalist and author known primarily for his articles on life in modern Asia and both his fiction and non-fiction in The Paris Review.

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King Records (Japan)

is a Japanese record company, founded in 1931 as a division of Japanese publisher Kodansha.

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Kyoji Yamamoto

is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who is the leader of the hard rock/heavy metal bands Bow Wow (known as Vow Wow for a period of time) and Wild Flag.

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L'Arc-en-Ciel

L'Arc-en-Ciel ("The Rainbow" in French, stylized as L'Arc~en~Ciel) is a Japanese rock band, founded in Osaka in 1991.

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Nippon Budokan

, often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

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Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan.

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Osaka-jō Hall

is a multi-purpose arena located in the Kyōbashi area of Osaka, Japan.

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Pata (musician)

, known exclusively by his stage name Pata, is a Japanese musician.

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Progressive rock

Progressive rock (shortened as prog; sometimes called art rock, classical rock or symphonic rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States throughout the mid to late 1960s.

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Punk rock

Punk rock (or "punk") is a rock music genre that developed in the mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Sakura (musician)

, known by his stage name Sakura, is a Japanese musician.

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Shazna

Shazna (stylized as SHAZNA) is a Japanese visual kei rock band originally active from 1993 to 2000.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Speed Tribes

Speed Tribes: Days and Nights with Japan's Next Generation is a 1995 book by Karl Taro Greenfeld.

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Visual kei

is a movement among Japanese musicians, that is characterized by the use of varying levels of make-up, elaborate hair styles and flamboyant costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics, similar to Western glam rock.

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X Japan

is a Japanese heavy metal band from Chiba, formed in 1982 by drummer Yoshiki and lead vocalist Toshi.

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Yoshiki (musician)

, known by the mononym Yoshiki, is a Japanese musician, songwriter, composer and record producer.

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Yukihiro (musician)

Yukihiro, stylized as yukihiro and previously stylized as YUKIHIRO, (born November 24, 1968 in Ichikawa, Chiba) is a Japanese musician, best known as drummer of the rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel.

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Zeppet Store

Zeppet Store (stylized as ZEPPET STORE) is a Japanese alternative rock band, who became known after X Japan guitarist hide signed them to his label LEMONed in 1996.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zi:Kill

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