Japanese rock musician and music producer (1969-)

Sugizo

Heavy metal

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Japanese rock musician and music producer (1969-)

Genres

Heavy metal

Record Labels

Avex Trax HPQ Polydor Records Universal Music Group

Music

Member of, past and present

X Japan

Luna Sea

Violet UK

The FLARE

Juno Reactor

Skin

Yūne Sugihara (Japanese: 杉原有音, Hepburn: Sugihara Yūne), born Yasuhiro Sugihara (Japanese: 杉原康弘, Hepburn: Sugihara Yasuhiro, on July 8, 1969 in Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan), better known by his stage name Sugizo, is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He is the lead guitarist and violinist of the rock band Luna Sea since 1989.

Sugizo started his solo career in 1997 and has since collaborated with a variety of different artists. In 2007 he became a member of the international trance/world music act Juno Reactor, and of the Japanese rock supergroup S.K.I.N., and in 2009 officially joined the rock band X Japan. He was also part of the psychedelic jam band Shag and the shamanic electronica unit S.T.K (Sensual Technology Kooks).

In addition to being known for experimenting with many musical genres, mostly rock, psychedelic and electronica, he is known for his political views and for being an anti-war, anti-nuclear and environmental activist.