Birth name 桜井 敦司 Name Atsushi Sakurai Labels Victor, Cutting Edge | Years active 1983–present Genres Rock music Role Musician | |
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Born March 7, 1966 (age 58) ( 1966-03-07 ) Occupation(s) Musician, singer-songwriter, actor Instruments Vocals, drums, saxophone Spouse Sayuri Watanabe (m. 1991–1992) Albums Ai no Wakusei, Arui wa Anarchy, Razzle Dazzle, Six/Nine, SEXUAL×××××！ Similar People | ||
Kiyoharu atsushi sakurai just one more kiss on parade 2007
Atsushi Sakurai (櫻井 敦司, Sakurai Atsushi, born March 7, 1966 in Fujioka, Gunma) is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He has been the vocalist of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1985, previously being their drummer from 1983. He released the solo album Ai no Wakusei in 2004 and was also a member of Schwein alongside Hisashi Imai (Buck-Tick), Sascha Konietzko (KMFDM) and Raymond Watts. In 2015, he formed a solo project called The Mortal.
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- Kiyoharu atsushi sakurai just one more kiss on parade 2007
- Atsushi Sakurai the hotness that is Buck Ticks vocalist
- Buck Tick
- Solo
- Discography
- Books
- References
Atsushi Sakurai, the hotness that is Buck Tick's vocalist
Buck-Tick
Originally Atsushi was the drummer for Buck-Tick. When the members graduated high school and moved to Tokyo, Atsushi was the only one left in Gunma. He then asked Toll Yagami if he could be the singer for his band SP, but was declined. Ironically, he ended up switching to vocalist of Buck-Tick, after the band fired Araki, and Toll became their drummer.
His last name was originally written with the first kanji as "桜" ("sakura"), but when his mother died in 1990 he changed it to "櫻", the older version. He also wrote "Long Distance Call" about his mother's death. He married Buck-Tick's stylist in 1991, but divorced a year later. They have one child. He married again in 2004.
Throughout Buck-Tick's long career, he has written the most lyrics to their songs. He also performs on Der Zibet's Shishunki II and Kaikoteki Mirai - Nostalgic Future, Issay's Flowers, PIG's Wrecked, Masami Tsuchiya's Mori no Hito ~Forest People~ and Chiaki Kuriyama's Circus.
Solo
In 2004, Atsushi released his first solo album Ai no Wakusei (愛の惑星, "Planet of Love"), which featured tracks composed by musicians such as Wayne Hussey (The Sisters of Mercy), J. G. Thirlwell (Foetus), Cube Juice, My Way My Love, Raymond Watts, Cloudchair (Jake of Guniw Tools), Masami Tsuchiya, and the remake of a 1992 song where he collaborated with Clan of Xymox.
2004 also saw his acting debut, with the starring role in Ryuhei Kitamura's short film Longinus. He released a book of his poetry and lyrics called Yasou (夜想, "Nocturne") in 2004.
In 2015, he announced the formation of his second solo project, a band called The Mortal. The group consists of guitarist Jake Cloudchair, guitarist Yukio Murata (My Way My Love), bassist Ken Miyo (M-Age) and drummer Takahito Akiyama (Downy). The mini album Spirit was released on October 14 and they played a three date tour in November. The full-length album I am Mortal was released on November 11, 2015.