游彩 (Yusai) was actually created by the four remaining members of the band ジン (ZIN) after vocalist 唄 (Riku) suddenly withdrew from the band without any prior notice. In order to not have to cancel any shows guitarist Luy (now 雨音 類 (Amane Rui)) dropped his position as guitarist and took the stage as a replacement
雪 (Yuki)
She originally started the project in 2009 as a photographer under the name of Arlequin Photography, but developed an interest in journalism and translation ever since. Because of these interests interviews and reviews were added to the project, until it eventually hit the limits as a "photographer" in 2021, and Arlequin Magazine was added to the mix.
雪 (Yuki) is a native Dutch speaker with a graphic design degree, which means she is also the main person behind Arlequin Creations.
After all these years, she's still the one responsible for the interviews and most of the live photography you see here at Arlequin, but the majority of reviews and behind-the-scenes work is also done by her.
The reviews she writes are from the viewing point of an overseas fan, and thus written in English before being translated to Dutch, Spanish and Japanese. In the English versions she also tries to explain the meaning behind certain kanji or song titles to the readers, but what you don't see here is that these explanations are omitted in the Japanese versions in order to appeal to these readers more.
She speaks Dutch and English on a native level, but also understands Japanese and German.
SANA // “When I touched music it felt like freedom. Falling in love with it was easy.”
SANA currently is a solo musician, but we first saw him appear on the music scene in 2001 when he was in the band “Lusid bare inu”, but the band broke up two years later, and SANA joined the band “MASK” in June of that same year. Even though “MASK” was only on the scene for three years, they released 8 maxi-singles
vistlip // It: An ‘admiration’ that will never be defeated
The ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei) genre has many, many artists. But some of them are more familiar names than others. And vistlip is one of those more familiar names. With 10 years to their name already the group has made it into the hearts of many fans, and onto the playlist of many listeners alike. Another fun fact
vistlip announces two new singles and a DVD to celebrate their 10th anniversary
vistlip have been on the scene for quite some time already, long enough to celebrate their 10th anniversary this year. The group is quite popular both in Japan and overseas, which persuaded them to “strengthen their communication overseas”. “Since our early days we’ve
ADAMS announces the last works of Shota Yokoyama will be released by HIGHFeeL
HIGHFeeL has announced that they will release the final works of Shota Yokoyama, who was both the guitarist of ADAMS as well as the founder of HIGHFeeL as a company.
The release exists out of four tracks that were never intended to be released together. “Melting”, “Trick”
LOKA announces European leg of ““GRIP” THE WORLD” tour
LOKA already announced a tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland together with Crazy Town, but today they have officially announced the European dates for their world tour.
The tour will visit Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic for a total of 10 shows in 6 different
游彩 (Yusai) // 雨 (Ame): I heard the sound of the rain falling endlessly
After their powerful first release “アイラク偽心” (Airaku Gishin) 游彩 (Yusai) are already following it up with their second single. While the first single very much had a feeling of “fire” all over it, this second single has a calmer approach. And like the name already suggests, the inspiration
MORRIGAN announces European tour “BLACK WING”
Tour organizer Kinetic Vibe already announced that the next artist they’d be touring through Europe with was going to be MORRIGAN, but at the time of the announcement they couldn’t publish any dates just yet.
Today they have, and the band is going to visit Italy, Germany, Czech Rebublic,
SVGV // “We’ve been following our dreams since the very first day we started making music.”
SVGV (pronounced as SAGA) is an Asian Electronic dance music group based in Los Angeles. They’ve started their activities in 2014 and currently exist out of three members: RAMY (lead vocals, born in South Korea), TRIRION (DJ, born in Japan) and PEACH (lead vocals, born in China).
The group is about to
Jupiter // TEARS OF THE SUN: The love you gave me will shine forever
After debuting in the summer of 2013 with the single “Blessing of the Future” Jupiter’s lineup has been consistent, in the sense of it existing out of ZIN on vocals, HIZAKI and TERU on guitars, MASASHI on bass and YUKI on drums. In 2015 however, bassist MASASHI and drummer YUKI both announced that they
G.L.A.M.S // “A QUEEN OF THE NIGHT” European Tour 2017 at AnimeCon
During their “A QUEEN OF THE NIGHT” European Tour 2017 G.L.A.M.S stopped at AnimeCon in Den Haag on June 6 to play their show for the fans who were visiting the convention.
We also went to check out their performance, and took some photos while we were there. You can find these photos on our portfolio, Arlequin
NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST // “DEIMOS” European Tour 2016 at MTC
During their “DEIMOS” European Tour 2016 NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST stopped at MTC in Cologne on July 21 to play their show for the fans who had been waiting outside for most of the afternoon already.
We also went to check out their performance, and took some photos while we were there. You can find these photos