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 is still the main person who does interviews the interviews and live photos that you see on Arlequin, but also a large chunk of the reviews and behind-the-scenes work and communication goes through her.
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 // This is “It”
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 // Two new singles and a DVD announced for the 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 // HIGHFeeL will release the last works of Shota Yokoyama
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 // “GRIP” THE WORLD in Europe
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) // The sound of “雨” (Ame)
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 // “BLACK WING” European Tour
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 // A powerful message through “TEARS OF THE SUN”
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