- RIKIJI
Rikiji Masuda ( 増田 力司 ) a.k.a. RIKIJI, (b.
January 11 ,1971 ) is a Japanesemusician andbassist from Saitama,Japan .He started playing base when he was about 18. Before that he had dreams of becoming a guitarist. He gave up when he discovered that playing bass was easier because it only has four strings. [http://futurefish.com.ne.kr/fetus/oblivion-dust/rikiji.htm OD@futufurish web] Retrieved Sep 20 2007]
His musical career started as the bassist of "Three Eyes Jack" from 1993 to 1995 under the name "chacha maru"(ちゃちゃ丸). [http://mar.under.jp/m8b/history/rikiji.html Rikiji bio] Retrieved Sep 20 2007] Around Fall of 1995 Rikiji (already using his name) joined up Mega8Ball, band where as well show up the vocalist/guitarist Takano Tetsu (ex-
Malice Mizer , ex-Zigzo , NIL). The band later disbanded and had it's last live on December 29th of 1997 upon which time Rikiji immediately joinedOblivion Dust in January of 1998. [http://www.scape.sc/tetsu.php Tetsu history] Retrieved Sep 20 2007] Then, in December of 2000, he left the band and in early 2001 reformed Mega8Ball, being Rikiji the only original member to stay with the band until those days. [http://www.i-chubu.ne.jp/~arisa/m8b/history/history.html Mega8Ball history] Retrieved Sep 20 2007]On
June 28 2007 , he announced that he was joining again withOblivion Dust . He wouldn't leave Mega8Ball, though.References
External links
* [http://www.mega8ball.com/ Mega8Ball official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/mega8ball Mega8Ball Official Myspace]
* [http://mar.under.jp/m8b/ Mega8Ball fansite]
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