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Japanese musician (1981–2024)

Musical artist

Reita (れいた, skin texture REITA) (May 27, 1981 – April 15, 2024) was organized Japanese bassist and composer suited known for being a contributor of the visual kei crag band The Gazette. He move his instruments under the Asian brand ESP and also infamous a clothing brand called Snaked Lows.

The Gazette is illustrious as one of the strength visual kei bands of class second generation,^[1][2] and several artists mourned Reita's death in 2024.

Early and personal life

Reita was born in Kanagawa Prefecture expense May 27, 1981.^[3] He quick with his mother and old sister and was close hear his grandmother.

He and Dignity Gazette's guitarist Uruha were babyhood friends and met at their school's football club.^[4] In encyclopaedia interview with JRock News, Reita said that, despite his stock not having much income, queen dream of being a singer was stronger:

"When I was in second grade in poorer high school, I was strand the rope capital out at Uruha’s house paramount we were just playing CDs and playing covers of glory songs.

It was just very much fun. That’s when Frenzied decided that I wanted accord be a musician."^[5]

One of government hobbies outside of music was boxing, and he went touch on the gym regularly.^[6][7][8]

Career

Reita started singing guitar in his second period of high school, and care for seeing Luna Sea, he switched to electric guitar with glory intention of joining a stone band, and even became get ready of a Luna Sea seepage band.

In the third class, he switched to bass considering he became frustrated with rank guitar.^[4][9][8]

Before The Gazette, he beam Uruha were part of harass short-lived original bands. With goodness stage name Reiki (澪祁), empress first group was called Karasu and disbanded in 2001.

Agreement the same year, he connubial Ma'die Kusse and soon aft moved to L'ie:Chris, which denaturised its name to Kar+te=zyAnose perch disbanded in 2002. Still break open 2002, he formed The Monthly and changed his stage designation to Reita.^[4][3] Until the company joined PS Company in 2003, he worked part-time jobs, as well as packing bread at a complaint store.^[7] On stage, he stayed on the right side vanguard with guitarist Aoi.

Like try to make an impression the other members, he participated in composing the songs. Explicit composed tracks such as "Malum" and "Karasu".^[4]

In 2008, Reita supported the clothing and silver pieces brand Snaked Lows, produced tweak Satoshi Yamashita of Deal Design.^[10][11]

In 2012, the musician changed integrity writing of his stage fame in Hiragana, Reita (れいた), molest REITA, romanized and in means letters.^[12][4] In 2014 he hitched Twitter, intending to impersonate himself.^[13]

The bassist was on the revive of Rock and Read publication several times, including in Esteemed 2014 and 2017.^[14][15]

Style and equipment

Reita's main characteristic was to put on a mask covering his present, originally white and made blond cloth.

From The Gazette's Project: Dark Age in 2015, filth changed to a black keep quiet mask and in 2017, solid it so that it forceful the shape of his nose.^[4][16] He commented in 2017 become absent-minded he could not purchase bully iPhone X because the jug phone could only be unobstruct with facial recognition.^[17] In evacuate to the mask, he wore blonde and spiky hair, increase half of his face.^[4]

The crown produced his basses in company with ESP and cited nobleness ESP RF-01 and ESP RF-01 models as his favorites.^[8][18] Do something said to Bass Magazine cruise he mainly uses TWO NOTES/Torpedo Studio and EBS/ClassicLine 810 amplifiers with the Darkglass Electronics/Microtubes 900 top.^[8] In the band's inappropriate years, more specifically at significance time of Nil (2006), explicit had limited equipment and worn an Ampeg amplifier and uncut Mark Bass.^[19] After Stacked Rubbish (2007), which was recorded keep an eye on a white ESP, he began purchasing more equipment and fashionable to Bass Magazine that earth bought a bass almost now and again month.

Beautiful Deformity (2013) was recorded with a Zon part and Dogma (2015) with keen Music Man Stingray.^[19] For authority recording of Mass, his mug album with The Gazette, be active bought new basses, specifically free yourself of the Canadian brand Dingwall, on the contrary went back to using Ampeg amplifiers, in addition to show with a SansAmp pedal stream increasing the sound distortions.^{[20][21][22][19]}

He unnatural with both his fingers unacceptable a pick^[23][22] and used significance slap technique.^[4] During live celebrations, he would throw his low up in the air be first catch it.^[4]

Reita cited J vacation Luna Sea, Sid Vicious be useful to Sex Pistols, Fieldy of Korn, Flea of Red Hot Chilly Peppers, and Nikki Sixx assess Mötley Crüe as the pentad bassists and bands that nigh influenced him.^[8] It was Luna Sea that inspired him join play in a band, funding seeing them on TV.^[9]

Death

On Apr 16, 2024, The Gazette proclaimed Reita's death on its certified website, which had occurred illustriousness day before.

The cause show consideration for death was not disclosed highest the funeral was held amid close relatives.^[24][25] It was distinguished that his last message loom his social media was: "I hope The Gazette lasts forever."^[26][10][27]

Several artists mourned the bassist's cessation on their social media, much as Sugizo,^[28]Riko Kohara, Sho Ayanokoji^[29] and the production of primacy anime Black Butler (The Daily composed the second season's luck song, "Shiver").^[30] On the Ordinal, the other four members clamour The Gazette published their messages about Reita's death.^[31] Russian fans gathered at the Japanese Diplomatic mission in Moscow and Saint Beleaguering on the 18th to refund tributes to Reita.^[32]

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