Favorite Japanese bassist?

The bass playing in Japanese music is one of my favorite things about it so I wanted to ask everyone who their favorite Japanese bass players might be

Throughout all the time ive been playing, Ryosuke Nikamoto has been my personal favorite for all the work he’s done on songs with bands like Zutomayo and Mrs. GREEN APPLE.

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i like too many bassists, i’ll ask my lil sister if she can actually pick a fav sinec she actually plays bass…

@mmm NI YA NI YA NI YA

(Also I’ll write some other options in this thread but of course let me wax lyrical about Ni~ya. Solid bassist. I heard he has a bit of that Cliff sound in his play too.

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When it comes about looks, definitely :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Atsushi Hatta (DÄLLE), Hitoki (KUROYUME), Reita (the GazettE), KISAKI, FIRE, J. I could go on.

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Kazu (ex-Kagerou/tgads).

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Toshiya (DIR EN GREY), Yutaka Higuchi (Buck-Tick), Taiji (X), Yuchi (Sukekiyo, kannivalism), KOHTA (PIERROT), YUKKE (MUCC), Ni~ya (NIGHTMARE), ZERO (D’ESPAIRSRAY), Kazu (Kagerou), REITA (the GazettE), J (LUNA SEA), SHUSE (La’cryma Christi), Yu~ki (MALICE MIZER), Junji (Laputa), Ryo (RENTRER EN SOI) and of course the inevitable KISAKI.

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U-ta (Buck-Tick) is super underrated

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Aki (Sadie, AXESSORY, BLUEVINE, ナナ), Tsunehito (D, RUIZA Band), Toshiya (DIR EN GREY), Yo (Matenrou Opera), Яyu (Azavana, Ashmaze.) and Sho (D.I.D.)

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Underrated one : hati (9goats black out)

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10000% agree about hati! also, honorable mention: koto from amber gris :pink_heart:

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Seems like he doesn’t live in japan anymore. And 9goats Will Come back without him next year

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excuse me, they WHAT?!

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Yesss I saw the tweets too but no official post so I couldn’t share it here ! utA accepted immediatly apprently hehe :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

As for my favourite bassists :
Reita, J ( Luna Sea ) , Toshiya ( DeG ) , one and only Tadashi ( Pura ) , Tetsu !! ( MERRYYYYYY ) , Naoki ( Kagrra, :sparkling_heart: ), Saga ( A9 :sparkling_heart:) , Yo ( MO ) , Zero( D’espa ) , Shuse ( Lacryma ) , Higushi ( BT ) … pretty much those are the most important i can remember rn

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For me Yukke, Toshiya, Ue-chan (how come nobody mentioned him yet :joy:) and Haruki Hirai.

Toshiya, J, Ni~Ya, Ikuo(TM Revolution, Kamijo Support)

Tetsuya (L’arc) has some amazing bass lines and really stands out in every song.

Jiro from Glay as well

Yoichi from The Yellow Monkey maybe not as flashy but as others but the bass in Rakuen and Tactics is so satisfying

Bue(Babymetal Kami Band) is a force on the bass

Theres way more i like but it’d be a whole essay lol.

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seconding this bc whaaaattt

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Kou Morota from Doom.

The EP ‘Killing Field’ is a classic. And his one and only album is the polar opposite but equally great.

+1 for Toshiya and hati.

More on the indie side of things, but Yu-ki from paranoid void really impressed me when I saw them live a whle back:

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Just going to drop this thread here also since its related: Best J-Music Guitarist, Bassist, Drummer etc.