Hizaki

Hizaki (officially spelled HIZAKI) is a guitarist and occasionally solo artist and composer from Shiga, born February 17th, 1979. He is famous for being the main guitarist and composer of the metal band Versailles.

HIZAKI debuted in his hometown with the heavy metal band Garnet Grave in 1997. In April 1999 he formed [a=Crack Brain] and later moved to Tokyo. In 2002 Crack Brain disbanded and HIZAKI started playing guitar on a session band called グロテスクロマンティッカ, which later became a formal band called Schwardix Marvally.
After Schwardix Marvally disbanded in early 2004, HIZAKI took a break from the stage and started recording and releasing music as a solo career.
HIZAKI was invited by vocalist Masaki to join Sulfuric Acid in 2005. At the same time he started a new solo project called HIZAKI grace project and had few solo concerts with the help of session musicians. This project became more prominent after Sulfuric Acid disbanded in October 2006.
In early 2007 HIZAKI formed Versailles with former Lareine vocalist Kamijo and also took part to a theatrical rock show titled Node Of Scherzo. In the meantime he composed music and played guitar for the solo artist Juka.
After Versailles announced that they would go major in late 2008, HIZAKI put his solo activities on hold in order to focus on the band.

Career Chronology
1997-1998 Garnet Grave
1999-2002 [a=Crack Brain]
2003-2004 Schwardix Marvally
2004-2007 HIZAKI/HIZAKI grace project
2005-2006 Sulfuric Acid
2007-2012 Versailles
2013-present [a=Jupiter (33)]

Side Projects
2004-2005 [a=Burning Fire (2)]
2007-2008 Node Of Scherzo
2006 Lareine (live support)
2006 Kamijo (live support)
2007 Juka (session member and composer)
2007 Kaya (composer)