is a Japanese musician and former

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rock band Rentrer en Soi. Satsuki was a member of Rentrer en Soi from its creation in 2001 until it disbanded in 2008. In 2009, he launched a solo career. He counts

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, and U2 among his musical influences.

History

After Rentrer en Soi disbanded in 2008, Satsuki launched a solo career in 2009. In an interview with JaME, he stated "My former band had a lot more shouting, but for now, I want to sing more beautifully." Satsuki has released four

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s, "Awake" on May 9, 2009, "Crystal" on August 21, 2009, "Moon Spiral," on February 14, 2010, and "Innocent" on June 27, 2011. His mini-album ''Upper Region'' was released on September 1, 2010. On July 4, 2009 Satsuki performed at

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, California. In September 2009, he performed at

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. He also performed at Oni-Con in

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, Texas, on October 30, 2009, with a special musical appearance by guitarist Tomo Asaha of Echostream. In June 2011, Satsuki launched his new overseas unit band with Tomo Asaha, called "Moon Stream", with a debut performance at Sacramento, California's Kintoki-Con 2011. Moon Stream is scheduled to headline

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in September 2011. In August 2013, Moon Stream attended Quebec'
Otakuthon
performing in a concert on the evening of August 16, and then in an acoustic live session on August 18. Satsuki's musical contributions also include the theme song "Awake" for the PSP game ''Amnesia'', a visual novel by Otomate. Outside of music, Satsuki is scheduled to appear in the upcoming Japanese movie ''Cool Blue''. He also hosts a new monthly visual kei variety show called ''VisuBara'' with other visual kei artists, which is scheduled to debut August 14, 2011.

Discography

Singles

Albums & EP

DVD

References

External links

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Official blog

MySpace

{{DEFAULTSORT:Satsuki Visual kei musicians Japanese multi-instrumentalists Japanese rock musicians Japanese male rock singers Japanese male singer-songwriters Japanese singer-songwriters Japanese male pop singers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)