is a Japanese

musician A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who w ...

and

bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboard bass or a low bra ...

. He is known for his work with

Oblivion Dust Oblivion Dust is a Japanese rock band first active from 1996 to 2001; they reunited in 2007. Although they were originally largely influenced by early 1990s American grunge bands,

and Mega8Ball. His musical career started as the bassist of Three Eyes Jack from 1989 to 1995, under the nickname "ChaChaMaru" (ちゃちゃ丸).Rikiji bio
Retrieved September 20, 2007 In fall 1995 Rikiji formed Mega8Ball with vocalist/guitarist

Tetsu Takano is a Japanese rock musician and singer-songwriter. He first became known as vocalist of the visual kei rock band Malice Mizer from 1992 to 1994. After leaving them, Tetsu formed and performed with Mega8Ball from 1995 to 1997. From 1999 to 20 ...

. The band later disbanded and had their last live performance on December 29, 1997. In January 1998, almost immediately after, he joined

Oblivion Dust Oblivion Dust is a Japanese rock band first active from 1996 to 2001; they reunited in 2007. Although they were originally largely influenced by early 1990s American grunge bands,

.Tetsu history
Retrieved September 20, 2007 Then on December 23, 2000 Rikiji left Oblivion Dust, who later disband in September 2001. In early 2001 he reformed Mega8Ball, being the only original member.
Retrieved September 20, 2007 Oblivion Dust and Rikiji reunited in September 2007.

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External links

Official Facebook

Mega8Ball official site

Mega8Ball Official Myspace
Japanese alternative rock musicians Musicians from Saitama Prefecture Japanese male composers Japanese composers Japanese rock bass guitarists 1971 births Living people Male bass guitarists 21st-century bass guitarists 21st-century Japanese male musicians {{bass-guitarist-stub