Rin, Author at JROCK NEWS

Interview with Kai: the GazettE’s 20 years of evolution

26 July 2023

This interview was originally published by “club Zy.” in Japanese. JROCK NEWS is partnering with club Zy. and Vijuttoke with the aim to popularize Japanese visual kei globally. Learn more about our partnership ...

Interview with HAKUEI and Karyu: Wholesome talk between shy people

Dorian, Rin and Peertje

3 May 2023

Interview

This interview was originally published by “club Zy.” in Japanese. JROCK NEWS is partnering with club Zy. and Vijuttoke with the aim to popularize Japanese visual kei globally. Learn more about our partnership ...

Emo Night Tokyo party brings back emo karaoke in February

Rin

22 February 2023

Tour

The self-proclaimed "saddest party in Japan", Emo Night Tokyo, is hosting its next event on February 25, this Saturday. Joining the list of activities this month is "emo karaoke", which was introduced in the pr...

Emo Night Tokyo celebrates music and community with New Year event

Rin

15 January 2023

Tour

The gathering event Emo Night Tokyo in Japan will once again take place on January 20, allowing fans of the community to get together while enjoying cover bands and DJs. I had the pleasure of attending E...

Top 10 visual kei and Japanese rock artists 2022

NBT, Erica, Rin, Nori and G Andrew White

29 December 2022

Entertainment

This year has been quite a special one, with Japan opening up to the world again, and at the same time, we saw more Japanese bands seeking to perform abroad. Our toplist for the year 2022 gathers notable vis...

Interview with Madmans Esprit: Shaping brutal but warm album

Rin

16 October 2022

Interview

Madmans Esprit is an avant-garde metal band from South Korea that incorporates elements of visual kei into both their sound and aesthetics. The band started as the solo project by independent artist Kyuho in 20...

Madmans Esprit uncovers dark and heavy preview for 3rd album

Rin

27 September 2022

Releases, Videos

Korean visual kei project Madmans Esprit will release its anticipated third full-length album on October 22, titled "Naneun naleul tonghae ulileul boneun neoleul tonghae naleul bonda". A preview of the new albu...

Exclusive: HAZUKI introduces album “EGØIST” with JROCK NEWS comment video

Erica, Rin and Peertje

30 August 2022

Entertainment, Releases

Solo artist HAZUKI's first full album EGØIST drops on August 31. The artist already brings legions of fans from his role as the frontman of the rock band "lynch.". His solo work continues to wow listeners with ...

WagakkiBand vocalist and koto player married, expecting first child

Rin and NBT

29 August 2022

Entertainment

On August 21, WagakkiBand shared the wonderful news that vocalist Suzuhana Yuko and koto player Ibukuro Kiyoshi are married and are expecting their first child. The couple was hesitant to share this news with t...

PSYCHO SONIC BOOM self-produces 2nd album “CHIMERA”

Rin

14 July 2022

Music Video, Releases

PSYCHO SONIC BOOM is the solo project of kairu, a Tokyo-based California-born veteran of the indie visual kei scene. With activity dating back to 2005, he is a multi-instrumentalist who has been active in a mul...

Interview with HAKUEI and HIZUMI: Hardships as vocalists

Dorian, Rin, Peertje and afaenia

1 July 2022

Interview

This interview was originally published by “club Zy.” in Japanese. JROCK NEWS is partnering with club Zy. and Vijuttoke with the aim to popularize Japanese visual kei globally. Learn more about our partnership ...

Interview with Void_Chords: Creating Tribe Nine’s anime theme song “Infocus”

NBT, afaenia, Rin and Peertje

30 March 2022

Anime, Doujin, Interview

Multi-talented Ryo Takahashi, who goes under the name "Void_Chords", is a musician with expertise in more areas than our fingers can count up to. Mainly, he is credited as a composer, arranger, guitarist, and b...

Interview with Rimi Nishimoto (Poppin’Party) and Haruka Kudo (Roselia): “BanG Dream! changed my entire life”

NBT, Narine, Rin and Peertje

15 March 2022

Interview

Last year in 2021, ANIPLUS Café held an online meet-and-greet "ANIPLUS Online Café" with two charming members from the "BanG Dream!" franchise. Joining the event was bassist Rimi Nishimoto who voices the charac...

Interview with HAKUEI and KAMIJO: A talk between 2 charming musicians

Dorian and Rin

11 March 2022

Interview

This interview was originally published by “club Zy.” in Japanese. JROCK NEWS is partnering with club Zy. and Vijuttoke with the aim to popularize Japanese visual kei globally. Learn more about our partnership ...

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