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Kouki and HIZAKI perform together at Nekocon 2022

23 July 2022

It's been a few years in the making, but Nekocon attendees can finally experience D=OUT's music in person!Vocalist Kouki (D=OUT) and guitarist HIZAKI (Versailles, Jupiter) will perform at Nekocon 2022. Atte...

Report: Jupiter serves tour de force in first global livestream

Erica

1 September 2021

Online Concert

Melodic metal visual kei band Jupiter held their first global livestream on August 28, placing the monumental concert under the 'Jupiter Tour "THE FORCES" Tokyo'.Broadcasted via ZAIKO from Omotesando Ground...

Jupiter holds first global livestream concert this month!

NBT

24 August 2021

Online Concert

Jupiter has announced its first livestream concert titled 'Jupiter Tour "THE FORCES” Tokyo' and will take place on Saturday, August 28.To top it all up, the concert is livestreamed over ZAIKO and is open to...

KAMIJO streams online world tour “Queen of Versailles -LAREINE-“

Nexus

4 February 2021

Online Concert

KAMIJO reveals the date and time of the live broadcasts constituting his online world tour "Queen of Versailles -LAREINE-". The performances will happen on March 26 and March 27 across various time zones.Th...

Interview: The origin story of HIZAKI (Versailles/Jupiter) part 2

Dorian and afaenia

13 October 2020

Interview

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

Interview: The origin story of HIZAKI (Versailles/Jupiter) part 1

Dorian and afaenia

5 October 2020

Interview

Underground drain that saves lives from typhoons doubles as rock music video hotspot

NBT

29 October 2019

Anime, Entertainment, Music Video

Typhoons in Japan has always been a serious issue, in the past, being trapped in a flooded city was just part of life. But after 13 years and 3 billion dollars of construction, in 2006, the world's largest unde...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese acts of 2018

NBT

17 December 2018

Entertainment

It is the time of the year where we once again take a look at all the great music contributions. This time around we have done it slightly differently. Instead of solely using sales numbers to determine the ord...

Jupiter announces godly album “Zeus” and European tour 2019

Ziggy

30 November 2018

Releases, Tour and event

Jupiter showed up big time last week when they made multiple announcements including a new album and European tour. As of yet, not many details have been released regarding the album, with only a title Zeus ~Le...

Top 15 visual kei and Japanese acts of 2017

NBT

4 December 2017

Entertainment

The year of 2017 is no exception when it comes to our tradition of looking back on all the greatest visual kei and Japanese acts of the year! What we have for you today are two lists compiling the best acts we ...

Vocalist ZIN will depart from Jupiter, leaves heartfelt message

Nexus

25 September 2017

Lineup change

We are saddened to report that Jupiter published a sudden announcement on their official site and official Facebook page today, stating that vocalist ZIN will depart from the band following their Ascension to H...

Report: HIZAKI performs short but exciting set, prepares Versailles fans for next year

Sizergyia

10 December 2016

Report and review

After releasing his first solo album, Rosario, in just over a decade on August 3 and with Versailles Philharmonic Quintet reuniting as well as touring Europe early next year, the announcement that guitarist and...

Elegant HIZAKI to grace London’s HYPER JAPAN this Winter

edoh+

21 October 2016

Tour and event

HIZAKI will be making his debut for his first ever solo concert in the UK at HYPER JAPAN on November 25-27! Following last year’s solo concerts in France, Germany, Brazil, and Argentina, HIZAKI continues to exp...

Hizaki resumes solo activities with new album “Rosario”

Zansouki

1 June 2016

Releases

Hizaki, guitarist for power-metal band Versailles and Jupiter, will be resuming his solo activities with a brand new solo album! This new album will be titled Rosario, and will release on August 3. While we sti...

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